Yoon Suk Yeol's State Visit: U.S. Backing of Far-Right Leader Bad for South Korea

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Yoon Suk Yeol's State Visit: U.S. Backing of Far-Right Leader Bad for South Korea
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With the support of Washington, President Yoon has pursued extreme hawkish policies directly against South Korea's national interests.

Indeed, backed by Washington, President Yoon has pursued extreme hawkish policies directly against South Korea's national interests.

Yoon's state visit comes at a time when South Korea is experiencing unprecedented crises on the political, economic, and national security fronts as a consequence of theMoreover, domestically, Yoon has installed a new National Security State, which experts refer to as the"His administration is engaging in a massive political witch hunt of his opponents, arresting key top officials of the previous Moon administration, and targeting the opposition Democratic Party and progressive...

For example, on January 28 of this year, Jeong Yu-Jin, Director of Education of the Gyongnam Progressive Alliance and a mother of two, was arrested on charges of being a North Korean spy, an allegation she has steadfastly denied. Having been arrested, detained, and forced to make a false confession without access to an attorney, she engaged in ain detention, which she only ended after 300 Koreans joined her hunger strike in solidarity.

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