Court maintains exit ban against US scholar accused of defaming President Lee

A Seoul court on Friday rejected a lawsuit filed by former Liberty University professor Morse Tan seeking to overturn a Justice Ministry travel ban against him, keeping the restriction in place until Aug. 15. The Seoul Administrative Court dismissed part of Tan’s challenge and rejected the remainder, marking the first substantive ruling on his efforts to contest the ministry’s repeated travel restrictions. “The portion of the claim seeking cancellation of the July 1, 2026 travel restriction is d