Trump's side calls Yoon Seok-yeol's coup d'état 'Korean internal issue' CSIS 'strong preemptive crackdown' 1979 years reenactment
The Trump side's next Secretary of State defined the Yoon Seok-yeol regime's 3-day coup d'état targeting the US regime change as 'Korean internal issue', while the Biden White House showed a gap with 'serious concerns', showing a reenactment of the 12/12 coup d'état in 1979.
On the 4th, the Nuclear Consultative Group (NCG) of the ROK-US Defense Department is scheduled to be held in Washington until the 5th, showing a connection to the new Trump regime in the US in the military mobilization coup. On October 26, 1979, when the US Democratic Party was in a fierce battle with the Republican Party’s hard-line conservatives, there was an assassination of President Park Chung-hee by the chief of the Central Intelligence Agency ahead of the November 7 election. After the Republican Party’s Reagan was elected, a coup d’état occurred on December 12, when the Special Forces of the Intelligence Commander, Chun Doo-hwan, revolted and the martial law command was arrested. After Reagan took office, he approved the Chun Doo-hwan regime, and in the early 1980s, the Cold War accelerated with the nuclear war, establishing an international hard-line conservative system.
Kurt Campbell, the US State Department’s deputy secretary in charge of Korea, said in Osaka on the 3rd, “We are watching the situation in Korea with grave concern,” and “We are communicating with our Korean counterparts at all levels here (in Washington) and in Seoul,” and “President (Biden), the National Security Advisor, and the Secretary of State have all been briefed on the situation and are continuing to evaluate the progress.”
On the 4th, Deputy Secretary Campbell said about the declaration and lifting of martial law, "I think President Yoon badly misjudged," and "People were ready to make it clear that this (martial law) was a very illegal process."
Trump's Secretary of State nominee, Republican Senator Marco Rubio, commented to Voice of America on the 3rd that President Yoon's declaration of martial law is "an internal problem within South Korea," and that "South Korea is our close ally," and that "we will be watching this matter closely."
The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) released an emergency report on the same day, analyzing President Yoon's declaration of martial law as "an intention to take strong and decisive action to prevent political instability in advance."
Victor Cha, a CSIS chair, observed in a talk hosted by the Korea Society in New York on the 8th of last month that "if former President Trump's victory in the presidential election leads to a return to the 'America First' tone in US foreign policy, experts in South Korea who were negative about or reserved about arming themselves with nuclear weapons will switch to the pro-nuclear armament camp in large numbers." Based on the results of a survey of about 1,000 strategic experts, including think tanks, professors, and current and former government officials in Korea.
Democratic Senator Jim Kaine, a member of the Senate Foreign Affairs and Armed Services Committees, told VOA on the same day about martial law in Korea, “Conflicts with political opponents should usually be resolved within the political realm,” and “Voters can choose who holds the majority in the legislature and who they think should be president. Using martial law against political opponents is almost always a bad idea,” expressing a completely opposite view from the Republican Party.
The State Council meeting on the night of the 3rd, when the declaration of martial law was passed, was urgently convened by President Yoon and submitted the martial law bill for deliberation, but it was reported that a majority of the State Council members opposed it and President Yoon made a strong decision to impose martial law, showing support from external strategists.
The South Korean and U.S. Department of Defense were scheduled to hold the 4th U.S.-ROK Nuclear Consultative Group (NCG) meeting in Washington D.C. from the 4th to the 5th, and the South Korean Ministry of National Defense previously announced that the briefing would be held on the 4th, but on the 4th, it was re-announced as a “postponement of the briefing.”
Democratic Party leader Lee Jae-myung explained the circumstances under which he was able to avoid military arrest, saying, “Before the soldiers stormed into the National Assembly building, I received intelligence that an arrest team had been dispatched,” and “I heard before that that the Counterintelligence Agency was trying to arrest me, Representative Han (Dong-hoon), and Speaker (Woo Won-sik), but it wasn’t the Counterintelligence Agency, but some special force or something came.
