South Korea deports American over positive North Korea comments

[JakeStarkey]

Crazy OP.

SK law permits the removal of foreigners who disturb the public peace.

 

[ThirdTerm]

A Korean-American woman accused of praising rival North Korea in a recent lecture was deported from South Korea on Saturday, in the latest in a series of cases that critics say infringe on the country's freedom of speech."

This is how it actually works in South Korea where there is no freedom of speech. The Cold War between the two Koreas is a real thing and you could actually be prosecuted for praising the Kim regime. Praising Japan's role in developing Korea in the colonial era is also a criminal offense, by which pro-Japanese right-wing elements have been effectively silenced.

The South Korean constitution guarantees freedom of speech, press, petition and assembly for its nationals. However, behaviors or speeches in favor of the North Korean regime or communism can be punished by the National Security Law, though in recent years prosecutions under this law have been rare.

 

[JakeStarkey]

SK is no paradise of civil liberty protections, of course, but they have been at war since 1950. My last tour of duty there was just as the government was emerging from strong arm dictatorship.