Some people joke that the President of South Korea is the most "high-risk" profession in the world, since the founding of the Republic of Korea, every South Korean president in history has either been assassinated, arrested and imprisoned, or committed suicide for some reason, and no president has ever been able to enjoy his old age peacefully after stepping down.
To this end, some people have invented the term "Blue House Curse" to describe the fate of the South Korean president. But a closer look at South Korea's history reveals that the so-called "Blue House Curse" is nothing more than a product of South Korea's deformed political system, and that the vast majority of South Korean politicians— including the South Korean president— are manipulated by South Korean chaebols and the United States, like puppets.
Roh Moo-hyun, who once launched an "attack" on South Korean chaebols, was forced to jump off a cliff to commit suicide, and his student, comrade-in-arms, and brother Moon Jae-in, in order to avenge him, can be described as "changing his life against the sky", from "son of a defector" all the way to the Blue House, and finally sending the "enemy" to prison.
Moon Jae-in, who inherited Roh Moo-hyun's legacy, also launched an "attack" on the South Korean consortium, but this also means that Moon's "life and death" has arrived, can he survive it safely?
· Deformed Korean Politics: A State Under the Control of the Church and Chaebols
The presidency sounds "powerful" and glorious, but for the President of South Korea, things may not be like this.
Since Rhee became the first president of the Republic of Korea, South Korean politics seems to have fallen into a state of some kind of deformity.
During Syngman Rhee's administration, he appointed officers trained during the Japanese colonial period to serve in important government positions, flattered the United States with the command of the Korea Defense Forces, and connived at the wanton accumulation of wealth and official corruption by his family members, which led to the unhappiness of the Korean people and laid the foundation for South Korea's political deformity.
On May 16, 1961, Park Chung-hee launched a military coup d'état that overthrew Syngman Rhee's regime and began his decade-long career as a repressive dictatorship. Although Park Chung-hee practised a repressive dictatorship, he was not without benefits for South Korea, as his main policy after coming to power was to "develop the economy and resolutely fight corruption."
Park Chung-hee arrested corrupt military officers, expelled corrupt civil servants, declared martial law in Seoul, the capital of South Korea, and barred citizens from leaving the country, and focused on economic development. Under a series of economic stimulus policies by Park Chung-hee, the South Korean economy began to take off and eventually became one of the "Four Asian Tigers".
But two serious loopholes in Park Chung-hee's series of policies have led to increasingly distorted South Korean politics.
On the one hand, Park Chung-hee's series of high-pressure policies have a common feature, that is, "except for the church"; on the other hand, Park Chung-hee achieved it by supporting a small number of chaebols and handing over the lifeblood of the country to a few chaebols, which led to a series of tragedies in South Korea.
Let's start with the church. At first, Park Chung-hee wanted to use the powerful church to compete with North Korea, and the church organizations that often came and went to the Blue House included The Unification Church, Park Tae-sun's Heavenly Father Sect, Choi Tae-min's ImmortalIsm, and so on, which often claimed that original sin could be "cleansed" or "immortality" through "male and female intercourse."
It looks like a cult in our eyes, but in South Korea it does have a huge industry and the ability to interfere in South Korea's domestic and foreign policies.
The second is the South Korean chaebols, who, as we all know, are so powerful that they control the lifeblood of the South Korean economy.
For example, South Korea's Samsung can account for 20% of South Korea's GDP in a year's revenue, while South Korea's top ten chaebols together account for 75% of South Korea's GDP, which makes them run amok in China. Moreover, the Korean chaebols do not want to hide their lawlessness at all, which can be seen from the fact that the chaebols invest in the filming of movies and TV series that "expose the darkness of the Korean chaebols":
The chaebols are not afraid of being exposed, and even as long as they can make money, they can expose themselves, and the South Korean judicial system is helpless against them.
To some extent, South Korean chaebols can decide who is president, and who "must" step down, and South Korean chaebols are the "presidents" who really control South Korea.
· Long-Established Feuds: The "Intersection" of Moon Jae-in and the Park Family
The political system gradually deformed, and Park Chung-hee was assassinated several times. The first assassination was unsuccessful, and Park Chung-hee was lucky to escape the disaster, but the first lady, Lu Young-so, was unfortunately shot and killed.
The loss of her mother brought Park Geun-hye's spirit to the brink of collapse, but she had to pick up her mood and take on the responsibilities of some of the "first lady" as the "first daughter". At this time, The Immortal Sect's Choi Tae-min claims that he will be "psychic" and can help Park Geun-hye's mother and daughter meet.
Through some means, Choi Tae-min successfully made Park Geun-hye believe that her mother "appeared", which allowed Choi Tae-min to gain Park Geun-hye's trust, and even once won some rights that can only be exercised by the "first lady".
