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south korea's two key independent investigation bills involving the first lady's corruption case and the flood prevention soldier's death case were passed by the plenary session of the south korean national assembly under the leadership of the opposition camp on september 19 local time.

the global times quoted yonhap news agency as saying that the two bills are:

"act on appointing an independent prosecutor to investigate suspicion of first lady kim kun-hee and her family members manipulating deutsche automotive ag's stock price" (hereinafter referred to as the "kim kun-hee independent prosecutor act"),

"an act to appoint an independent prosecutor to investigate the truth about the death of a marine corps soldier in the line of duty" (hereinafter referred to as the "private first class tsai independent prosecutor act").

on september 19, the south korean national assembly passed the kim gun-hee solo prosecution act

two flowers bloom, but only one branch represents the other.

in fact, the timing of the south korean national assembly's passage of the kim gun-hee solo prosecutor act was very delicate.

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kim gun-hee was once exposed to the point of being completely stripped down by the korean media for accepting brand-name bags.

some media reported that she:

in june 2022, he received brand-name perfumes and cosmetics from choi jae-young.

in september of the same year, he accepted a dior bag worth 3 million won (10,000 won is approximately 53.8 yuan).

reported by choi jae-young, a korean pastor living in the united states, kim gun-hee and her husband yoon seok-yeol, who is the president of south korea, were speechless for a time and could only remain silent on the matter.

perhaps after assessing the situation and making careful judgment, yoon seok-yeol finally spoke out, claiming that what choi jae-young did was purely a carefully planned "political conspiracy."

however, even so, jin jianxi has never shown up, and some media even said that he "dared not show up."

on june 11 this year, the national human rights commission, south korea's anti-corruption agency, announced that kim gun-hee had "no illegal behavior" and announced that the case was closed. according to yonhap news agency on august 21, the south korean prosecutors determined that kim gun-hee was not a suspect in the case of the "first lady" allegedly accepting brand-name bags.

on september 15, local time, south korean first lady kim gun-hee went to a residential facility for disabled children in seoul to carry out volunteer activities. photo: global times quoted korean media

however, the south korean people, including the opposition party and some members of the ruling party, still have doubts about whether kim kun-hee accepted bribes.

after all, the information released by choi jae-young was "pictures and truth."

whenever kim gun-hee shows up in public, such as where he went to vote during this year's south korean parliamentary elections, it will be hyped up by the south korean media.

under such circumstances, on september 15, the eve of this year's mid-autumn festival, kim jianxi went to the infrastructure for disabled children in seoul to carry out "volunteer activities", which unsurprisingly caused various reactions.

cho seung-rae (transliteration), chief spokesman of south korea's largest opposition party, the democratic party of korea, bluntly stated that kim kun-hee's actions were purely for show.

as expected, cho seung-lai directed his criticism at south korean president yoon seok-yeol, claiming that yoon's visit to the grassroots police station and fire station to express condolences and inspection that day was also a show.

hai shu wants to say that after all, yoon seok-yeol is the current president of south korea. his inspection and condolences before the mid-autumn festival are definitely his job, and cannot be said to be a show. but because zhao chenglai mentioned kim gun-hee, it is obvious that some of kim gun-hee's public appearances have indeed had a certain adverse impact on yoon seok-yeol.

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jin jianxitu: information

just look at the south korean parliament on september 19, where the "kim gun-hee solo prosecution bill" was passed unanimously by 167 members of the parliament.

let's analyze it. this bill involving the first lady of south korea was passed by the national assembly on december 29, 2023, but south korean president yoon seok-yeol asked the parliament to "reconsider" on january 5 this year and return the bill to the national assembly.

after that, the opposition camp re-proposed the bill in early september.

how torn is it?

anyway, when the south korean parliament reviewed the bill on september 19, the ruling party, people power, did not think that there was any need to discuss the bill at all.

the people power party claimed that it opposed the opposition party's use of its seat advantage to forcibly convene a plenary session and announced that it would be absent from the meeting that day.

it seems that the attitude of the people's power is quite clear. but from the situation of the south korean parliament, uncle hai also read one thing -

in south korea, after the latest round of parliamentary elections, president yoon seok-yeol has become a "lame duck". the possibility of him using his status as a ruling party to continue suppressing his opponents and accumulating political capital for himself is very slim.

uncle hai can’t help but sigh for yoon seok-yeol here!

according to cctv news, the korean polling organization gallup korea announced the latest poll results on september 13, showing that president yoon seok-yeol's approval rating fell by 3% from the previous week to 20%, the lowest since he took office in may 2022.

hai shu believes that yoon seok-yeol, who was labeled as a political novice and ran for the presidency of south korea and won a landslide victory, should have had to engage in a "fierce battle" with the opposition in parliament.

however, now he is "not unwilling to do it, but unable to do it".

the fact is that he and his wife have visited the czech republic since september 19.

on september 19, local time, in prague, czech republic, yoon seok-yeol (left) and czech president peter pavel met with reporters

why is this?

perhaps, this "cannot" means that yoon seok-yeol really believes that according to the south korean constitution, he only has one term as president and cannot be re-elected, so he starts to let himself go in various ways.

if this is the case, it can only prove one thing, that is -

yoon seok-yeol actually doesn't really care about the ruling party, the people's power party, that he belongs to. as long as he can have a good time, he will have no regrets in his life! after leaving office, who cares about the floods!

in particular, yoon seok-yeol was able to jump into electoral politics as a prosecutor and win a landslide victory. naturally, he thinks that everything is "under control" and that the ruling party is at most his partner.

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in the distant czech republic, yoon seok-yeol and his wife were able to learn:

the "kim gun-hee solo prosecution bill" was passed unanimously by 167 lawmakers;

the "private officer tsai ing-wen's independent inspection act" was also passed unanimously by 170 lawmakers.

it is worth analyzing that, up to now, south korea's opposition parties have introduced the "private officer chae's independent inspection act" four times, two of which were passed by the plenary session of the national assembly, but all were vetoed by yoon seok-yeol, and a total of three times were invalidated.

on september 19, choo kyung-ho, whip of the people power party, met with reporters and said that the independent inspection bill was not in line with the constitution and was a bill that was unilaterally forced by the opposition party, so he strongly recommended that president yoon exercise the right to request a reconsideration. hai shu would like to say that the "right to request a reconsideration" is simply a veto.

between "unanimous approval" and "reconsideration", the struggles between the south korean president and the parliament, especially with the opposition party in the parliament, seem to always have the next episode to watch.