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Its current leader, Lee Jae Myung, has called American forces in South Korea "occupying
forces." Furthermore, he is accommodating towards the PRC, including its position on
bringing Taiwan under its grip.
And it still contains hard-core leftists who are vocal about their affinity for North Korea, the
People’s Republic of China, and are keen to move South Korea farther away from the close
alignment with the United States that President Yoon sought – as well as the improved
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relations with Japan that Yoon had sought and the Americans have pushed for years.
Additionally, since Yoon took office in May 2022, the Democratic Party used its position in
the National Assembly to block his policies at every turn, to include gutting his proposed
budget for running the country, tried to impeach Yoon or his officials 22 times, and are
targeting his wife on corruption charges.
This is beyond sharp-elbowed politics.

Yoon described it as a "legislative dictatorship.”

2024 National Assembly election

In April 2024, after two years of stymying President Yoon’s reform agenda – and personally
attacking the President and his associates (and family members) the Democratic Party and
its allies won a solid victory in South Korea’s National Assembly elections – further
strengthening the DP’s grip on the National Assembly.
The Democratic Party and its allies, to include the newly formed Rebuilding Korea Party
(founded by former DP members) which gained 12 seats – added over 30 seats to hold 189
seats in the 300-member National Assembly. Meanwhile, the ruling conservative PPP –
People Power Party – lost six seats and ended up along with its allied party at 111 seats.
About the only good news for President Yoon and the PPP is that the opposition did not gain
the 200 seats needed to impeach the president, override the presidential veto, or amend the
constitution. But otherwise, they are able to turn the presidency into a lame duck session for
the remaining years of his term.

Irregularities in the 2024 National Assembly Election

The electoral irregularities highlighted and raised in 2020 and following the 2022
presidential election have continued in varying degrees and forms in subsequent South
Korean elections. The 2024 National Assembly election was no exception – as was the lack of
response by the National Election Commission, the judiciary, and others, including the
media.
Some of the allegations and evidence included:

Ballot irregularities
– Ballots that are pristine and appear to have never been handled – nor folded as is the
case with nearly all ballots. According to a lawyer, The Grand National Innovation Party,
founded by Professor Cho Gook and President Moon Jae In’s secretary, won 12 seats
which is considered a very unlikely result. Photographs taken at the scene showed that
ballots for proportional representation parties (under which the party won seats) were
stacked in bundles, not folded.

2 Tara O of East Asia Research continues to do excellent work on this topic. Her research is invaluable for
anyone interested in understanding the backgrounds, ideologies, and political objectives of South
Korea's leftists. Ralph Cossa of Pacific Forum has provided further background information on this
topic as editor of Trilateral Korea-Japan-U.S. Cooperation: Dealing with North Korea-China
Challenges.

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