According to South Korean media reports, Lee Jae-myung, the leader of the Democratic Party of Korea, was assassinated while attending an event on the morning of January 2, was stabbed in the neck and has been rushed to the hospital. It turned out that Lee Jae-myung was preparing to be assassinated at the site of an event in Busan. At present, there is no information on whether Lee Jae-myung's life is in danger. But judging from the photos released by major media, Lee Jae-myung was not lightly injured. As the leader of South Korea's largest opposition party, Lee Jae-myung once ran with Yoon Suk-yeol for the presidency of South Korea, and lost by less than 1%. There is no doubt that Lee Jae-myung will challenge for the next South Korean presidential election, and he is likely to win. It can be said that Lee Jae-myung is a pivotal political figure in South Korean politics, and he was able to be assassinated in broad daylight, so he has to wonder about South Korea's social order.
Lee Jae-myung, 59, has served as a member of the South Korean National Assembly and governor of Gyeonggi Province. In 2022, Lee Jae-myung represented the Democratic Party of Korea in the presidential election of South Korea. In August 2022, Lee Jae-myung went on a 19-day hunger strike to protest South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol's policies. Currently, the Democratic Party of Korea has a majority in South Korea's parliament and has just passed an investigation bill against Yoon Suk-yeol's wife. However, Lee Jae-myung's assassination is more like an emergency, and a premeditated assassination is not very likely. However, this also makes people have to worry that if Lee Jae-myung's life is in danger because of this, will the entire South Korean political arena be completely in chaos? If the leader of the largest opposition party, such as Lee Jae-myung, can be easily attacked, will not everyone in South Korea politicians be in danger?
After Lee Jae-myung's assassination, heated discussions have begun on the South Korean Internet, and many netizens have expressed their dissatisfaction with the security situation in South Korea. After Yoon Suk-yeol came to power, he focused his main efforts on pro-US and flattering Japan, which not only caused a major crisis in South Korea's international situation, but also caused many problems at home. If Lee Jae-myung's injury is too serious, or his life is in danger, it is conceivable that Yoon Suk-yeol's approval rating will suffer again. In various polls in South Korea, Yoon Suk-yeol's approval rating has fallen to around 40 percent, or even a little more than 30 percent. It can be said that South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol is facing an internal and external crisis, and if the assassination of Lee Jae-myung is not handled properly, it will be another governance crisis.
South Korean politics has always been unstable, but there have not been many such egregious attacks. In 2006, while preparing to give a speech in front of a department store in Seoul, South Korea, Park Geun-hye was attacked and nearly paid with her life, requiring 60 stitches to her face. But as a blessing in disguise, Park Geun-hye was elected South Korea's first female president in 2012. Here, I also wish Lee Jae-myung a blessing in disguise, a worry-free life, and be elected as the next president of South Korea in 2027!