Decisions by country · Guideline B · Foreign Influence
Ties to South Korea in decided clearance cases
How decided foreign-influence cases involving ties to South Korea resolved, from the public record. Ties to any country are not themselves disqualifying; every case turns on its own facts. This is decided history, never a prediction, and it says nothing about any nationality or community.
The ties these cases involved
The relationship kinds identified on South Korea allegations in these cases (a case can involve several).
- parent in foreign country · 50 cases
- sibling in foreign country · 41 cases
- spouse dual or foreign citizen · 34 cases
- in law in foreign country · 32 cases
- unspecified foreign relationship · 28 cases
- friend in foreign country · 20 cases
- extended family in foreign country · 16 cases
What judges credited in granted cases
Circumstances the judge expressly credited among granted South Korea cases where that detail was extracted (a subset of the record, so these are raw counts, not rates).
- deep U.S. ties · credited in 18 granted cases
- U.S. military service · credited in 1 granted case
- voluntary disclosure before confrontation · credited in 1 granted case
Recent decided examples
- ISCR 06-25573 granted · 2008The applicant in this case was a 40-year-old project manager employed by a defense contractor, who sought reinstatement of his security clearance after it was revoked. The Defense Office of Hearings a…
- ISCR 18-00665 granted · 2019deny an applicant a security clearance. In this case, the applicant, a logistics specialist for a defense contractor, faced allegations under Guideline B for foreign influence due to her family member…
- ISCR 18-02259 denied · 2019The applicant in this case was a 31-year-old individual who applied for a security clearance on December 12, 2016. The Department of Defense issued a Statement of Reasons (SOR) on October 24, 2018, ci…
- ISCR 21-02921 denied · 2023The applicant in this case was a 37-year-old U.S. citizen and contractor who submitted a security clearance application in November 2019. The Department of Defense (DoD) issued a Statement of Reasons …
Other countries in the record
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