A Nonentity Writes

log date: 2026-6-26 On June 21, 2026, Koreans residing in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, gathered in front of the Vancouver Arts Centre to hold a rally. Overseas Koreans also express their concerns that democracy is collapsing as the recent Korean election has been conducted in chaos due to corruption within the South Korean National Election Commission. Photo courtesy of a social media user. Dong-hyeok Jahng (장동혁), the leader of the main opposition People Power Party, held a press conference on June 24, 2026. “ Our election law contains a provision stating that if there is an objection regarding the validity of an election for local council members, local government heads, or superintendents of education, the political party that nominated the candidates or the candidate themselves may file an appeal within 14 days from the date of the determination of the winner. Such election appeal procedures are currently underway. As the National Assembly is currently investigating allegati...

log date: 2026-6-14 Voters demanding a re-election at the Jamsil Olympic Park since 2026-6-5. June 10, 2026, student councils from approximately 30 universities including Korea University, read a statement regarding the infringement of voting rights that occurred during the local elections held on June 3, 2026. In fact, June 10 is a day of great significance in Korean history. ** The June 10 Democratic Movement (June Struggle) was a large-scale democratization movement that took place nationwide on June 10, 1987, in opposition to the dictatorship of the regime of Doo-hwan Jeon and the April 13 Constitutional Protection Measures (maintaining the indirect election system).  Faced with nationwide backlash, the administration ruled by Tae-woo Noh, eventually issued the 'June 29 Declaration,' and accepted a constitutional amendment to introduce a direct presidential election system. The constitution enacted at that time has become the foundation sustaining the Republic of Korea to t...

log date: 2026-5-29 The police forcibly dispersed employees who were staging a hunger strike in front of the Blue House, demanding a resolution to the Homeplus crisis.They have requested a meeting with the President. Reported by Service union (서비스연맹) on 2026-5-25. Employees of Homeplus Co., Ltd. (hereinafter Homeplus 홈플러스), demanding a meeting with the President Lee in front of the Blue House, South Korea. Homeplus employees ended up into a hunger strike in the front of the Blue House after being ignored while waiting for a response from the Lee administration following a press conference held on 2026-5-19. On January 14, 2026, all requests for arrest warrants against Homeplus executives including Michael Byoung-ju Kim (김병주) the owner of MBK Partners, who was the cause of the Homplus crisis, were dismissed. The predictions that the public had feared and criticized have become reality. In the substantive hearing following the requests for arrest warrants, the court released Byoung-ju Ki...