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On March 28, 2023 South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol stated that “the reality of the horrific human rights violations against the North Korean people must be fully revealed to the international community.” On March 31, 2023 the Ministry of Reunification of the Republic of Korea (ROK) published the 2023 Human Rights Report of the Democratic […]
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Seoul’s efforts to intensify the human rights issue in North Korea are met with difficulties in justifying their actions again
April 17th, 2023 
Awake Goy The Tehran-Seoul Scandal: A New Development or a Rerun of the old?
February 2nd, 2023 Awake Goy During President Yoon Suk-yeol’s visit to the United Arab Emirates, a “diplomatic misunderstanding” (the wording of the ROK Foreign Ministry) occurred, which, according to Yoon’s political opponents, destroyed the sisterly relations between Tehran and Seoul. Since the days of Lee Myung-bak, South Korean special forces have been stationed in the UAE to train local troops. […]
Seoul: North Korean Hackers Stole $1.2B In Virtual Assets
December 23rd, 2022 Awake Goy South Korea’s spy agency says North Korean hackers have stolen an estimated 1.5 trillion won ($1.2 billion) in cryptocurrency and other virtual assets in the past five years. Source
North Korea Ignores Joe Biden Visit to Seoul
May 21st, 2022 Awake Goy American President Joe Biden arrived in South Korea on Friday, eliciting no response from the communist North Korean regime at press time.
Iran says US sanctions cannot justify Seoul’s freezing of assets
January 7th, 2022 Awake Goy Iran says South Korea is “obliged” to release its frozen assets, and that US sanctions cannot justify debt non-payment, Anadolu News Agency reports. Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister, Ali Bagheri, made these remarks on Thursday during a meeting with his South Korean counterpart, Choi Jong-kun, on the sidelines of the ongoing nuclear deal talks in Vienna, […]
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No Comments »Wang Yi’s visit to Seoul and Other Aspects of Relations between China and South Korea
November 17th, 2021 Awake Goy Unlike the relationship between China and North Korea, which demonstrates a long-standing traditional friendship, the situation with South Korea is more complicated. On the one hand, high-ranking officials of China openly criticize the policy of the ROK, thereby Seoul periodically starts to claim Beijing’s interference in the internal affairs of the country. Thus, on June […]
Seoul Continues to be Hysterical while Tokyo Digs a Fukushima Water Tunnel
September 21st, 2021 Awake Goy On August 25, 2021, South Korea expressed “strong regret” that Japan was unilaterally implementing its plan to release radioactive water from the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant “without any prior consultations or seeking consent from the South Korean government”. Oh, my gosh – Tokyo Electric Power Company Holding Inc. (TEPCO) has unveiled a preliminary construction plan of […]
Posted in Jewish News Tags: continues, Fukushima, hysterical, Seoul, Tokyo, water, while No Comments »New Old Mayor of Seoul
September 11th, 2021 Awake Goy On August 31, 2021, South Korean police raided Seoul City Hall as part of an investigation into allegations that Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon spread false information during his election campaign. Investigators searched some City Hall offices, including the city planning and transport policy bureaus, for seven hours to seize documents related to Oh Se-hoon’s comments […]
Iran’s frozen money in Seoul to pay off Korean exports: ambassador
July 27th, 2021 Awake Goy TEHRAN – South Korea’s new Ambassador to Tehran Yun Kang-hyeon has said Iran’s frozen oil money in his country will be used to pay off Korean companies that had previously exported basic commodities to Iran. Speaking in a meeting with the Head of Tehran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture Masoud Khansari, Yun noted […]
Shaping the Washington-Tokyo-Seoul Triangle
June 11th, 2021 Awake Goy In one of his past articles the author promised to discuss in more detail how anti-Japanese sentiments in Seoul began to diminish with Joe Biden’s accession to power. The first signs of this development were observed at the end of 2020, when there was already a concern that the Seoul-Tokyo feud might have a negative […]
The Unexpected Ruling of the Seoul Court
May 10th, 2021 Awake Goy The issue of the lawsuits that South Korea is bringing against Japan has a long history. When Japan and the ROK established diplomatic relations in 1965, Tokyo paid substantial compensation and provided interest-free loans to Seoul, which were not a determining but important part of the “miracle at Hangangan”. Although these sums were sent to […]
Seoul students shave heads in front of Japanese embassy to protest Tokyo’s plan for dumping Fukushima nuclear wastewater
April 20th, 2021 Awake Goy More than 30 college students in South Korea’s capital have shaved their heads in front of the Japanese embassy to show their opposition to Tokyo’s plan to dump more than a million tons of nuclear wastewater into the ocean. On Tuesday, crowds gathered around the Japanese embassy in Seoul to watch college students, both girls […]
Mayoral Elections is Seoul and Busan
April 15th, 2021 Awake Goy On April 7, 2021, early elections were held for the heads of four administrative units, including the mayors of the country’s two largest cities of Seoul and Busan, as well as 17 deputies of local legislative assemblies in the Republic of Korea. Their result is an indicator of public sentiment before the presidential elections of […]
On Russia’s Foreign Minister’s Visit to Seoul
April 8th, 2021 Awake Goy On March 23 – 25, 2021, Russia’s Foreign Minister, Sergey Lavrov, visited South Korea. This was Lavrov’s first visit to Seoul since 2013, when he accompanied President Vladimir Putin. And before that, Lavrov had visited Seoul in 2009, after a trip to North Korea. This year’s event, devoted to the 30th anniversary of diplomatic relationship […]
Senior MP: Seoul must immediately release Iran’s funds
January 14th, 2021 Awake Goy TEHRAN — Chairman of the Iranian Parliament National Security and Foreign Policy Committee Mojtaba Zonnouri urged the Seoul government on Tuesday to swiftly unblock Iranian funds in South Korean banks. “The Islamic Republic of Iran expects South Korea’s senior officials not to allow any damage to the amicable and friendly relations between the two countries,” […]
Iran Seizes South Korean Oil Tanker after Seoul Refuses to issue Payment of $6 Billion
January 12th, 2021 Awake Goy Tehran authorities forced the Hankuk Chemi tanker, sailing under South Korean flag, to dock in Iran last week, suspecting the vessel of contaminating local waters. At the same time, the Islamic republic rejected accusations that it was holding the ship “hostage”. Iran’s seizure of the South Korean-flagged Hankuk Chemi tanker was not a provocation aimed […]
Tehran in talks with Seoul over using frozen money to buy COVID-19 vaccines: Korean official
January 6th, 2021 Awake Goy TEHRAN — Seoul and Tehran have been in talks over the use of Iran’s frozen money in South Korea under U.S. sanctions to purchase COVID-19 vaccines from a global procurement mechanism, a South Korean Foreign Ministry official said on Tuesday. According to Yonhap news agency, the official said the U.S. has given the green light […]
Iran seizes South Korean oil tanker in Gulf; Seoul dispatches forces
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Drones light up Seoul’s night sky in bid to give South Koreans a boost
November 14th, 2020 Awake Goy Hundreds of drones lit up Seoul’s night sky on Friday, forming colorful pictograms and messages of hope. Organized by the South Korean government, more than 300 drones flew over the Seoul Olympic Park. This was the second drone flash mob event this year, aimed at invigorating and encouraging the public to overcome the economic difficulties […]
Seoul bids to cut congestion with futuristic ‘drone taxis’
November 11th, 2020 Awake Goy This is an empty “drone taxi” taking a short flight over the South Korean capital Seoul. It is part of government plans to have a traffic management system in place to support the aerial taxis, possibly as early as 2025. Jang Young-ki, deputy director of South Korea’s transport ministry drone division, said they would help […]
