by Sung Ku HongHead Reporter, News And Post
Around the time Donald Trump’s second administration took office, South Korea went through a tumultuous period as if under a spell.
From the sudden declaration and swift lifting of martial law, to the presidential impeachment, early elections, and even allegations of election fraud following the local elections, the streets of South Korea have been filled with the ceaseless cries of the people for the past year and a half.
South Korea’s media outlets, controlled by labor unions; the National Assembly, suspected of being seized through election fraud; and the Lee Jae-myung administration—which is also suspected of having taken power through election fraud—have consistently ignored the people’s cries.
With even the judiciary going along with the South Korean left’s one-sided claims and stigmatization as “rebellion,” the South Korean people, who are calling for the restoration of liberal democracy, are urging the United States—a democratic ally bound by a mutual defense treaty—and President Trump to intervene immediately and directly.
The remarks made by former Prime Minister Hwang Kyo-ahn when he spoke at CPAC in Texas last March were not an unexpected new claim. Rather, they were a concise expression of what millions of South Koreans have been shouting all night long on the streets for the past year and a half.
While South Koreans find some comfort in the fact that some MAGA figures in the U.S. are expressing deep concern over the current situation in South Korea and that Republican members of the House of Representatives are sending warning messages to the South Korean government, the people still want President Trump’s immediate and direct intervention.
The reason is simple: they have concluded that it has become practically impossible to defend liberal democracy through their own efforts alone.
In January 2026, the operation to arrest Venezuela’s Maduro—who had clung to power through electoral fraud—raised great expectations among the people of South Korea. Subsequently, the launch of military operations against Iran in late February served as a catalyst that ignited hope among Koreans.
However, that hope is quickly turning into concern.
