It is interesting that President Trump actually noticed all the people from the prior South Korean government getting prosecuted. I wonder if he realizes this is largely what the Korean left does when they get in power, they prosecute prior conservative administrations for things real and imagined:

U.S. President Donald Trump said Monday there seems to be something like a “purge or revolution” in South Korea, and that the United States cannot have such a thing and “do business there,” as he is set to have a summit with South Korean President Lee Jae Myung on the day.

Trump made the remarks in a social media post, as former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol has been detained over his botched martial law bid in December.

“WHAT IS GOING ON IN SOUTH KOREA? Seems like a Purge or Revolution,” Trump wrote on Truth Social.

“We can’t have that and do business there. I am seeing the new President today at the White House,” he added.

Yonhap

You can read more at the link.

I don’t think anyone expected Trump to say this during his summit with Korean President Lee:

U.S. President Donald Trump caused a stir during his first summit with President Lee Jae Myung on Monday by suggesting that Washington could seek ownership of land used for American bases in Korea. This remark, made at the White House, marked a sharp break from the agreement that has long governed the U.S. military on the peninsula for decades.

When asked whether he would consider reducing the number of U.S. troops stationed in South Korea, Trump declined to provide a direct answer. 

“Well, I don’t want to say that now, because we’ve been friends and we’re friends,” he told reporters. He then moved on to the issue of bases, adding, “They would say, ‘but we gave you land.’ I said, ‘no, you didn’t. You lease us land.’ There’s a big difference between giving and leasing. Maybe one of the things I’d like to do is ask them to give us ownership of the land where we have the big fort.”

Korea Times

You can read more at the link, but the way it works right now is that after the U.S. military closes a base in South Korea the land is given back to the government as is. This seems to be a negotiating tactic by Trump to try and get a better cost sharing deal with South Korea.

There is a reason the police generally look at relatives first during a murder investigation because the statistics show a reletative is the likely culprit:

Nearly half of murders committed in Korea last year targeted family members such as parents, spouses and children, data showed Sunday.

According to the National Police Agency’s 2024 crime statistics, 131 of the 276 people apprehended for murder last year, or 47.5 percent, had killed a spouse, parent, child or other relative.

The share hovered around 30 percent between 2020 and 2022, but in 2023, it surged to 55.1 percent, or 160 out of 290 murder suspects. The apparent sharp rise was partly due to a change in methodology that year, when cases involving former spouses or common-law partners began to be counted. The proportion has since remained close to half.

Korea Times

You can read more at the link. What I find interesting about this stat is that in all of Korea last year there was 276 murders. For comparison in 2023 in Washington, DC there was 273 murders. Yet the Democrats and the media want people believe there is not a crime problem in Washington DC when that one city has nearly the same total number of murders as an entire major country.

This bill is basically giving collective bargaining rights to sub-contractors and those not directly employed by businesses. What is probably the most interesting aspect of this bill is that unions get protections from causing damage to businesses while protesting. Considering how violent the KCTU can be when protesting, it is likely them who advocated for this protection in the bill:

Korea’s contentious pro-labor bill — dubbed the “yellow envelope bill” — was approved at the National Assembly on Sunday, after nearly a decade of political tug-of-war.

The ruling Democratic Party of Korea (DPK) railroaded the passage, with 183 votes in favor and three against out of 186 lawmakers present, mostly DPK and minor liberal parties. Members of the conservative main opposition People Power Party boycotted the vote, following a 24-hour filibuster that ended earlier that day. 

The new law, an amendment to Articles 2 and 3 of the Trade Union and Labor Relations Adjustment Act, aims to broaden workers’ rights in collective actions and negotiations with employers. It will take effect six months after promulgation.

Under the revision, subcontracted and indirectly employed workers will be able to negotiate directly with parent companies on issues in which the parent company wields effective control, such as workplace safety.

The legislation also expands the scope of labor disputes to include restructuring and mass layoffs, though not all business decisions — such as overseas investments — automatically qualify. In addition, unions and workers gain protection from some damage suits for losses resulting from labor actions, especially those taken to defend their rights against an employer’s unlawful conduct.

Korea Times

You can read more at the link.

I wonder if the development of these new missiles was helped by the Russians?:

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un supervised the test-firing of two types of new antiair missiles, state media said Sunday, displaying his expanding military capabilities as the South Korean and U.S. militaries carry out joint drills.

The North’s official Korean Central News Agency said the test Saturday proved the missiles effective in countering aerial threats such as drones and cruise missiles, and that Kim assigned unspecified “important” tasks to defense scientists ahead of a major political conference expected early next year. The report did not specify the missiles that were tested or where the event took place. It did not mention any remarks by Kim directed at Washington or Seoul.

Stars & Stripes

You can read more at the link.

It looks like even Han Duck-soo is going to jail for the martial law decree as well:

A special counsel team on Sunday filed for a court warrant to arrest former Prime Minister Han Duck-soo over his alleged involvement in former President Yoon Suk Yeol’s botched attempt to impose martial law.

Special Counsel Cho Eun-suk’s team filed the request for the writ on a total of six criminal allegations, including charges of aiding Yoon’s efforts to impose the martial law decree on Dec. 3 last year.

Han is accused of having not stopped Yoon’s martial law declaration as the second-in-command to the former president. Cho’s team suspects Han aided Yoon’s attempt as a key accomplice.

Han is suspected of being involved in Yoon’s move to draft and destroy a revised version of the decree after martial law was lifted. He is also accused of lying under oath when he testified at the National Assembly in February.

It marked the first time in South Korea’s constitutional history that an arrest warrant has been sought against a former prime minister.

Yonhap

You can read more at the link.