1d ago

South Korean President Escalates After Trump Summit, Vows to Target 'Far-Right' Critics, Including Americans

www.hngn.com

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung pledged this week to go after "far-right" critics both at home and abroad, following his recent White House summit with President Trump. The move has raised alarm among U.S. officials over potential infringement on free expression and transnational repression tactics.
Lee met with Trump on Aug. 25 at the White House to discuss trade, defense, shipbuilding and other strategic issues. But tensions were visible — Lee stayed at a hotel instead of the traditional Blair House, was greeted by lower-level officials, and left without attending a formal state dinner.

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Showroom7561 @lemmy.ca 3h ago

Experts warn the rhetoric echoes tactics used by authoritarian regimes seeking to suppress dissent abroad. The FBI defines such measures as transnational repression, a worrying trend for democracies.
This is this the same FBI who is redacting Trump's bame from the Epstein files. South Korea must be doing something right! 😂
Edit: fixing autocorrect gone wild!
Formfiller @lemmy.world 4h ago
South Korea is killing it.
- Certamen @feddit.org 4h ago
  fucking lol
- forkDestroyer @infosec.pub 4h ago
  How?
BurgerBaron @piefed.social 5h ago
This is after SK was previously signalling they'd cozy up to the Americans lmao.
Love this for everyone involved.
pomfegranate @sh.itjust.works 23h ago
HOLY SHIT KOREA BASED??!
- Samuelwankenobi @sh.itjust.works 18h ago
  Probably best to specify south Korea
  
  icelimit @lemmy.ml 12h ago
  Given that NK also recently announced support for Palestine, I think both are doing 'good'.
unexposedhazard @discuss.tchncs.de 1d ago
although critics say these characterizations echo authoritarian sentiments not suited to a U.S. ally.
I dont think the US is a valid authority for figuring out what is and isnt authoritarian.
- Viking_Hippie @lemmy.dbzer0.com 1d ago
  Yeah, the US has ALWAYS been super authoritarian in its international dealings and has gone full fascist at home and abroad.
  It's not the pot calling the kettle black. It's the leaking barrel of nuclear waste in the municipal water supply calling candy unhealthy.
  
  dustycups @aussie.zone 19h ago
  I mean, candy is unhealthy but its better than leaking nuclear waste
july @leminal.space 1d ago
Seems like USA is losing any allies it had left
- kent_eh @lemmy.ca 4h ago
  
  Seems like USA is losing any allies it had left
  You say losing, I say actively driving them away.
- njm1314 @lemmy.world 1d ago
  Almost like it's a goal.
  
  Psycoder @lemmy.world 12h ago
  
  Sleep with the dogs. Wake up with the fleas.
  Donald Trump is the only republican president to win popular in more than 3 decades. Whatever is happening, and whatever is to come, we deserve it.
  With that being said, Donald Trump was easy to beat in both elections. He won because democratic party is not a political party, but a private entity. Yes, democratic party itself has argued at the court that it was a private entity.
  The first time Trump won, he won because democrats cheated to run Hillary Clinton, a politician that is seen as corrupt.
  The second time he won, the democrats did not even have a proper primary.
  Long story short, democrats fought harder against Bernie Sanders, than Donald Trump. I am done with voting democrat. I don't care what happens.
  P.S. AI bots and paid online trolls, you can reply below telling me how democrats are more innocent than Jesus himself and how they have never done any wrong.
  
  Lee Duna @lemmy.nz 1d ago
  I can see that
  ICE raid at Hyundai plant
- UnderpantsWeevil @lemmy.world 1d ago
  They don't want allies. They want colonies.
  
  Viking_Hippie @lemmy.dbzer0.com 1d ago
  🧑‍🚀🔫🧑‍🚀
  
  gdog05 @lemmy.world 1d ago
  They don't want colonies either I don't think. I believe they want a disparate collection of democratic players to be at odds because "they" is Russia and when democracy is away, Russia will play.
- mrdown @lemmy.world 19h ago
  Is the usa finally paying for all the coups and countries it destroyed?
resipsaloquitur @lemmy.world 1d ago
A real leader.
_stranger_ @lemmy.world 1d ago
PLEASE DO SO
- RampantParanoia2365 @lemmy.world 12h ago
  I'm...not sure you're reading that headline right, Bub.
floquant @lemmy.dbzer0.com 1d ago
lmao at the difference in posture. I don't think I've ever seen a picture of Trump sitting straight
RampantParanoia2365 @lemmy.world 12h ago
Ok, but why are they in a room in Russia?
Lucky_777 @lemmy.world 1d ago
Imagine a world, where AI scans your social media. If you're a facist pig that supports MAGA pedophiles, you can't buy anything or get services.
This is a world I would live in and rejoice. Fuck facists, Nazis and POS pedophiles, plus the fucks that defend them.
- the_q @lemmy.zip 1d ago
  I hate to tell you this, but that's pretty fascist of you.
- Ledivin @lemmy.world 1d ago
  Sounds like a super easy way to disenfranchise anyone you dislike. If there's no due process, there are no rights, because you can simply be declared a supporter.
- burghler @sh.itjust.works 20h ago
  Removed by Moderator — Modlog
- UnderpantsWeevil @lemmy.world 1d ago
  Imagine a world, where AI scans your social media
  Sounds like shit
- dual_sport_dork 🐧🗡️ @lemmy.world 1d ago
  Ah, yes. Thoughtcrime and suppression of freedom of speech are totally okay as long as it's our side doing it. No, no, no, see, when we do it it's totally different from when other people do it!
  
  Eldritch @piefed.world 1d ago
  Yep. The problem with these people is less whom they are. And more how they act. If we act like them. Then we are also the problem.
  
  july @leminal.space 1d ago
  Should nazism not be considered a thought crime?
- wheezy @lemmy.ml 18h ago
  
  You don't deprive racist and Nazis the ability to live in society. At least not permanently and for all equally. The goal should be to educate them and reintegrate them back into society. By force if necessary. And if that's not possible for all then they must remain apart from society by force.
  All you would accomplish by your method is creating a right wing terrorist group.
  People give Stalin shit for "re-education" camps. And the methods and failures in their implementation can be criticized.
  But, the real question really is difficult. What do you actually do with people that want other people killed because of their race/identity or are plotting to overthrow a democratic government that defeated those Nazis? Those people have proven they are not able to live in society. But means need to be available to educate them and reintegrate them if they are capable of change.
  So, I don't really agree with the other comments. I don't think what you're saying is "fascism".
  There are reasons to protect a society and a revolution from Nazis and those that wish to overthrow it. Hell, one the big reasons we are here today is because liberals love to "both sides" anyone that says "punching a Nazi is good".
  They clutch their pearls and pretend that "punching a Nazi makes you just as bad as them".
  Those types of "don't resist. No violence" soft liberal takes are what got us here. Its what allows fascism to take control as it has. Normalizing every small escalating act of state violence and condemning anyone that would use violence to resist it.

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