Claim

Claim 190

The government said nothing was more important than maintaining national security against North Korea and preserving domestic order and peace.

Published 2026-09-22. Last reviewed 2026-09-22. 1 source.

Statement: The government said nothing was more important than maintaining national security against North Korea and preserving domestic order and peace.
Field: stated_justification
Value: National security rationale
About: incident 1980-south-korea-chun-doo-hwan-press-purge
Source: S. Korea Orders Purge of Dissident Journalists archived copy
Publisher: The Washington Post
Method: outlet report
Checked: 2026-09-22
Confidence: medium
Status: current
Source date: 1980-07-31

Quotation from the source

nothing is more important than the Maintenance of national security against North Korea and the preservation of (domestic) order and peace