Far East news items
I found these interesting stories in Far East news-
But I'm sick, I tell you, too sick to be investigated- both Yoon and Kim Gon-hee, claim to be too sick to answer summons in criminal investigations into their suspected crimes.
The Yoon couple seem to be very ill. https://t.co/YZghrojdVk
— Raphael Rashid (@koryodynasty) July 29, 2025
There has been a lot of social media coverage of special favors Yoon has received while in detention in jail during his martial law trial. He was released from jail on March 8 after a court cancelled his arrest warrant, but returned to jail on July 10, after the court granted a detention warrant requested by a special prosecution team investigating additional charges of obstructing official duties, abuse of power and falsifying official documents..
The trial judge had released Yoon from detention until the special prosecutor newly assigned to the case demanded he be detained again for failure to appear; risk of witness tampering, destruction of evidence, etc. The photo of Yoon pushing Kim Gon-hee in a wheelchair (for depression?) is from the period during which he was released. The Special Prosecutor Team investigating Kim Gon-hee for interference in party nomination and election processes among other things may soon have a second independent grounds for a warrant against Yoon.
Chrome translation from Yonhap source-
Former President Yoon did not appear for his first summons for questioning by the special prosecutors' team, scheduled for 10:00 AM today. He was arrested on the 10th as part of the special prosecutors' investigation into the internal rebellion and is currently being held at the Seoul Detention Center.
The defense team's position is that former President Yoon's chronic diabetes has worsened, his liver function has risen, and his eye disease has worsened to the point that his doctor recently warned him that he is at risk of blindness, indicating that his health is poor.
In relation to this, Special Prosecutor Moon repeatedly pressured him to appear, saying, "I have not yet heard any news from the detention center regarding his health, and I understand that he did not have any major health problems when he was summoned by the special prosecution team for the internal rebellion."
Former President Yoon has not appeared in the special prosecutor's investigation or the sedition trial for three weeks.
Anti US Demo outside US military base at Pyeongtaek:
An armistice signed 72 yrs ago stopped active fighting but still there is no peace.
Activists in Pyeongtaek, where the largest overseas U.S. military base is located, rejected ongoing occupation of S. Korea and rising economic exploitation and called for U.S. troops to GO HOME https://t.co/anpKnTTfs8
— feed the poor no more money for war (@TashaEssen) July 28, 2025
Kim Yo-jong and outside the US Embassy in Seoul. The two posts stuck together here; I don't think the North Korean story is anything new.
In front of the U.S. Embassy in S.Korea. July 26
South Korean protesters' letters to Trump pic.twitter.com/Bx7LpdexID— aqua (@aqua52043525) July 28, 2025
I can't remember the last time I've seen images of the US embassy when it wasn't surrounded by the wall of police busses for security. I guess that big searchlight is for photographing "commie sympathizers." These somewhat smaller anti-US demos are prompted by US tariff and trade demands, demands for 10 billion dollars annually, under SOFA for US military support; demands for increased 5% GDP expenditure on defense, and the adoption of an anti-China pro-Japan orientation, etc.
Tim S. has a new post up on his website about US treatment of the Japan- South Korea relationship with some historical perspective from Bruce Cummings. Hadn't heard from Cummings lately, I had wondered where he's been during these tumultuous times. Not sure of the date of his statements, it seems relatively recent:
It may be the MAGA right making the warning, but its repellent views are shared by the liberal imperialists from the Biden administration. Korean War scholar Bruce Cumings gets the last word.
US-China trade numbers with some nice charts-
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Far out
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Thanks for sharing the goings on
in that hemisphere.
Zionism is a social disease
Glad you liked it Q
不客气
There's quite a bit going on over there, not as sensational or grim as Ukraine, Gaza, Iran, etc.
語必忠信 行必正直
my only hope, if there is a social movement
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it is for the better for the people
Zionism is a social disease
We need to
shut down that military base and bring our military home.
Well, soryang, I'd be depressed if my husband was facing life in prison or execution.
Thanks for the news from SK.
"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." ---- William Casey, CIA Director, 1981
yes, I'm sure she's upset, OTC
I don't think Yoon will be given a death sentence. The trial judge is obviously partial to Yoon. The Supreme Court Chief Judge is also a hard right Yoon tool. So if Yoon were to get a conviction in the lower courts the Supreme Court is likely to reverse it. What's really disturbing to Yoon and particularly his wife, is that they have lost control of the administration of justice, which protected their criminal activity for years. It had to come to an end, because everyone who followed independent media in South Korea saw how they used the public prosecutors offices to protect their fraudulent grifter lifestyle. Prosecutorial reform has been a democratic priority for years; that had run aground during the Moon administration. It seems to be taking shape to some degree with these special prosecution teams, who have undermined the Yoon's good ole boy network inside the prosecution offices. This network has ties to bench and the private bar to some extent and also works in large part through collusion with the major media establishment.
I'm sure the situation is stressful for the two, both of whom have been grifters protected by the law, and media, no matter what they did. The judicial system was totally discredited until the Constitutional Court dismissed Yoon from presidential office.
Hopefully, enough Supreme Court judges' terms will expire before hand, or whatever right wing judge on the supreme court is the Chief Judge, gets caught throwing one of the other high profile cases from the insurrection, and gets impeached, serving as a lesson to the rest of the bench before Yoon's case gets decided. I've heard democratic leaders threaten to impeach almost the entire bench when they did some very unorthodox moves on Lee's criminal case, to try to bar now president Lee Jae-myung from the June 3 election. Now he's immune because he's president. imo
語必忠信 行必正直