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A Vote for Far-Right Candidate Kim Moon-soo
Means a Return of Insurrectionist Yoon Suk-yeol
Korea Collaboration

(May 25, 2025) — This election is no ordinary contest between political parties. It is a moral reckoning with Yoon Suk-yeol’s conspiracy against the republic—a last stand for democracy against the rise of far-right authoritarianism at home and abroad.

Its consequences will extend far beyond South Korea’s borders. The Korean people’s resistance to martial law has become a critical inflection point in East Asia’s strategic realignment.

From the DMZ to the Taiwan Strait, the outcome of this election could reshape the region’s balance of power. A Lee Jae-myung victory may block the immediate threat of a domestic far-right coup, but the broader challenges remain: resurgent militarism, intensifying US pressure, and the corrosive impact of a new US-led Cold War on national sovereignty and democratic institutions. That is why global attention — and principled solidarity—are more urgent than ever.
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Kim Moon-soo.

South Korea’s Democracy Under Direct
Attack by US Geopolitical Strategy
Major outlets continue to frame the election through narrow and distorted lenses. The New York Times reduces the contest to generational and gender divides. The BBC offers a “simple guide” that ignores the constitutional crisis and the violent crackdown on dissent.

Most headlines obsess over conservative momentum or geopolitical tensions from Tokyo’s perspective, rather than centering the Korean people’s struggle against far-right authoritarianism. There are glimmers of acknowledgment. The Financial Times, in a recent piece titled “The ‘quiet’ crisis brewing between the US and South Korea”, hints at deeper fractures — but even this framing minimizes the scale of democratic backsliding and the complicity of Western powers.

The true crisis isn’t quiet. It’s loud, dangerous, and has been playing out in the streets, courts, and pressrooms of Korea for months. This shallow reporting obscures a critical truth: Korean democracy is under siege. The Yoon government, backed by ultranationalist forces and serving US strategic interests, has sought to dismantle democratic checks and criminalize dissent.

Western media labeled Yoon a “pro-democracy reformer,” but in reality, he attempted to impose martial law — an act blocked only by mass popular resistance, not by courts or foreign powers. T

he international press’s failure to fully report this reality creates a dangerous vacuum. By turning a blind eye as Korea’s sovereignty erodes and far-right extremism spreads, they embolden authoritarian actors at home and abroad.

This election is a moral crossroads —s not just for Korea, but for anyone who claims to defend democratic values.
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