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[Chronicles of Conservative Purges - ❶] How Was the 'Far-Right' Created?
  • Kim Young
  • July 29, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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  • 'Far-right' is a political stigma used to silence those who speak inconvenient truths to those in power.
  • Oh Se-hoon, Yoo Seung-min, Ahn Cheol-soo, and Han Dong-hoon, among others on the center-right, actively colluded in this frame politics.
  • The reconstruction of the true liberal right must begin with dismantling this frame.
2025년 6월, 윤석열 전 대통령이 헌법재판소에 의해 탄핵당했고, 이재명 대통령 체제가 들어섰다. 그러나 권력이 교체되자마자 시작된 것은 정치 보복이 아니라 프레임 전쟁이었다. 선거의 진실을 말한 이들은 ‘극우’로 낙인이 찍혔고, 보수 내부의 중도 정치인들마저 이 낙인찍기에 가담했다. 우리는 이제 '극우'라는 단어 자체를 재검토할 시점에 왔다. <편집자 주>

 On March 1st, Samiljeol (Independence Movement Day), rallies were held in various parts of Seoul, both for and against the impeachment of President Yoon Suk-yeol. On the left is the Pan-National Assembly urging the joint impeachment and dismissal of the five opposition parties in Anguk-dong. On the right is the rally opposing impeachment by the National Headquarters for Righting the Republic of Korea on Sejong-daero. 2025.3.1. Yonhap News

 

Table of Contents: A Record of Frame Manipulation and Political Exclusion

1. How was the 'Far-Right' Created?

— The Origins of Frame Politics and the Complicity of Moderate Hypocrisy

2. Christianity and the Public Square

— Why is Faith Oppressed?

3. The Silence of Laws and Institutions

— The Completion of Democratic Party-Style Control Politics and 'Legal Censorship'

4. Those Who Annihilated Conservatism

— The Hypocrisy of the Anti-Far-Right Alliance

5. Did the Media Betray the Truth?

— The Complicity of Parasitic Media and Legacy Media


How was the 'Far-Right' Created? — The Origins of Frame Politics and the Complicity of Moderate Hypocrisy

 

The impeachment of former President Yoon Suk-yeol was not a simple transfer of power. It was the culmination of a cultural and institutional elimination scenario targeting the entire conservative camp, which had been accumulating since 2020. The Lee Jae-myung administration, immediately upon its inauguration, declared a "severance from far-right forces" towards the public square, YouTube, churches, and civic groups, and institutionalized it. However, all of this was justified through the language of the 'far-right'.

 

The problem is that even within the conservative ranks, the frame was accepted and utilized. Former Mayor Oh Se-hoon stated in May 2025, "Seoul's dignity will be enhanced by breaking away from the far-right image," and former lawmaker Yoo Seong-min emphasized, "Conservatism can survive by parting ways with extremism." Former lawmaker Ahn Cheol-soo, at a meeting of 'Rational Moderate Right-wingers' shortly after the impeachment, effectively pointed to Jeon Kwang-hoon, Min Kyung-wook, and Hwang Kyo-ahn, stating, "The rhetoric and falsehoods of the far-right are enemies of unity." Former Minister Han Dong-hoon went further, saying, "The anti-intellectualism of the public square is irrelevant to conservatism."

 

Who were the targets of their attacks? They included former lawmaker Min Kyung-wook, who tracked anomalies in election data from 2020 to 2025; former Prime Minister Hwang Kyo-ahn, who advocated for the protection of constitutional values; Pastor Jeon Kwang-hoon, who prayed in public squares and reported election rigging; lawyer Park Ju-hyun, who promoted citizen observer systems; and CEO Shin Hye-sik, who spread evidence of election deficiencies through YouTube. They were not purveyors of fake news, but individuals who sought to monitor elections and protect the foundations of democracy.

 

The reason they were branded as 'far-right' is singular: they brought uncomfortable truths to light for those in power. A frame is not an ideology but a language of political convenience. In fact, the advance voting statistics presented by Min Kyung-wook remain an "unrefuted question" among some scholars of the Korean Statistical Society. The seal tampering and classification errors raised by Park Ju-hyun have been partially acknowledged by the National Election Commission.

 

Despite this, their claims were not verified, and even conservative media outlets turned their backs. Chosun Ilbo categorically stated in 2020 that "claims of fraudulent elections are absurd" and in 2025 published a column titled "Yoon Suk-yeol is the leader of the far-right."

 

Now we ask: Who is the 'Far-Right'?

 

Is it the citizens who rally with the conviction to protect the nation?

Is it the politicians who question the legitimacy of elections?

Is it the pastor who prayed in the public square?

 

There is no real far-right. There is only power that fears the truth.

 


Preview of the Next Episode

Episode 2 will cover how Pastor Jeon Kwang-hoon and the conservative Christian camp were oppressed under the guise of being 'far-right.' It will track the scene where the boundaries of religion and freedom were turned into political stigmatization.

 

#FarRightFrame #PoliticalStigma #FreeRight #ModerateHypocrisy #OhSe-hoon #YooSeung-min #HanDong-hoon #ConservativeReconstruction #MinKyung-wook #FramePolitics

 

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    edoomok2025-07-30 13:41:18

    극좌를 극좌라 부르지 못하는 간철수류의 보수핫바지집단의 자책을 모르는 것이 가장 큰 책임이 있다. 한국에는 극우는 본디 존재하지 않는다.

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