Lee Hae-chan (left), a former leader of the pro-Roh and pro-Moon factions, later became a key figure in the pro-Lee Jae-myung faction. [Photo=Yonhap News] 

There is much talk regarding Lee Hae-chan’s death. 

Questions are piling up: Why did a man who could barely move on his own suddenly go to Vietnam and die abroad? Why did the Blue House rush an administrative official to the scene upon hearing news of his death? Why was his body transported back on a government-chartered aircraft? 

There is also rampant speculation as to whether his contributions to national development were truly significant enough to warrant a posthumous Order of Merit (Mugunghwa Medal) and a state-sponsored funeral.

This is the same government that did not dare to utter a word when North Korea killed and incinerated an official from the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries who had drifted into their waters after being swept away by the tide. 

If we live in a society where someone like Lee Hae-chan—a man who spent his entire life choosing only to work toward the ruin of the Republic of Korea—is idolized in this manner, then Article 1, Paragraph 1 of the Constitution, which states that “The Republic of Korea is a democratic republic,” is essentially rendered meaningless.

A President Who Stopped an Insurrection Is Now Headed to Prison

One might ask why I am being so harsh in the face of Lee Hae-chan’s death, but as a poet who must rebuke even the heavens and nature themselves, I must insist on addressing these facts. 

Lee Hae-chan was an “insurrectionist who dismantled the system of the Republic of Korea.” 

Whether he was involved in anti-establishment movements during his student days, spent seven terms as a lawmaker acting only as a helper to communists, or served as an Minister of Education who abolished the Charter of National Education—these things might be overlooked. 

However, his plotting for a "100-year party" through fraudulent elections is absolutely unforgivable. 

He is a traitor who colluded with China to drive the Republic of Korea toward socialism. 

Let’s turn back the clock about 45 years. Doing so reveals the karmic debt that explains why our National Assembly today is occupied by scoundrels and why the Republic of Korea has been left in shambles. 

The first cause of the ruin of the Republic of Korea was the abolition of the family-based responsibility system (yeonjwaje) in 1980. The second was the introduction of electronic ballot counting machines by Lee Hae-chan under Kim Dae-jung’s directive. The third was the impeachment of President Park Geun-hye (2017), and the fourth was the total stripping of the prosecution’s investigative powers (2022).

Lee Hae-chan’s plan for a 100-year party, taking advantage of political upheavals, was designed based on these events. 

In particular, the introduction of electronic ballot counting machines—the root cause of fraudulent election planning—opened the floodgates for the left’s long-term grip on power and signaled the beginning of the end for conservatives. 

The Republic of Korea Does Not Want a Socialist State

Let us return to today’s Republic of Korea in 2026. 

South Korea is currently in a terminal state of cancer. In short, it is on its deathbed. Yet, they claim all of this devastation is the result of President Yoon Suk-yeol’s December 3rd emergency martial law declaration. 

This is nonsense. Strictly speaking, President Yoon Suk-yeol has saved this country twice. The first was when he shed his prosecutor general’s robe to fight against Lee Jae-myung and was elected the 21st president, and the second was the December 3rd emergency martial law. 

Without needing to dwell on constitutional clauses, a president has a duty to stop a situation when a national crisis occurs. 

Think about it. Remember the vivid memory of how President Park Geun-hye was impeached because they claimed she was negligent in her duties during the Sewol ferry tragedy? 

Back then, they accused the president of dereliction of duty, but now they are branding a president who actually carried out his duties with treason. The impeachment of President Yoon Suk-yeol must be declared null and void from the start. 

Fortunately, the December 3rd emergency martial law provided a critical breakthrough—an “X-file” placed in the hands of U.S. President Donald Trump that would stop a global communization project. 

While there are rumors that this file provided the opportunity for Trump’s intelligence agents to raid a site of China-led election fraud (the Suwon National Election Commission training center), what is clear is that President Yoon Suk-yeol is now in the same boat as Trump, who has declared a global crusade for liberalism.

President Trump, who was once dismissed as a conspiracy theorist regarding fraudulent elections, is now visibly tightening the net. The beneficiaries of the A-WEB fraudulent elections are now like rats in a trap. The day the socialist scheme collapses is not far off. 

◆ Dume Poet Kim Jin-ho

An active poet, freelance writer, and environmental activist, he previously served as the director of the Daejeon City Yeonjeong Traditional Music Center and as an advisor for Daejeon University and South Chungcheong Province. He has published three books of poetry, including the collection "The Foolish Albatross." "Dume Poet" is his pen name and professional moniker.