As soon as 2024 arrived, South Korea ushered in a major event: Lee Jae-myung was assassinated while attending an event in Busan, and almost lost his life because he touched a blood vein in his neck.
Who is Lee Jae-myung? In South Korea, he is probably the chief spokesman of the opposition Democratic Party of Korea in the eyes of politicians, but in the eyes of many netizens, he is a hero-like figure.
Why is this so, of course, we must also mention the hot topic in 2023: the discharge of Japan's nuclear-contaminated water into the sea.
To tell the truth, this is really a major event related to the lives of the people in the world, not only for politicians, but also for ordinary people.
But Japan insists on going its own way, and has no fear, that is, it wants to break the jar and break it, no matter where tomorrow is, live today first. There is nothing you can do, after all, the law only binds those who respect it.
When others were accusing and cursing, Lee Jae-myung, as a politician, did a very backbone thing to fight, that is, he openly went on a hunger strike indefinitely to demonstrate to the government.
As for whether the South Korean government is reformed, whether it is reorganized, and who wants to support who will take office, there is no need for the people who eat melons to pay attention.
What we have seen, however, is that in the face of major issues of right and wrong, Lee Jae-myung is the only one among the many politicians who has chosen to confront acts that violate the normal international order regardless of life and death.
However, as the old saying goes, everything is a blessing and a curse, and no one would have thought that when Lee Jae-ming died desperately to fight against Japan's nuclear sewage discharge, he had already opened a skylight for his own life.
The entire hunger strike lasted for 24 days, and Lee Jae-myung really fell into a coma for a time, even if he did not die, it would have an irreversible impact on his health, which is what the doctor said, absolutely true.
But since ancient times, how can anyone who is a politician not be ruthless to himself? Lee Jae-myung's hunger strike is not original, and think about how those big names in South Korea, such as Kim Dae-jung and Kim Yong-sam, came to an absolute leadership position?
Therefore, Li Zaiming, who is on hunger strike, should know very well in his heart that although his health will be discounted, his personal political score will rise. And the facts have proved that if it weren't for the "cashback" brought by the hunger strike, he would have been in the bureau a long time ago.
It's always uncomfortable to say it too bluntly, but it is undeniable that Lee Jae-myung's hunger strike because of the nuclear sewage discharge incident was not completely out of public intentions, and he had too many pigtails on his body before being manipulated by other politicians, and the charges of corruption and dereliction of duty had already been nominated by South Korean prosecutors.
However, the decision to be arrested during the hunger strike was not carried out in order to uphold the so-called law and justice in South Korea, and was approved by the United Nations General Assembly on September 19, 2023, and was approved by the South Korean National Assembly on September 21, 2023, but was rejected by the court on September 27.
Of course, Lee Jae-myung also ended his hunger strike on September 23, and his "benevolence" of "supporting democracy" can be regarded as receiving real benefits and allowing him to avoid prison.
This is probably politics, some things seem to have nothing to do with ordinances and laws, but because of the establishment of the image, they have been raised to a new level, and thus redefined as a righteous act.
Lee Jae-myung benefited from this, but no one expected that just a few months after the end of the hunger strike, he would once again usher in the result of being assassinated, and the political risk was too high.
For example, why did Moon Jae-in have to take a political path back then? It was not because he wanted to become famous, but because he wanted to change his unfair fate.
Lee Jae-myung is known as the "successor of Moon Jae-in" in South Korea, not because of how close his political ideas are to Moon Jae-in, but probably closer, or because of his childhood background and the bumps in his fate.
The year 1964 was a very monumental time in the history of South Korea, and life itself was the foundation for the future direction of many people: poverty, injustice, and repression......
Lee Jae-myung, like Moon Jae-in, comes from an ordinary, perhaps bitter background, and a job as a street cleaner is the foundation for his growth with his four siblings.
It is a luxury for people who do not have enough to eat to go to school, and Lee Jae-myung only went to elementary school, and dropped out of middle school because he could not afford to pay for tuition.
After that, he became a child laborer, and if this was the beginning of injustice, he would have already experienced it.
originally wanted to rely on his own hands and feet to support himself, but fate did not give Lee Jaeming such a chance, and in a work accident, his left arm was permanently disabled: "Until now, I am still seriously disabled."
If you don't have education and can't do physical work, what should you do? Are you just waiting to die? People have always had the heart to die.
Lee Jae-myung is no exception, he picked up the book again, and wanted to change his fate through knowledge, and change the fate of some people like him.
At the age of 24, Lee Jae-myung finally obtained his lawyer's certificate, and in those days, lawyers were born for the people, as did Roh Moo-hyun and Moon Jae-in.
But Mr. Lee, who only entered politics after 20 years as a lawyer, clearly seems to have less sense of people's livelihood than Mr. Moon. As the Japanese media said:
The son of a street cleaner, Lee is not a traditional South Korean political elite. ”
Regardless, Lee Jae-myung has gradually emerged since he entered politics in 2006, and when he impeached Park Geun-hye in 2016, he was almost ranked behind Moon Jae-in because of his fame.
You see, that's one of the reasons why people want to see Lee Jae-myung as the successor of Moon Jae-in, and there are traces of many aspects of him, many of his actions, or he is imitating and Xi learning from people and things that are useful in his political life.
Fortunately, Lee Jae-myung has walked quite well on this road, at least, his image is now more powerful than that of the South Korean president. This time, because of the assassination, it is destined to shine again.
According to media sources, Lee Jae-myung has now passed the dangerous period, although 60% of the internal jugular vein is cut, and the esophagus, arteries, cranial nerves and respiratory tract have not been damaged.
This means that as long as Lee Jae-ming recovers his injuries well and does not have postoperative infections, it will not be a big problem. After he is discharged from the hospital, it will surely be another new starting point for his political career.