# 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](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/1980-south-korea-chun-doo-hwan-press-purge)
- Source: S. Korea Orders Purge of Dissident Journalists. https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1980/07/31/s-korea-orders-purge-of-dissident-journalists/e0da51db-b285-4418-bd07-52f034a68daa/
- 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

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