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January 17, 2023

South Korean Court Imprisons a Vietnam War Veteran and Retired ROK Army Colonel for Saying North Korea Was Involved in the Gwangju Uprising in May 1980

2023-1-17, Tara O On January 12, 2023, the Korean Supreme Court upheld the Appellate Court’s decision to imprison Colonel Ji Man-won on defamation charges for saying North Korea was involved...
Categories 5.18/Abuse of Authority/Censorship/Freedom of Expression/Freedom of Speech/Freedom of the Press/History/Human Rights/Lawfare/North Korea/South Korea/Suppression
January 13, 2022

The Worship of the Gwangju 5.18 Incident and the Suppression of Freedom of Speech and Human Rights: Prosecutor Wants 4 Years Jail for Dr. Ji Man-won, 11 Citizens to be Criminalized for “5.18 History Distortion Punishment Act” Violations

Update as of 2022-2-25: The judges sentenced Dr. Ji Man-won to 2 years of imprisonment on February 16, 2022. The sentence was not carried out. —– Update as of 2022-1-25:...
Categories 5.18/Censorship/Freedom/Freedom of Expression/Freedom of Speech/Freedom of the Press/History/Human Rights/Lawfare/South Korea/Suppression/Tyranny
December 26, 2019

Libel Lawsuits to Silence Free Speech Continue…South Korean Supreme Court Fines a Deceased Woman Jung ₩8 Million ($6,900) for Libel for referring to National Assemblyman Kim Sung-hwan as “Pro-North Korea”

2019-12-25, Tara O The presiding judge of South Korea’s Supreme Court Ahn Cheol-sang (안철상) ruled on December 22, 2019 that Ms. Jung Mi-hong (정미홍), who passed away from lung cancer...
Categories Censorship/Communism/Constitution/Lawfare/Liberal Democracy/Socialism