Fast Track Archives - East Asia Research Center

December 1, 2019

Unelected Representatives, Gongsoocheo to Undermine South Korea’s Identity as a Republic and Separation of Powers; Hunger Strikes by the Opposition Leader Hwang and Others

2019-11-30, Tara O There are multiple hunger strikes ongoing in South Korea in front of the Blue House. Why are people on hunger strikes? It has to do with proposals...

Demonstrations/Disinformation/Lawfare/Liberal Democracy/Protests/Rule of Law/Socialism/South Korea/Subversion

July 5, 2019

South Korea’s Ruling Party to Sign Agreement with Chinese Communist Party (CCP), and with prominent U.S. Think Tank CSIS

2019-7-5, Tara O The Institute for Democracy (the Minjoo Yeongoowon, 민주연구원, http://idp.or.kr/) is a partisan think tank under the ruling Democratic Party of Korea (or Deobureo Minjoo Dang in Korean,...

Censorship/China/Constitution/Japan/Lawfare/Liberal Democracy/Lobbying/Subversion

May 14, 2019

South Korean Supreme Court Removed and eventually Took Disciplinary Action against Judge Sung Chang-ho, who ‘confined Kim Kyoung-soo,’ Moon Jae-in’s Close Associate

2019-5-9, Chosun Ilbo Judge Sung Chang-ho (성창호) was in charge of the first trial of Kim Kyoung-su (김경수), the governor of South Gyeongsang Province [who also worked on then-candidate Moon...

Law/Lawfare/Opinion Rigging/Translation of Korean News

April 25, 2019

South Korea’s Ruling Party, Smaller Opposition parties Agree to Fast Track Bills to Create Additional Independent Investigative Body Akin to North Korea’s Secret Police, Increase Unelected Officials, Silence Discussions on the 5.18 Gwangju Incident

2019-4-25, Tara O On April 8, 2019, the ruling Deobureo Minjoo Party (Democratic Party) threatened that if the election system reform agreement is not reached by April 10, 2019, then...

5.18/Censorship/Constitution/Law/Lawfare

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Unelected Representatives, Gongsoocheo to Undermine South Korea’s Identity as a Republic and Separation of Powers; Hunger Strikes by the Opposition Leader Hwang and Others

South Korea’s Ruling Party to Sign Agreement with Chinese Communist Party (CCP), and with prominent U.S. Think Tank CSIS

South Korean Supreme Court Removed and eventually Took Disciplinary Action against Judge Sung Chang-ho, who ‘confined Kim Kyoung-soo,’ Moon Jae-in’s Close Associate

South Korea’s Ruling Party, Smaller Opposition parties Agree to Fast Track Bills to Create Additional Independent Investigative Body Akin to North Korea’s Secret Police, Increase Unelected Officials, Silence Discussions on the 5.18 Gwangju Incident