Former Korea Communications Commission Chairperson Lee Jin-sook. Yonhap News. 

Ph.D. in Confucian Philosophy · Head of Jeongik HakdangTo the citizens of the Republic of Korea, the true masters of this nation, 

The Republic of Korea is currently in disarray.

Power judges the people, and the people fear power. Is this liberal democracy? Is this a nation that stands above the constitution?

This is what former Korea Communications Commission Chairperson Lee Jin-sook said after her police questioning.

"It is a world where you become a sinner if you are not on the President's side."

This single statement is not a mere complaint. It is the **roar of conscience** cast into an era where power silences the people. A nation where speaking the truth makes you a sinner, and remaining silent leads to promotion... If things continue like this, our freedom will not see tomorrow.

🔹 The regime that makes citizens into sinners must be changed.

The Lee Jae-myung administration does not consider the people the masters of the nation.

It is disregarding them.

If you criticize, you are labeled an 'old evil,' and if you don't remain silent, you are accused of being a 'criminal.' Public authority does not investigate the truth; it operates to defend power. This distorted structure, where public funds are used to oppress the people, is the death of democracy.

🔹 Declarations from conscientious public officials have also begun to emerge.

Constitutional Court official Lee Yoon-seong stated:

"I cannot call a criminal 'Mr. President.'"

What a courageous statement. This is the conscience of a public servant. As someone learned in law, he did not remain silent in the face of injustice. The judiciary is now also taking action. Heavy sentences have been handed down to key figures like Kim Man-bae in the Daejang-dong case. The law may have paused for a moment, but it has never died. The people's sense of justice is once again shaking the courts.

🔹 We can no longer remain silent

Silence is not neutrality. Silence is complicity.

When evil is done, those who do not speak are already on the side of evil.

We must become a people who awaken to the fact that "only those who stand on the side of truth are not sinners," rather than a people threatened with becoming "sinners if not on the President's side." The embers of conscience remain in this land. Those embers are the courage of each and every one of us.

🔹 Lee Jin-sook's fight is a fight that all citizens must join.

Lee Jin-sook is a hero and a true leader who bravely confronts the violence of power. She is a representative of free citizens. To silence her is to silence all of us. Her fight is the people's fight to reclaim the truth.

She personally experienced the reality of the police being used as a tool of power. Yet, she did not yield. Her courage in breaking the silence is what sustains the Republic of Korea today.

🔹 It is time for the people to awaken.

The masters of this nation are not the Presidential Office, nor the National Assembly. They are us, the people. When the people cast aside fear, this nation will rise again. A nation where those who speak the truth become sinners — only a silent people can end this era of shame.

🔹 It is a truth that "He who wins the masses wins the country, and he who loses the masses loses the country."

The Confucian classic, "The Great Learning," states, "If one obtains the people's trust, one obtains the country; if one loses the people's trust, one loses the country." It stated that the level of patriotic education of the people creates political power. Now, the people must awaken to the reality that this power has betrayed the people and is engaged in an arrogant sprint.

That is why Lee Jin-sook cried out: "A world where you become a sinner if you are not on the President's side."

Now, the people must cry out: "Only those who stand on the side of truth save the Republic of Korea!"

Shin Baek-hoon, Ph.D. in Confucian Philosophy · Head of Jeongik Hakdang