At this time, Park Chung-hee and Park Geun-hye were "in power", while Moon Jae-in, who was in his junior year, was expelled from school for organizing a student movement against Park Chung-hee and sentenced to 8 months in prison, which was changed to a suspended sentence.
Perhaps Moon's feud with the Park family had already begun at that time.
However, Park Chung-hee escaped the first assassination, but failed to escape the second, and in 1979, Park Chung-hee was killed by his intelligence minister Kim Jae-gyu at a dinner party, ending his 18-year dictatorship.
Kim Jae-gyu
Desperate to lose her parents, Park Geun-hye disappeared from South Korean politics and pinned her spirits on Choi Tae-min and his daughter Choi Soon-sil. Park Geun-hye and Choi Soon-sil became girlfriends, and the seeds of tragedy fell like this.
At that time, Moon Jae-in was arrested and imprisoned again because of his participation in the puma protest demonstrations, and the hatred between them seemed to be getting deeper and deeper, but it did not reach the level where Moon Jae-in wanted to "take revenge". After all, after many government rotations in South Korea, Park Geun-hye disappeared for more than 20 years.
If you really want to calculate seriously, then perhaps Moon's life and death began when he met Roh Moo-hyun.
In 1980, 27-year-old Moon Jae-in took part in the Seoul Spring protests, which were suppressed by force by the then Kim Doo-hwan regime, resulting in the deaths of a large number of civilians. Moon was fortunate and unfortunate because he did not die in that protest, but was arrested and imprisoned for two years.
After his release from prison, Moon Jae-in's life fell into a low point, and he himself was discouraged, no longer hot-blooded and aggressive, and added more stoic and humble parts to his personality.
Originally, perhaps Moon Jae-in and Park Geun-hye would no longer intersect, and the so-called "vendetta" would eventually be drowned in the long river of time, no one mentioned, but he met Roh Moo-hyun.
· From "son of a defector" to the head of the secretariat of the Blue House
At the low point of his life, Moon met Roh Moo-hyun. At that time, Moon Jae-in was excluded from mainstream society because he was the "son of a defector" and felt that his future was dark, because he met Roh Moo-hyun in Busan because of a rights defense case.
Through many contacts, Moon was impressed by Roh Moo-hyun's integrity, and similar personalities and shared political ideals made Moon and Roh Moo-hyun friends, comrades-in-arms, and even brothers, and together they set up a law firm to speak out for the vulnerable, and a strong friendship was formed in the battle.
In 1997, when the Asian financial crisis broke out, South Koreans looked at the declining economy and began to miss the economic take-off of the Park Chung-hee era. So Park Geun-hye took the opportunity to return to politics, and with the help of church forces, gradually expanded her influence, announcing that she would run for president.
But that time, Park Geun-hye failed. In the 2002 South Korean presidential election, Roh Moo-hyun was elected as south Korea's 16th president with the help of Moon Jae-in, and began to realize his political ideals.
In terms of foreign relations, Roh Moo-hyun demanded that the U.S.-Rok alliance be equal, that the pro-American Foreign Minister of South Korea be removed, and that U.S. troops withdraw from Seoul, withdraw from South Korea, and return command of the Rok Defense Forces.
In terms of domestic policy, Roh Moo-hyun began to liquidate "Korean traitors" and ordered the establishment of a pro-Japanese anti-ethnic actor investigation committee, which included Park Chung-hee and Park Geun-hye in the list of more than 3,000 pro-Japanese factions compiled by the committee.
At the same time, Roh Moo-hyun also attacked South Korean chaebols, during his tenure, the president of south Korean chaebol SK Group was sentenced to three years for allegedly embezzling more than 40 billion assets of the company; the head of South Korea's Hyundai company was investigated for bribery and committed suicide during the investigation.
It can be said that Roh Moo-hyun has offended the United States, the pro-Japanese faction and the chaebols at the same time during his term of office, which has aroused their strong counterattack.
Under Park Geun-hye's leadership, the impeachment of Roh Moo-hyun's "illegal campaign funds" was so vigorous that Roh Was forced to suspend him from office for investigation.
After learning of this, Moon Jae-in, who had been the chief secretary of the civil affairs for a year and voluntarily resigned, immediately returned to the "battle" and personally formed a lawyer team to defend Roh Moo-hyun, and finally Roh Moo-hyun successfully restored presidential power, and Park Geun-hye failed to impeach.
Subsequently, Moon Jae-in entered the Blue House several times, and the highest became the secretary director of the Blue House.
In 2008, Roh Moo-hyun's term ended and he stepped down to return to Tian. Looking back, many people hoped that Roh Moo-hyun's story would stay here, but things did not go as expected.
