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As a Korean, it infuriates me to see a Korean president who genuinely seems to be incapable of making rational decisions with the country's interest at heart.
by brilliantcode 10y ago
As a Korean, it infuriates me to see a Korean president who genuinely seems to be incapable of making rational decisions with the country's interest at heart.
Choi Soon Sil (lovingly called Choi SIRI by the people we'll call her CSS) comes from some Korean shaman society.
CSS's father was a leader of some shaman cult and claimed that he could speak to Park Geun Hye's mother who was assassinated by a North Korean agent.
The Choi family grew very close to Park Geun Hye, and it was presented that they used their closeness to the First Lady (Park Geun Hye took the role after her mother's death) for profiteering and corruption.
After the assassination of Park Chung Hee (Park Geun Hye), President Chun Doo Hwan, a loyal disciple of the deceased president, exiled CSS's father.
It is alleged that President Chun Doo Hwan's corruption revelation was orchestrated by CSS to avenge her father.
In an economy dominated by a handful of family dynasties, it seems that in order to continue this asymmetrical system that puts so much burden on the Korean people, president's office and the people surrounding it are almost certainly likely to peddle influence which Chaebol (Korean word for conglomerates) gladly pay large amount of sums for (since the return on investment by paying off a Korean politician is massive - you could win military contracts, license for monopoly etc.).
This system is now beginning to show cracks. People have completely lost trust in the system.
There's even rumours of a military coup, how ironic, that the current president whose father overthrew the first Korean president Rhee with a coup, is now expecting one herself.