The system killed them and the wrong leader killed the system
By Joseph H. Chung (정희수) Professor of economics, Quebec University in Montreal (UQAM)
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Now, the irresponsible attitude of Yoon government concerning the 10.29 tragedy has given the coup-de-grace to the international reputation of the country of morning calm.
The 10.29 disaster will make South Korea unsafe country and this will hurt the credibility of its government and the tourism will be hit. The damage can go even further. The tragedy may adversely affect South Korea's international political leadership and even its trade.
But, the internal impact can be even more serious. Yoon Suk-yeol is surely the worst president South Korea has ever had. His approval rate has remained around 30% since 6 months. He has the dubious reputation of receiving the lowest international approval rate after the retired UK prime minster, Liz Truss.
The principal reasons for such poor internal approval rate include his incapacity, stubbornness, uncivilized manner, zero experience in politics, violence, destructive diplomacy, the worst sort of human right violation and, above all, his ambition of implanting prosecutor dictatorship.
It is a known secret that the president's wife, Kim Gun-hee tells the president, Yoon Suk-yeol what national policies should be and that it is the shaman, Cheon-gong who tells Kim Gun-hee what to tell her husband.
The majority of South Koreans have already given up any hope for Yoon's presidential leadership and begun massive candle-light demonstration. On October 19, no less than 400,000 people hit the street and shouted "Down Yoon Suk-yeol!" and "To prison Kim Gun-hee!"
The parliamentary probe into the Itaewon disaster is going on. But, I am afraid that it will not be able to find out the real reason of the tragedy, because the government will use every possible means to hide the truth behind the tragedy. It is possible that the real reason of the tragedy is something which cannot be revealed.
In such situation, the Candle-Light movement will increase in volume and intensity leading inevitably the end of Yoon Suk-yeol government.
And, South Koreans may have to see once again the sad scene where president leave the presidential residence and even move, along with his wife, toward the institutions of free means and free boarding.
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