Korea Started War On Drugs Last Month

Could be linked to President Yoon's low approval rating?

An often used  Korean and American conservative tactic against liberals?

Other countries are decriminalizing drugs...

마약·전세사기 사활 건 국수본…특진 당근까지  (Police's National Office of Investigation going all out to eliminate drugs and key money fraud. Special promotion for convictions)

There are complaints of prosecutors and police filing hundreds of search warrants against opposition politicians, while ignoring, refusing to issue search warrants and whitewashing crimes by conservative politicians.

In the old days of dictator Park, police and intelligence service framed people for special promotions. Hell, they framed an innocent man as a North Korean spy around five years ago. Luckily, it was uncovered and the man was set free. Many cases like that. Prosecutors committing crimes, but since they were in charge of investigations, they never investigated their own for crimes. So, the law was changed to give investigative power to the police and have the police report to prosecutors. President Yoon undid the law through a presidential decree, which is expected to be challenged in the mostly conservative courts.

South Korea is in for some turbulent times. Yoon was busted for abuse of power while he was head prosecutor. Old habits die hard. (Charges against Yoon were dismissed due to lack of evidence - extremely delayed search warrants and lack of effort to find evidence, apparently. Prosecutors are rarely indicted or convicted of crimes since they are in charge of investigations, indictments and prosecutions with no oversight)

Yoon cleared of abuse of power in case related to framing former prime minister

Since he is president, all investigations into his crimes are suspended while in office. Investigations into his wife and mother-in-law seem to have stopped.

Musk Seems To Be Preparing To Run For President In The Future

Similar mindset and personality as Trump. Wants the attention. Will probably run in the future. Following Trump's footsteps.

Korean Corporations Singing Different Tune After Elections

At the start of Korean president Yoon's administration and just before district elections, corporations pledged to invest, create jobs and other things in Korea.

Korea's leading companies, start-ups pledge to improve corporate culture, environment

As I said previously, it is an overused election gimmick to promote the conservative party.

Surprise! Today, 63% of corporations have no plans to hire new employees in the second half of this year, blaming it on the economy as always. No announcement of the hundreds of billions of dollars in investments yet. Probably have to wait till 2024, except for Samsung which has to invest its billions in surplus sometime soon. Plans to spend billions on chips and acquisitions, but no details yet.

"대기업 10곳 중 6곳, '3高'로 하반기 채용계획 미정 또는 없다" (6 out of 10 corporations have no plans  to hire new employees or have not yet decided)

Every single election, a large portion of the populations is mislead by false promises, false news, allegations of wrongdoing, insults, media reports stirring up indignation, etc.

When will those people learn? Maybe never.

Some Oldies Dun Give A Hoot About Climate Change

Apparently, because they are going to die soon and won't be around.

Yet, the younger generation...

Obey and respect your elders? It depends. Some are mad and they control companies which pollute substantially.

Korean president Yoon really doesn't care about polls. Approval rating still at 27% according to Gallup. Suspiciously, polls used in Korean media state 32%. 

His administration doing some really bad things, while pretending to be governing ethically. Keeps lying about things and making false excuses.

Mounting issues renew calls for oversight into presidential office, first lady

Why Did China Make Such A Fuss Over Pelosi's Visit?

To defect people's attention from the real estate crash, bank scandals, and COVID policy in China? 

Sort of obvious, like Trump's likelihood of being convicted of crimes.

Use Military, Intelligence and Police For Election Campaigning In Korea and Maybe Get Convicted

During former conservative President Lee Myung-bak's administration, social media sites were flooded with pro-Park Keun-hye and pro-conservative posts before the presidential elections in which Park won. 

After Park was impeached, evidence was found that teams in the intelligence agency, military and police posted pro-Park and pro-conservative messages before and during the elections. 

While most of the people responsible managed to weasel their way out through technicalities and questionable circumstances, at least one is going to stay in prison for a little longer.

Ex-defense security chief gets 3-year prison sentence in retrial of power abuse case

Plot To Oust Korean Conservative Party Leader Foiled By Court

I don't normally watch Korean TV news as the reports are pretty biased, but some very interesting things happened recently.

The conservative People Power Party leader Lee Jun-seok was ousted by allies of President Yoon in a suspicious power play. 

First, someone dug up an old case and got someone convicted of a crime to claim that he provided a woman to Lee for sex many many years ago. Yoon's allies, mostly former prosecutors like Yoon, don't like Lee, who is not a former prosecutor. 

Yoon's underlings in the conservative party called an ethics meeting and ruled that Lee tried to destroy evidence regarding the allegations and suspended him for six months. Then they got some members of the party's leading board to resign, so that the board would not have enough members to pass proposals. Then, they claimed that it was an emergency situation because the board could not lead the party, dissolved the board and set up an emergency committee to lead the party. Then, they tried to hold a vote to choose a new leader in January, so that Lee could not participate since he is suspended. 

So, Lee filed for an injunction against the appointment of the emergency committee and won. LOL

Court suspends PPP's emergency committee chairman, siding with ex-chief

Something like Trump trying to remove Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell using dirty tricks, but failing. Party power struggle.

The emergency committee chairman is claiming that the judge is biased and has questionable ideologies. Usually, the Minister of Justice should defend the judge, but in this case, the Minister of Justice is a former prosecutor and Yoon's underling.

When rulings go their way, the People Power Party insists that the law must be respected and obeyed, but when they lose, judges are biased and might be a liberal or progressive, even worse, a socialist.

The prosecutors have been sitting on investigations involving violence by People Power Party in the parliament, which is illegal, for about five years. In cases involving trumped up allegations against progressive party members, investigations are publicized right away and cases go to court within months. 

President Yoon is on TV every day visiting the public and issuing orders, while the media continues to report very favorably on Yoon's actions. Some polls even claim that his approval rating has risen to 32%, but a Gallup poll disagrees and says 28%.