Tag: Moon Jae-in

May 29, 2019

Blue House Petition: We Appeal for the Impeachment of President Moon Jae-in

2019-5-29 (Posted on 2019-4-30, ends on 2019-5-30), Blue House Petition Website There is a petition on the Blue House Petition Website appealing for impeaching President Moon Jae-in.  It was posted...

Categories Impeachment/Translation of Korean News

May 27, 2019

South Korean Student Organization Disburses Satire Leaflets of MoonNos, Avenger’s Thanos Parody, in Seoul and other Major Cities, Holds Candlelight Vigil Calling for the Resignation of Moon Jae-in

2019-5-27, Tara O New Jeondaehyeop (전대협), a student organization that parodies the old pro-North Korea Jeondaehyeop from 1980s, but opposite in ideology, disbursed satire leaflets in Seoul, Busan, Daegu, Gwangju,...

Categories Abuse of Authority/Alliance/Censorship/Freedom/People/Leadership/Satire

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...

Categories Law/Lawfare/Opinion Rigging/Translation of Korean News

May 12, 2019

68.3% of South Korean Citizens Say the Number of Lawmakers Should be Reduced…72.3% of the Citizens Oppose Interlocking Proportional Representation…May Poll Result by Opinion Research Justice

2019-5-10, PennMike President Moon handles state affairs “badly” 46.8%, “well” 33.2%, “normal” 18.3% 72% “oppose the Adoption of the Interlocking Proportional Representation System that increases proportional representatives” [truncated] Question 1:...

Categories Politics/Poll/Translation of Korean News

April 23, 2019

Moon Appoints Lee Mi-seon while in Uzbekistan…4 of 9 Constitutional Court Judges Appointed Without Confirmation from the National Assembly

2019-4-19, Chosun.com On April 19, 2019, President Moon Jae-in appointed Lee Mi-seon (이미선) and Moon Hyung-bae (문형배) to be judges on the constitutional court of Korea, while he was visiting...

Categories Law/People/Leadership/Translation of Korean News

April 11, 2019

The Blue House Again Pressures the YouTubers who Raised Suspicion about “Moon’s Missing 5 hours during the Forest Fire,” Filing Charges in the name of the Chief of Staff

1029-4-11, PennMike President Moon Jae-in didn’t make an official appearance until five hours after the news of the recent forest fires in Gangwon Province emerged. Media related personnel raised suspicion...

Categories Censorship/Lawfare/Media/Translation of Korean News

April 2, 2019

Kim Jong Un’s Letter to South Korean Students: Police Conduct Investigation into April Fools’ Satire Posters Critical of Moon Jae-in Posted all over South Korean University Campuses

2019-4-1, Tara O Satire posters criticizing the Moon Jae-in administration popped up all over South Korean university campuses to coincide with April Fools’ Day. The heading on the posters stated...

Categories Censorship/Freedom/Socialism/Subversion

March 14, 2019

South Korea Introduces Measures to Block YouTube, Google, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Apple, Netflix

2019-3-14, Tara O South Korea introduces measures to block YouTube, Google, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Apple, Netflix, and other online and social network services.  Lee Hyo-sung (이효성), the Chairman of the...

Categories Abuse of Authority/Censorship/Freedom/Liberal Democracy

February 24, 2019

Colonel Lee Jong-myeong, a South Korean National Hero, Being Expelled from His Own Political Party for Not Remaining Silent about 5.18 Gwangju Incident

2019-2-24, Tara O The Central Ethics Committee of South Korea’s main opposition party, the Liberty Korea Party, decided to expel National Assemblyman Lee Jong-myeong (이종명) on February 14, 2019, because...

Categories 5.18/Censorship/Corruption/Freedom/Law/Liberal Democracy/People/Leadership/Subversion

February 13, 2019

South Korea Mulls Ending National Cemetery Burials for Military Veterans to Make Room for Candlelight Protesters, Considers Designating North Korean Communist Kim Won-bong “Independence Meritorious Person”

2019-2-13, Tara O A controversy surfaced when the Ministry of Patriots and Veterans pursued an initiative to cancel burial benefits for military veterans with less than 20 years service but...

Categories Liberal Democracy/North Korea/People/Leadership