Civic group announces end to controversial anti-North Korea leaflet campaign

The Families of Abductees to North Korea, a civic group led by Choi Seong-ryong, will officially announce an end to its leaflet campaigns targeting North Korea on Tuesday, in a joint press conference with city officials in Imjingak, Paju, Gyeonggi.

2025-07-06

Audit finds civic groups widely misuse taxpayer money

Some 31.4 billion won ($24 million) of the civic organizations' total project value of 1.1 trillion won were misappropriated. A civic organization promoting national unification spent 18 million won in buying booze and paying for entertainment.

2023-06-04

Leak found in Seoul's inter-Korean cooperation budget

Some of the more than 100 billion won ($84.5 million) of the Seoul Metropolitan Government's budget that had been set aside for "inter-Korean cooperation" for 10 years during the term of late Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon was found to have flowed into…

2021-10-01

Spy investigation goes no where

A civilian group sympathizing with Pyongyang received funding from North Korea and campaigned against the import of U.S. stealth fighter jets as well as pledging loyalty to North Korean leadership. Members of the civic group...

2021-08-18

Was Lee's apology genuine? Depends on who you ask

A 10-minute statement given by Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong on May 6 continues to reverberate around Korea, as the leader vowed to eschew the chaebol’s practice of keeping corporate control inside the founding families.

2020-05-17

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Civic group announces end to controversial anti-North Korea leaflet campaign

Audit finds civic groups widely misuse taxpayer money

Leak found in Seoul's inter-Korean cooperation budget

Spy investigation goes no where

Was Lee's apology genuine? Depends on who you ask