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This is partly owing to some conservative politicians simply not wanting to deal with
the trouble and controversy that comes with raising electoral fraud issues, thus
posing a risk to their position. In some cases it is said politicians simply don’t believe
or cannot imagine such allegations are true. And in a few cases there’s a certain
schadenfreude at seeing party rivals losing their elections.

2022 Presidential election

In May 2022, the conservative People Power Party’s Yoon Suk-yeol was elected
president. Despite a sizeable lead in the opinion polls before the election day and
holding a comfortable lead throughout election day, late arriving ‘early vote’ tallies
for Democratic Party candidate Lee Jae Myung shrunk Yoon’s lead to a miniscule
0.73% victory -- about 260,000 votes.

This raised suspicions of election manipulation.

The chairman of the National Election Commission (NEC), Noh Jung Hee resigned
shortly afterwards. His stated reason, "poor election management".
However, more suspect was the fact the Democratic Party candidate, Lee Jae Myung
conceded the contest on election night – despite the razor thin vote difference that
normally would have a candidate – his party and his supporters – demanding a
recount.

Curious behavior to say the least.

Post-election saw the same sorts of allegations raised as following the 2020 National
Assembly election.

These included: irregular and counterfeit ballots, unmarked and suspiciously marked
ballots, and statistically improbable election results – notably involving the early vote
counts that, as before, went in Democratic Party favor, and raised suspicions that
included electronic and computer manipulation.

However, as in 2020, no serious review was conducted of the election fraud
allegations – by anybody in a position of authority, or as in the case of the media,
with a professional duty to inquire into the accuracy of the allegations.

People close to President Yoon claimed that he recognized something untoward had
gone on with South Korea’s electoral system.

The Democratic Party has not changed its fundamental nature nor objectives since
Yoon took office.

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 –

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