Pro-Yoon protesters wave U.S. and South Korean flags during a rally in support of South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol near his official residence in Seoul, South Korea, January 10, 2025. TYRONE SIU/ REUTERS “Stop the steal”: the slogan popularized by the President-elect of the United States Donald Trump and his supporters to contest the result of the 2020 presidential election is reborn in South Korea. Its mention in English appears on the signs brandished during the rallies orchestrated to defend another conservative president, Yoon Suk Yeol, under the threat of legal proceedings for his abortive declaration of martial law, on December 3, 2024. It is the most visible of Trumpist influence in the current political crisis. Due to a real ideological and even religious proximity, the Trump touch irrigates the speeches of pro-Yoon, like the pleadings of the lawyers of the leader accused of insurrection, abuse of power and obstruction of the activities of others. It was to be felt on Saturday January 11, during the large gathering planned in Gwanghwamun in the heart of Seoul, by the Daekukbon Movement of Korean Citizens for National Restoration (DKB). Organized every week since the vote to impeach the president on December 14, 2024, this conservative rally has as master of ceremonies Pastor Jeon Kwang-hoon, founder of the Sarangseil Presbyterian Church and president of the DKB. The charismatic cleric attacks “anti-state forces led by Lee Jae-myung [leader du Parti démocrate (opposition)]who do everything illegal, including serving an arrest warrant against the president. It must be stopped at all costs.” You have 77.34% of this article left to read. The rest is reserved for subscribers.
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