Swedish Research Group Claims South Korea Returning to Autocracy
This is an example of leftists defending leftists using these so called research groups. This group in Sweden claims autocracy is returning to Korea though Yoon replaced the left wing Moon administration that sent two prior conservative Presidents and numerous journalists to jail. I guess in the leftist world view sending political rivals and journalists to jail is a sign of democracy. Will this group upgrade South Korea’s democracy ranking if Yoon follows the lead of the leftists and sends his political rivals and journalists to jail?:
Korea has experienced a “downward slope” in its democratic process since President Yoon Suk Yeol took office, according to a Sweden-based political science research institute. The regression is attributed to the government’s measures to penalize figures associated with the previous administration, its assaults on gender equality, and its undermining of freedom of expression.
The Democracy Report 2024 released Thursday by the Varieties of Democracy (V-Dem) Institute at the University of Gothenburg stated that Korea scored 0.6 on the Liberal Democracy Index (LDI) and ranked 47th among 179 countries in the world for its level of democracy.
Korea Times
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The same “leftist group” in Sweden, ranked South Korea in a decent rank of 21st for 2022, first in Asia, right before Yoon embarked on his arrests, blacklists, and attacks against the press. I guess this “leftist group” wasn’t too leftist last year? Don’t blame the “leftist group” for this collapse in freedoms, blame it on Yoon.
Considering that Kim Keon-hee is a scandal magnet, expect a lot of bad press, and for Kim and Yoon to sue the journalists who published the bad press.
Those journalists will end up in jail in which case let’s see how @GIKorea handles the issue.
Will he look the other way as predicted or keep his word and criticize Yoon?