On Monday South Korea’s pro-China President Lee Jae-myung will meet with President Trump at the White House.
Last week Lee Jae-myung’s regime carrying out police raids on political opponents who dare raise questions about election fraud under the current pro-Chinese regime.
On August 20, armed police stormed the office of the Free and Innovation Party, led by former Prime Minister Hwang Kyo-ahn, under the guise of investigating so-called “election law violations,” according to our contact in South Korea, Kim Yu-jin.
Hwang, along with hundreds of citizens organized under the Committee for Preventing Election Fraud, had officially registered as election monitors.
They followed legal procedures, participated transparently, and documented what they believed were serious irregularities. Instead of being commended for strengthening democracy, they are now being treated as criminals.
While President Lee Jae-myung is engaging in summit diplomacy with the United States and Japan, he has simultaneously dispatched a special envoy to Beijing with a personal letter for Xi Jinping.
This reveals a troubling double-track policy — speaking of alliance with America while at the same time courting the Chinese Communist Party.
Such actions raise serious questions about Seoul’s reliability as a U.S. ally. The message delivered to Wang Yi, China’s top foreign policy official, emphasized “expanding common interests” with Beijing. At the very moment when Washington is working to strengthen trilateral cooperation with Seoul and Tokyo, South Korea’s leader is signaling deference to Beijing.
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The letter to Chinese officials was published in the Korean press.
A South Korean delegation led by former National Assembly Speaker Park Byeong-seug began a four-day visit to China on August 24, starting with a meeting with Wang Yi, Director of the Chinese Communist Party’s Office of Foreign Affairs and concurrently Foreign Minister. Analysts interpret this as President Lee Jae-myung’s attempt to signal his willingness to improve Seoul–Beijing relations by sending a special envoy to China, while he himself is engaged in summit diplomacy with Japan and the United States.
The delegation consists of Park, Democratic Party lawmakers Kim Tae-nyeon and Park Jeong, and Roh Jae-heon, Chairman of the East Asia Culture Center.
On the same day, the envoys delivered President Lee’s personal letter to President Xi Jinping through Minister Wang. In particular, the letter requested Xi’s attendance at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit scheduled to be held in Gyeongju, South Korea, on October 31–November 1.
The envoys also attended a dinner banquet with Wang at Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing. During the talks, Wang highlighted that the day marked the 33rd anniversary of diplomatic ties between the two nations. An envoy source explained, “Originally, Minister Wang was to host a luncheon, but given the significance of the diplomatic anniversary, he instead treated the delegation to dinner.”
Wang stated, “After the inauguration of Korea’s new administration, President Xi and President Lee held a phone conversation and reached an important agreement to elevate the bilateral strategic cooperative partnership to a higher level.” He added, “China intends to uphold the original spirit of establishing diplomatic relations, enhance mutual understanding, deepen practical cooperation, and improve public sentiment. We are willing to expand common interests and ensure the bilateral relationship develops on the right path in a stable and long-term manner.”
Park Byeong-seug responded, “I hope both sides can work together to put Korea–China relations, which have become entangled in recent years, back on the right track.” He further conveyed President Lee’s message delivered to him two days earlier: “The Korean government places great importance on relations with China and hopes to build a strategic cooperative partnership that substantively contributes to the lives of both nations’ peoples.”
However, it is reported that the delegation will likely not be able to meet either President Xi Jinping or Premier Li Qiang in person. Some observers interpret this as China expressing displeasure with the Lee administration’s greater emphasis on trilateral cooperation with the United States and Japan, rather than prioritizing relations with China.
On August 26, the envoys are scheduled to meet Vice President Han Zheng in the morning, followed by Zhao Leji, Chairman of the National People’s Congress Standing Committee, in the afternoon. Zhao, ranked third in China’s leadership hierarchy after President Xi and Premier Li, will be the highest-ranking Chinese official the delegation is expected to meet.
Back in January 2013, shortly after taking office, President Xi met directly with Kim Moo-sung, then envoy of President-elect Park Geun-hye. During the Moon Jae-in administration, Xi also met with former Prime Minister Lee Hae-chan, who visited as a special envoy. In contrast, the Yoon Suk-yeol administration did not dispatch a special envoy to China.
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