After Sue Mi Terry, South Korea debates need for crackdown on foreign influence



Analysis After Sue Mi Terry, South Korea debates need for crackdown on foreign influence Broad scope of proposed ROK version of FARA risks turning law into political weapon and straining alliances John LeeJuly 24, 2024 SHARE COPY LINK FACEBOOK X LINKEDIN MASTODON An illustration of people sharing top secret information \| Image: Korea Pro Democratic Party (DP) lawmaker Park Sun-won proposed an amendment to the country’s Criminal Act on Tuesday that would create a South Korean version of the U.S. Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA), seeking to crack down on foreign influence in ROK politics. The U.S. FARA requires persons representing foreign interests to register with the U.S. Department of Justice and disclose their activities, and the debate about creating a South Korean equivalent comes on the heels of the high-profile U.S. federal indictment of scholar Sue Mi Terry for allegedly failing to disclose her work on behalf of the ROK government. But while © Korea Risk Group. All rights reserved. No part of this content may be reproduced, distributed, or used for commercial purposes without prior written permission from Korea Risk Group. LATEST ANALYSIS 01Lee Jae Myung’s ‘pacemaker’ strategy tests South Korea’s leverage with Trump 02Trump’s Korea investment victory lap masks safeguards Seoul still controls 03North Korean POW dispute tests Seoul-Kyiv trust and future Ukraine policy 04South Korea’s CPTPP push exposes the cost of turning trade gains into consensus 05AI storage boom gives South Korea battery makers an EV overcapacity lifeline 06South Korea’s Mexico strategy runs into the hard limits of USMCA politics 07Preschool test ban forces South Korea’s English hagwons to rethink placement 08Lee Jae Myung’s Wall Street pitch tests South Korea’s capital market credibility

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After Sue Mi Terry, South Korea debates need for crackdown on foreign influence

Broad scope of proposed ROK version of FARA risks turning law into political weapon and straining alliances

John LeeJuly 24, 2024

After Sue Mi Terry, South Korea debates need for crackdown on foreign influence

An illustration of people sharing top secret information | Image: Korea Pro

Democratic Party (DP) lawmaker Park Sun-won proposed an amendment to the country’s Criminal Act on Tuesday that would create a South Korean version of the U.S. Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA), seeking to crack down on foreign influence in ROK politics.

The U.S. FARA requires persons representing foreign interests to register with the U.S. Department of Justice and disclose their activities, and the debate about creating a South Korean equivalent comes on the heels of the high-profile U.S. federal indictment of scholar Sue Mi Terry for allegedly failing to disclose her work on behalf of the ROK government.

But while

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After Sue Mi Terry, South Korea debates need for crackdown on foreign influence

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