Rally Organizers Jailed, Prime Minister & Police Promise Crackdown,...
2020-9-28, Tara O October 3rd is National Foundation Day in South Korea. Similar to last year, major rallies against the Moon Jae-in government were planned for that day, but the Moon administration...
View ArticleChinese Ambassador to Korea and Chief Prosecutor Yoon Seok-youl Discuss...
2020-9-29, Asia Economy [TRANSLATION] South Korea’s Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-youl Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-yeol (윤석열) discussed exchanges in the field of law enforcement with Chinese...
View ArticleIntelligence Special Activities Fund Increasing While NIS Core Function is...
2020-12-11, Tara O NIS Budget Increasing Despite the expected removal of core capabilities from the National Intelligence Service (NIS, South Korea’s CIA), the NIS budget is actually increasing. In...
View ArticlePark Geun-hye Receives a Total of 22 Years Imprisonment, Potentially 3 Years...
2021-1-18, Tara O The total sentencing for Park Geun-hye is finalized at 22 years imprisonment, a fine of ₩18,000,000,000 ($16.3 million) and an additional fee of ₩3,500,000,000 ($3.2 million). She...
View ArticleYoung Lawyers’ Statement About the Unjust Impeachment of President Park...
2021-6-25, Young Lawyers Young Lawyers made the following statement on June 25, 2021 on the 71st anniversary of Korean War. — Young Lawyers Yoo Jeong-hwa, Choi Myeong-sub, and Lee Dong-hwan, June 25,...
View ArticleCozy Relations between South Korea’s National Election Commission and the...
2021-10-25, Tara O The National Election Commission (NEC) in South Korea describes itself as “an independent constitutional body alongside the National Assembly, the Supreme Court and the...
View ArticleKimMelda: NIS Fund Used to Pay South Korean President Moon Jae-in’s Wife’s...
2022-4-2, Tara O A montage of Kim Jong-sook’s clothes South Korean First Lady Kim Jong-sook’s extravagant spending on clothes, shoes, jewelry, and accessories during the Moon administration has become...
View ArticleSex Bribery, Evidence Tampering Scandal of Lee Jun-seok, the People Power...
2022-6-25, Tara O The People Power Party’s (PPP) Ethics Committee has been meeting to determine how it will punish Lee Jun-seok (이준석), the leader of the party, for the sexual bribery and evidence...
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