Senate cray-cray corean politics (CCCP) station

this piece has been making the rounds and it is glorious. basically, the president of south corea is korrupt (no big surprise there) but the whole thing takes a turn for the bizarre in that it turns out she's basically a puppet for the daughter of a dead cult leader

let us discuss the strange politics of "The Good Korea" itt

 

Who knew that Park Chung-Hee's daughter would be a terrible and corrupt President? I'm shocked.

 

he was such a good dictator tho?!

 

reminder to plz swap "c"s and "k"s at the beginning of words randomly itt

 

THE ECONOMY WAS SO GOOD

 

*masturbates furiously to a picture of pinochet and then feels shame for approximately .5 seconds afterwards before returning to placidly writing economics monograph*

 

Does it begin with the suggestion that the number one criteria for determining what makes a good or even the best country is it ability to reward risk takers in business?

 

I'm so jealous of South Korean political scandals.

 

I can't wait for the political dramas about this.

 

On Tuesday morning, a 45-year-old man, who said he wanted to "help Choi Soon-sil die", drove a construction vehicle into the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' office.