Under the Lee Jae-myung regime, where common sense and reciprocity have vanished, for whom exactly is the nation opening its doors?

It takes just one month. Foreigners are lining up to enter Korea, work for exactly one month, pay a lump sum equivalent to 119 months of pension contributions, and then collect a lifelong monthly pension. It is an absurd situation where some even meet the eligibility requirements for the pension, pack their bags, return to their home countries, and comfortably sit there siphoning off the National Pension fund that South Korean citizens have built with their blood and sweat.

The overwhelming majority exploiting this ridiculous loophole are Chinese nationals. The retroactive payment system, originally designed to assist our own citizens who have experienced career gaps due to unemployment or childcare, has devolved into a legitimate "pension investment" scheme for foreigners. While our youth work themselves to the bone, watching pension premiums deducted from their monthly paychecks while losing sleep over whether the fund will be depleted by the time they reach old age, foreigners who have never properly paid a cent in taxes to this country are guaranteed a lifelong pension through a mere one-month scheme. Can this honestly be called a normal country?

The problem does not stop at pensions. Ordinary Koreans cannot even cross the threshold of a bank to buy a single home, blocked by the government’s suffocating loan regulations. However, for foreigners, this country's loan regulations are a non-issue. They borrow unlimited funds from their home country's banks and go on a shopping spree for apartments in Seoul and the metropolitan area. While our own citizens are relegated to being "monthly rent refugees," trapped by layers of regulations, foreigners hold a "free pass" to bypass these rules, snapping up real estate, driving up housing prices, and reaping rental income.

This goes beyond mere economic deprivation. Even the basic daily life and safety that we should be able to enjoy in our own country are being threatened. These days, it is easy to find advice on online communities to avoid traveling to Jeju Island if you value your safety. As a result of recklessly opening our doors, Jeju’s streets have become stained with disorder and crime caused by certain foreigners, turning them into a source of fear. While our own citizens are abandoning the country's premier tourist destination due to security concerns, the state is doing nothing but standing by, failing to enforce order or protect its people.

Looking at these outrageous situations, I must ask: what has become of reciprocity, the most basic promise between nations? Can a Korean go to China, work for a month, and siphon off that country's pension for life? Can a Korean own land in China and buy up apartments at will? It is impossible. Why are we sacrificing the blood and tears of our own citizens to offer foreigners special treatment that is strictly forbidden in their own countries?

I hope the sophistry about "hate speech" or "discrimination" in response to these basic, common-sense questions will be put to rest. Opposing the reverse discrimination of one’s own citizens and the handouts given to foreign nationals is not discrimination—it is a matter of sovereignty and a state's fundamental duty.

The reason this country's system is currently collapsing is the deeply subservient attitude of the ruling faction, namely Lee Jae-myung and the Democratic Party of Korea. A humiliating sycophancy that constantly kowtows to China is not only poisoning our diplomacy but also our national economy and security systems. To win votes, they divide their own citizens using ideological standards and suppress them with various regulations; yet, when faced with the schemes of foreigners who are draining our national wealth and disrupting order, they remain tight-lipped and act like benevolent saints. In the eyes of those in power, our citizens, who silently pay taxes and follow the law, are nothing more than easy targets.

The state's treasury and territory are not petty cash meant for the charity of those in power. The National Pension is the final lifeline created by ordinary people splitting their meager livelihoods, and the land of the Republic of Korea is the foundation upon which our children should be able to live in safety. A nation that defenselessly hands over these precious assets to foreign opportunists no longer has a reason to exist. 

Unless this "kowtowing diplomacy" that relegates citizens to second-class status is stopped immediately, the nation’s coffers will run dry, and the deep-seated grievances of the people will eventually explode into a massive fury that topples the entire system. We are the masters of this country, not colonial tenant farmers who must sacrifice their blood and sweat and live in fear to satisfy someone else's subservience.