The new president, Lee Myung-bak, hastened to join forces with pro-Japanese chaebols to launch a frenzied public attack on Roh Moo-hyun, claiming that Roh Moo-hyun's wife and son had accepted bribes, and that the incident, promoted by Lee Myung-bak, Park Geun-hye, and the South Korean church, made a nationwide public announcement and became a "shocking case."
But in fact, Roh Moo-hyun's wife and niece and son-in-law have taken a total of 6 million US dollars in bribes, which may not be a "shocking case" in South Korea compared with the billions of cases involving Korean churches and chaebols.
It was just that Roh Moo-hyun valued his reputation very much, and Roh Moo-hyun, who could not stand the insults and pressure of public opinion, chose to commit suicide by jumping off a cliff in 2009.
Moon Jae-in, who heard the news, rushed to the hospital, but did not even see the last side of his best friend, who allegedly felt that "the sky was going to fall" because he had lost his admired mentor, comrade-in-arms, and brother, and pulled him out of the dark light.
Perhaps in order to fulfill Roh Moo-hyun's legacy, when Roh Moo-hyun's staff implored Moon to return to politics two years later, Moon agreed that he would declare war on Park Geun-hye and avenge his brother, even if he faced a life-and-death disaster, Moon Jae-in had nothing to fear.
· Taking Power: Moon's Path to Revenge
In 2012, Moon jae-in and Park Geun-hye competed for the presidency. At the time, Park Geun-hye was unstoppable, declaring herself to be "the woman who married the country", gained the support of South Korean voters, defeated Moon Jae-in, and was elected president.
In desperation, Moon Jae-in had to wait, but God did not let him wait too long.
On April 16, 2014, the "Sewol" shipwreck shocked the world, the "Sewol" full of middle school students overturned and sank in the southwest coast of South Korea, causing 293 deaths and 11 missing, while Park Geun-hye, who is the president, mysteriously disappeared for 7 hours, and the secretary general of the Blue House claimed that he "did not know where the president was."
What is even more bizarre is that when Park Geun-hye appeared, she never mentioned the rescue, and claimed that the "sacrifice" of the students who were killed created an opportunity for the Republic of Korea to be "reborn", which aroused the anger of the south Korean people.
Angry South Korean people and the media soon discovered that the owner of the Sewol was Yu Bingyan, the founder of the South Korean cult "Rescue Faction", and on April 16, 2014, the day Choi Tae-min predicted that he would be "resurrected" 20 years after his death, and the South Korean media vowed that this was not a natural disaster, "a human disaster sacrificed for the Immortal Sect Leader."
Of course, Park Geun-hye did not wait for Choi Tae-min's "resurrection", and in order to save the sharp decline in support due to the "Sewol", Park Geun-hye won the assistance of the United States in exchange for the deployment of the THAAD system.
However, this move immediately led to a confrontation between China and South Korea and the DPRK, the Chinese side announced the suspension of cooperation between the two countries in the economic, trade, cultural and other fields, held many military exercises, the People's Liberation Army also claimed that as long as the THAAD system is found to be "turned on", it will immediately fight back, under a series of strong policies of China, South Korean capital quickly fled, and the domestic chaebol and national economy almost collapsed.
Then, the Blue House once again exposed the "girlfriend to do politics" scandal, Park Geun-hye's girlfriend Choi Soon-sil's old computer documents were restored, which involved dozens of state secret documents, south Korean media claimed that Park Geun-hye's speeches were all written by Choi Soon-sil, calling Choi Soon-sil a "shadow president".
The time Moon had waited for had come. Park Geun-hye was impeached, removed from the presidency, and South Korea held immediate general elections. In 2017, Moon was successfully elected president with 44% approval, opening his own "road to revenge".
Moon Jae-in, a well-known pro-China president, came to power and vigorously repaired Sino-Korean and inter-Korean relations, expressed his "pro-China" political intentions, and promoted historic progress in relations between South Korea and North Korea.
But these are not actually Moon's main goals, because the most important thing he did after he came to power was to "rehabilitate" and avenge his close friend Roh Moo-hyun.
On January 4, 2018, Park Geun-hye was sentenced to 32 years in prison and recovered and fined a total of 21.3 billion won for "girlfriend interference" and suspected of accepting bribes from state intelligence agents for 3.65 billion won.
Lee Myung-bak, who first attacked Roh Moo-hyun, did not end well. On March 22, 2018, Lee myung-bak was arrested and imprisoned on 20 counts of bribery, embezzlement, and dereliction of duty, and was eventually sentenced to 17 years in prison, fined 13 billion won, and recovered 5.78 billion won.
