South Korea NIS’ Surveillance of Phone and Online Networks Koeun Lee The National Intelligence Service (NIS) of South Korea The National Intelligence Service (NIS) of South Korea is embroiled in a controversy over warrantless and potentially illegal interception of telecommunication information of private citizens, including members of minority opposition parties, families of the Sewol Ferry ...

Korean government deported a Korean-German and German citizen Simone Chun Dear friend, An update on the deeply regretful deportation of a Korean-German and a German citizen by the Korean government. Yesterday the South Korean government under President Park Geun-hye denied the entry of a Korean-German (80), Lee Jong-hyun, to his mother land.  Mr. Lee was ...

Do parents always know what’s best? May 14, 2016 Young Yoon JTBC 뉴스룸 캡쳐 Democratic societies live with reasonable protests. But when a protest, hidden behind that appearance of democratic participation, is a carefully orchestrated effort by the government and corporations, to generate a kind of media Trojan horse and exploit ideological allegiance and financial ...

No discussion with the victims, no settlement! We never begged for money! Koeun Lee The 12.28 KOR-JPN Agreement on the “Comfort Women” issue, made victims’ 25-year efforts for a resolution useless. Japanese military sexual slavery victim-survivor Bok-dong Kim, and the Korean Council for the Women Drafted for Military Sexual Slavery by Japan, attended the 32nd ...

Seongnam City Mayor Lee Jae-Myung: A Can-do Politician for a Can-do Korea? Simone Chun “It would be a colossal tragedy if the next generation had a lower standard of living than their parents, but that is where we’re headed”. Bernie Sanders In June 2016, Mayor Lee Jae-Myung of Seongnam, a city of 900,000 southeast of ...

S. Korean Government Continues to Delay Funding Support for Sewol Disaster Og Lim Photo : Newsis In January of this year an independent investigative panel to probe into the Sewol ferry disaster was opened under a special law passed last November, but it has barely initiated its work, since South Korean government has not given ...

Inquiry Weighs If NIS Aided the North Korean Group Defection Young Yoon South Korea’s NIS Over the course of years, the doubt and suspicion had faded away, and a man’s presence now encouraged a surprising openness for these North Korean waitresses in China. In his steady and good-natured voice, he sympathetically depicts their shut-away life. ...

On September 27th, the Chuseok holiday, bereaved parents of the Sewol ferry disaster held a memorial service in Gwanghwamun Square, in the heart of Seoul, South Korea.

Grieving parents of the victims of the Sewol ferry disaster lay flowers on the Chuseok holiday 세월호 유가족들의 슬픈 추석 – 헌화   Grieving parents of the victims of the Sewol ferry disaster lay flowers during a memorial service held in Gwanghwamun Square on the Chuseok holiday. Photo Wycliff Luke.

 All kind of extremism is not religion. 모든 형태의 극단주의는 종교가 아니다.   Dr. Munib A. Younan, the chairman of the Lutheran World Federation(LWF) visited South Korea. Dr. Younan proclaimed “Islam extremism, Hindu extremism, Buddhism extremism etc. all kind of extremism is not religion. True religion is loving neighbor.”  Grande Hilton Hotel, Seoul, South Korea. ...

‘Open the Jail Gate’ 열려라. 감옥문! On September 29th during the Chuseok holiday about 500 people participated in a Chuseok cultural festival held in front of the Suwon Correctional Center to show support for the release of Lee Seok Ki, an imprisoned former South Korean lawmaker of the now-defunct United Progressive Party. Lee was convicted ...

Lee Jeong-Hee waits on a crosswalk for a green light  파란 신호등을 기다리는 이정희 전 통합진보당 대표 During the Chuseok holiday Lee Jeong-Hee, the chairperson of the now-defunct United Progressive Party, waits on a crosswalk for a green light. She is on her way to visit workers on strike on top of a billboard of ...

S. Korean Presbyterian Church Protests Against Government Mandated History Textbooks 한국 기독교장로회-정부의 국정 역사교과서에 반대 시위행진하다   On Thursday the South Korean Presbyterian Church held a devotional prayer rally against the government’s plan for state-issued history textbooks. Shortly after the prayer meeting about 200 pastors and participants marched to the Gwangwhamun Square peacefully, chanting “Resist single ...

The Mass wishing for recovery of Baek Namgi Emanuel and democracy in South Korea 가톨릭 농민회, 백남기 엠마누엘과 한국 민주주의의 회복을 기원하는 미사 On November 20, 2015 at 4:00 PM members from the Corea Catholic Farmers Movement held a ‘mass wishing for recovery of Baek Namgi Emanuel and democracy in South Korea’ in front of ...

Protesters gathered at Seoul Square to protest President Park’s recent policies. 시위자들이 서울광장에 모여 박 대통령의 최근 정책들에 항의했다. Another massive protest rally was held on December 5, 2015 in Seoul. About 50,000 people (estimated by the organizers) gathered at Seoul Square to protest President Park’s recent policies. Protesters were mainly opposing the government’s plans ...