They are from the Capital Defense Agency, but they seem to be under the command of the Counterintelligence Agency. Anyway, I heard about it in advance.” The soldiers who entered the National Assembly building immediately after the martial law announcement showed a connection with the 707th Special Mission Unit, a decapitation unit that infiltrates enemy lines by helicopter under the Special Warfare Command.
‘News Fim’ reported, “The 707th Special Mission Unit is a unit directly under the Special Warfare Agency, and in peacetime, it is a national-level counter-terrorism special force, and in wartime, it carries out secret missions. The 13th Special Mission Brigade is a unit whose main mission is to eliminate the North Korean command in times of emergency. “It is called the ‘decapitation unit,’” he said, adding, “It is known that the martial law forces that attempted to enter the National Assembly building right after the declaration of martial law belonged to the 1st Airborne Special Forces Brigade and the Capital Defense Command, which are located closest to Seoul and the metropolitan area.”
The briefing on the 3rd by US Department of Defense Spokesperson Patrick Ryder began with an explanation of the martial law declaration situation in Korea, and when asked, “Did the US military in Korea receive prior notice?” he answered, “As far as I know, the US was not notified in advance of this martial law declaration.”
The Spokesperson then avoided giving a direct answer to the question, “Does the US support the declaration of martial law in Korea?” and said, “We will continue to closely monitor the situation,” adding, “Our US-ROK alliance and our commitment to the defense of Korea are ironclad,” VOA reported.
When asked, “Did we receive a request for help from the Korean side?” Spokesperson Ryder said, “At this time, I am not aware of any such request.” Vedant Patel, the US State Department’s chief deputy spokesperson, said in a briefing on the 3rd, “We are watching the recent developments in the ROK with grave concern,” and “We are seeking to engage with our Republic of Korea counterparts at every level both here in the United States and in Seoul.”
President Yoon declared martial law in an emergency statement at 10:20 p.m. on the previous night, the 3rd, “In order to protect the free Republic of Korea from the threat of North Korean communist forces, to eradicate the unscrupulous pro-North Korean anti-state forces that are plundering the freedom and happiness of our people, and to protect the free constitutional order.”
Democratic Rep. Andy Kim, who was elected to the U.S. Senate, said in a statement on Twitter that day, “Declaring martial law in this manner undermines the fundamental foundations of our rule by the people and dramatically increases South Korea’s vulnerability at a time when its people should be enjoying security and stability.” “Lifting martial law was important and necessary, but there will clearly be more difficulties ahead. Trust has been broken and the people are wavering.”
The ‘decapitation unit’ was mobilized for training to eliminate North Korean leaders in the ROK-US joint training, and information sharing was closely monitored.
President Yoon received support from the Heritage Foundation even before his election, and the Trump administration was linked to the Heritage Foundation's 'Project 2025', and under the Reagan administration, the Heritage Foundation monopolized policy through strategy, and the Reagan-Chun Doo-hwan administration provided Korea as a stage for air defense network testing in the 'nuclear chick game' with the Soviet Union, which led to the KAL007 being shot down on the Kamchatka Peninsula.
In 1983, at the height of Soviet intelligence, a KAL plane landed at a U.S. Air Force base near Washington, D.C., and was shot down after entering Soviet airspace over Kamchatka on its way to Korea.
Edwin Feulner, president of the Heritage Foundation Asia Research Center, met with President-elect Yoon on April 28, 2022, and advised him to adopt a hard-line conservative system, including “weakening Congress,” “appointing people with strong biases,” and “changing policies to conceal strategies,” as a solution to the minority government situation. He said, “I believe that the US president can issue executive orders without the consent of Congress and can do so,” and added, “First, he should form a staff of people with similar views and find and select people who share his views. Strategy means knowing exactly where you are going, focusing on your goals, and going where you want to go. You should decide on a direction to go and select people who fit that.” This was followed for two years.
Chairman Feulner went to President Yoon's private residence and met with him more than three times, and the strategy was carried out as advised.
Refer to <Heritage Foundation President-elect Yoon’s Hard-line Conservative Strategy: ‘Strengthening Executive Orders,’ May 4, 2022>
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