Moon Jae-in completed his path of revenge, and then, Moon Jae-in personally presided over the memorial service for the 10th anniversary of Roh Moo-hyun's death, and his affection for his close friend touched the South Korean people, so that his poll approval rating reached a high of 50%, which was Moon's highlight moment, but also the darkest moment of the church and the chaebols.
Then, in order to realize Roh Moo-hyun's political ideals, Moon began to liquidate the pro-Japanese forces at home and "attack" the Korean church and chaebols.
At the end of 2018, taking advantage of the outbreak of the Lee Shengli "nightclub door" scandal in South Korea, Moon Jae-in asked prosecutors to thoroughly investigate the truth about Zhang Ziyan's suicide. At that time, Moon Jae-in's words were sonorous, he said: "I am willing to gamble on the fate of a thorough investigation!" ”
This is Moon Jae-in's real life and death situation, because this time, he really touched the interests of the South Korean chaebols, and he ordered a thorough investigation, which undoubtedly announced that he had started a war with Samsung, Lotte and other big chaebols.
Moon also knows his situation because he sent his family to Southeast Asia to protect their safety, and on the one hand, he often works as president to win the favor of the army, and on the other hand, he competes with the United States to regain command of the South Korean army.
However, the so-called invitation to God is easy to send God is difficult, and the possibility of Moon Jae-in wanting to take back the command of the army may not be high, but there is no turning back arrow when opening the bow, and once Moon Jae-in enters the game, he cannot turn back.
· Falling polls: How long can Moon hold out?
Moon's approval rating in South Korea has always been at a good level, and even after the sudden outbreak of the new crown epidemic at the beginning of last year, Moon remained vigilant enough.
Due to Moon's decisive measures to prevent and control the epidemic, the new crown epidemic did not spread in South Korea until February 18, when the situation took a sharp turn for the worse.
On this day, a new COVID-19 patient no. 31 was confirmed in Daegu City, followed by a large-scale outbreak in South Korea, because this patient No. 31 was a super-spreader. She withstood a high fever of 38.8 degrees and prayed religiously at the "Shincheonji" church in Daegu City four times, allowing the virus to spread rapidly.
Under the thorough investigation of the South Korean government, more than 1,200 suspected cases have been generated among more than 9,000 believers, and the South Korean government has called on close contacts with the epidemic prevention department.
But what is bizarre is that in order not to expose the list of believers, the Shincheonji Church openly incited believers to confront the government, asked believers not to contact the government, and called on believers to mix with other churches to spread the virus, and then the church declared that it did not have to be afraid of the new crown virus, and also held public meetings and exchanged food with each other, resulting in the outbreak of the new crown epidemic in South Korea.
Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon, who is believed to be Moon's heir, came to the scene and advised the believers to disband and leave at a rally, but they were protested and insulted by the believers, and things seemed to be out of control.
Park Won-soon
The economy has fallen off a cliff, ordinary people are not happy, Moon's support rate has also fallen all the way, the new crown epidemic has become a tool for opposition parties to attack Moon Jae-in, and political opponents have frantically attacked Moon Jae-in's government to control the epidemic.
In fact, neither the Moon Jae-in government nor any other South Korean government can achieve effective control, because the church imposes "mind control" on believers, believers only listen to the church, they are not afraid of the virus, they are not even afraid of death, because they are pursuing "eternal life".
However, the difficulty of the new crown epidemic in the clear did not crush Moon Jae-in, and without lockdown and non-stop work, the Moon Jae-in government took a series of measures to quickly control the epidemic.
In the 2020 Parliamentary Elections in April 2020, the ruling party won 180 seats in one fell swoop, which was the first time that a single political party won more than 60% of the seats after the democratic elections in South Korea, which is the recognition of Moon Jae-in by the South Korean people.
It's just that "open guns are easy to hide, and dark arrows are difficult to defend", and the churches and chaebols hiding in the shadows have begun to move. On July 9, 2020, Park Won-soon's daughter reported that her father was missing, and at 00:40 on July 10, Seoul police found Park Won-soon's body.
There are many opinions in South Korea about Park Won-soon's death, but for Moon Jae-in, he must have "a good idea" in his heart. In order to realize his and Roh Moo-hyun's political ideals, Moon Jae-in has paid too much, originally Moon Jae-in wanted to choose Park Won-soon as his successor, and it was precisely because he saw Park Won-soon's "political ideals" like himself.
But the 2022 general election has not yet arrived, and the South Korean church and chaebols seem to have seen the "reckoning" after Park Won-soon came to power, so they raised the butcher knife first, who will be the next turn?
As Moon's term comes to an end, his life and death will come to an end: Can Moon be the first to break the Blue House curse?