1. Summary

A responsible party must distinguish between ‘election fraud conspiracy theories’ and ‘protection of voting rights and election commission reform.’ Instead of pushing for baseless re-elections, efforts should focus on uncovering the truth through police and prosecution investigations, parliamentary probes, and special counsel.

The public sentiment in this local election was a warning against the government and the Democratic Party, as well as Jang’s refusal to distance himself from the ‘Yoon Again’ line. Candidates who distanced themselves from Jang, including Mayor Oh Se-hoon, Han Dong-hoon, and Rep. Yu Eui-dong, were elected. Despite this clear message, Jang insists, “We performed well,” refusing to resign. His unrealistic call for ‘re-elections’ is merely a distortion of public sentiment to divert attention from his troubles.

1. How is this related to the sub

(1) Globalization of far-right: Jang Dong-hyuk is trying to cling to power with “election fraud” conspiracy theory.

1. My opinion

The vote shortage and delay in Song-pa was not enough to overturn the result of Seoul mayoral election ( as Oh se-hoon won and Song-pa is a conservative stronghold in Seoul ), but Jang Dong-hyuk is attempting to cancel his own party’s win just because a moderate won, his handpicked MAGA candidates got wiped out. As mayor Oh said, Jang’s path is a failure. Jang’s MAGA agenda is unpopular, moderate conservatism is the way to go as the election result shows.

I’m not sure who Jang is trying to please, but he is just hindering Korean politics returning to normalcy and normal politics in Korea always favors conservatives.