How can the "Blue House Curse" in South Korea be cracked?

On May 4th local time, South Korea's "Chosun Ilbo" reported that South Korean Prosecutor General Lee Won seok had issued instructions to the Seoul Central District Prosecutors Office responsible for investigating the incident of South Korea's "First Lady" Kim Chien hee accepting a branded bag, requesting the formation of a dedicated investigation team to conduct an investigation into the matter.

The incident occurred on September 13, 2022, when it was reported that South Korea's first lady, Kim Chien hee, received a Dior bag worth approximately 3 million Korean won (approximately 16000 yuan) as a bribe from Korean overseas pastor Choi Jae young in the United States. This incident not only plunged Jin Jianxi into a whirlpool of public opinion, but also added a lot of pressure to Yin Xiyue's governance path.

Moreover, just before Kim Chien hee was exposed for accepting bribes, the South Korean police had confirmed that more than half of the resumes submitted by Kim Chien hee to five universities in South Korea when he applied for a part-time professor position did not match the facts. However, later on, the South Korean police decided not to hold him criminally responsible and not to transfer the case to the prosecution, citing insufficient evidence to constitute fraud and the statute of limitations for prosecution.

Nevertheless, facing these negative news, as the President of South Korea, Yoon Seok yeol naturally feels unprecedented pressure. As a prosecutor, he has a deep understanding of the operation and power of the South Korean prosecution system. He not only needs to worry about how his wife will respond to the special investigation, but also considers the potential impact of this case on his governance.

After the incident was exposed, the so-called "Qinghuatai curse" was once again mentioned by the general public. In fact, the so-called "Blue House Curse" is simply the "curse of the South Korean President". The "Blue House Curse" refers to people who have served as South Korean presidents, and historically, the vast majority have had no good ending.

At present, except for Moon Jae-in, who is still free, almost all the people who have served as the president of South Korea have been killed in office, committed suicide after leaving office, or been impeached and jailed.

As is well known, the successive presidents of South Korea have tragic endings, hence they are known as the Blue House Curse.

According to publicly available information, the outcomes of previous South Korean presidents are as follows:

The first South Korean president, Lee Seung wan, fled to the United States in his later years due to political movements; The second, Yin Pushan, was forced to step down by a coup after 9 months in power; The third one, Park Chung hee, was assassinated and died; The fourth, Cui Guixia, served for 10 months and was forced to step down by a coup; The fifth, Quan Douhuan, was sentenced to death for his crime and later changed to life imprisonment; The sixth, Lu Taiyu, was sentenced to 17 years imprisonment for corruption; Seventh, Kim Young sam, known as the "national culprit" by the Chinese due to the Asian financial crisis;   The ninth, Roh Moo hyun, committed suicide by jumping off a cliff to prove his innocence; The tenth, Li Mingbo, was sentenced to 17 years in prison for his crime; The eleventh, Park Geun hye, was sentenced to 22 years' imprisonment for crime, and was pardoned by Moon Jae-in in 2020; No. 12, Moon Jae-in, is currently retired; But during his tenure, his left and right hands, as well as capable generals, were successively arrested or scrutinized.

Currently, Yoon Seok yeol is the thirteenth serving President of South Korea. However, the current prospects are also subject to many variables, and it may be difficult to fully consider them.

To analyze the causes of the "Blue House Curse", we need to start from the political, economic, and military aspects of South Korea.

From a political perspective, since World War II, the United States has separated the Prosecutor's Office from the Department of Justice and is not subject to any constraints, allowing it to investigate the President. This has laid a hidden danger for the Blue House, even if the President himself has no problems, he will still be implicated in the mistakes of those around him. From an economic perspective, the top ten chaebols in South Korea, such as Samsung and Hyundai, account for over 70% of the country's GDP, highlighting the conflict between the public and the chaebols. From a military perspective, the United States not only has tens of thousands of combat troops stationed in South Korea for a long time, but even the command of the South Korean military is under the control of the US military headquarters stationed in South Korea and is not under the jurisdiction of the South Korean government.

Therefore, analyzing the crux of its curse is that it cannot be considered an independent government under the manipulation and control of the United States. To break this curse, we need to crack down on monopolistic tycoons and promote South Korea's de US military presence from a legal and practical perspective. This is also the fundamental way for the former Moon Jae-in and later South Korean presidents to break the curse.