South Korea: Revise Intelligence Act Amendments

Click to expand Image South Korean President Moon Jae-in, bottom, speaks at the National Assembly in Seoul, South Korea, October 28, 2020. © 2020 Jeon Heon-kyun/Pool Photo via AP (Seoul) – The South Korean government should revise recent amendments to the National Intelligence Service Act that could be abused by the country’s intelligence agency, Human Rights Watch said today. The amendments, rather than constraining the authority of the National Intelligence Service (NIS), contains broad and vaguely defined language and authorizes the agency to continue collecting information under…

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