One of the photos that the South Korean state-controlled media would never show was a scene of U.S. President Trump striding out with President Xi Jinping behind him during his visit to China. He visited China accompanied by the heads of the world’s leading companies, and it would be no exaggeration to say that he effectively devastated China’s economy. Just like the message “FAFO” that appeared on the White House’s social media, he demanded China’s complete opening in front of its leaders and politically pressured China to support Iran’s complete abandonment of its nuclear program. Seeing news reports that voices in Iran are already accusing China of being a traitor, I realized that the downfall of villains is always the same.
In particular, seeing that there were virtually no substantive consultations with South Korea and that the currency swap deal fell through, I became concerned about how South Korea would weather the era of the won trading at 1,500 to the dollar. As I observed a bizarre stock market where the momentum toward the KOSPI 10,000 mark comes solely from semiconductor companies, with no impact on the real economy, I was reminded anew just how heavily South Korea’s economy relies on external factors.
Furthermore, with local elections just two weeks away, people seemed to be growing weary as allegations of election fraud and attacks on candidates’ qualifications once again flew back and forth. However, I wanted to applaud the rallies held every weekend by patriotic citizens, as well as the desperate efforts of candidate Kim Hyun-tae—former commander of Special Mission Unit 707, running in Incheon’s Gyeyang District—and his running mate, Representative Jeon Han-gil. According to Kim Jeong-hyun, CEO of the Baeksus Institute, the election system was already rigged to manipulate the results on election day using VPNs and backdoor software, along with fake ballots and illegal votes cast by foreigners. I realized that the forces that have been stealing South Korea by distorting the election system in this way are now attempting to steal the election again on June 3, even as many citizens are waking up and U.S. surveillance continues.
It is unclear whether any of the messages Trump sent to Xi Jinping were related to the South Korean election, but it was evident that China would resort to underhanded tactics to the very end in an attempt to interfere with the election. I do not know if, in addition to the hacker arrested by the National Election Commission, more hackers will manipulate the South Korean election, or if employees of Miru Systems, located in Pangyo, will once again connect to the National Election Commission’s network via VPN to open a pathway for the hackers.
However, with the forces behind Venezuela’s election fraud and Smartmatic already dismantled, Iran’s Khamenei—their financial backer—dead, and Iran’s illicit oil no longer flowing into China, it seemed they had no next move left. And seeing how North Korea—which had always provoked us with missiles during election season—was strangely quiet, I began to think that perhaps it was already checkmate. Just as Elon Musk’s Starlink blocked hacking attempts during the U.S. presidential election, allowing a normal election to take place and resulting in Trump’s victory, it seemed as though South Korea, too, would hold a normal election with all manipulation halted, bringing new vitality back to the chessboard.
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