February 18, 2025
Seoul – In South Korean history, 5 of the country's 13 presidents were arrested and jailed during or after their inauguration. In the bar, they limit their ability to communicate freely with the public as they did when they took office. Still, most of them choose to send messages through visitors and their legal representatives, indicating that they are still influential. Impossible President Yoon Suk Yeol, who has been detained in a Seoul detention facility since last month, is no exception.
Several conservative ruling MPs have visited Yoon in prison and have conveyed his message to the public through the press. South Korea's main opposition Democrats have engaged in “prison politics” in recent weeks. Observers say that while some may think Yoon doesn’t want to be forgotten at all, according to observers, his actions may have lurking with ulterior motives.
On February 3, Yoon received his first round of tourists, including a delegation of BJP MPs, including interim leader Kwon Young-SE, Floor Leader Rep. Kweon Seong-Dong and fifth-term MP Na Kyung- Won.
After the visit, Rep. NA immediately began to convey Yoon's message to reporters waiting outside the Uiwang Detention Center in Gongjiji Province.
She said Yoon told them that his martial law was his attempt to “resolve the situation in state affairs management because of the Democrats’ “one-party dictatorship” within the National Assembly and felt a significant sense of responsibility.”
She added that Yoon told them he felt relieved that his “martial arts decree can reveal to the public the various actions of the Democratic Party paralyzing state affairs.”
On February 7, the second round of party visitors were a pair known as his avid supporters, with BJP representatives Yoon Sang-hyun and Kim Meen-Geon spreading in a similar way.
After a 30-minute visit with the detained president, Rep. Won told the media that Yoon said he believed he had “excellent work” during the impeachment trial in the Constitutional Court the day before.
The main opposition criticized Yoon Eun for conveying his message through a spokesperson using legislators as “prison politics.”
“Instead of apologizing or calling for unity among the people, President Yoon sent the opposite message after the meeting (to the ruling party MPs) – he has been ruling all (members) of the ruling party through his prison politics,” the Democratic Party spoke Rep. Han Minxiu said.
According to experts, Yoon's move to communicate his message by visiting PPP MPs is equivalent to trying to unify his supporters and voters, a time when conservative groups want to see his popularity.
“It was an attempt to unify fans and supporters of the nuclear nuclear by repeatedly sending messages to their (allegedly) Democratic injustice, prompting him to declare martial law.”
“It's hard for the Conservatives and Impotence Presidents to ignore the craze that emerges through the quit of martial law, especially for the long-standing (conservative) group.”
Yoon is regarded as one of the least popular presidents in the country. He has struggled with approval ratings since he was elected by the narrowest vote in South Korean history (0.73 percentage points) in 2022, a rival against liberals and now the current opposition chairman. Councilman Lee Jae-Myung.
Yoon damaged his reputation in his December 3 martial arts ordinance, but at the same time, revealing something hidden – a stubborn far-right fan of the Yuan School.
Yoon supporters called for immediate release from prison, not only frequent rallies but also allegedly drawing and violent riots, they attacked and broke into the western district court in Seoul on January 19. Prosecutors recently prosecuted 63 people for committing violence and vandalism in court because of his decision to allow his arrest warrant.
“However, this so-called prison politics may ultimately backfire, as the impeachment president could become a symbol of far-right conservatives and alienate relatively moderate voters,” Shin explained.
Yoon is not the first to criticize planning a political exercise from a cell. Former President Park Geun-Hye has a considerable fan base, and she did not meet with multiple lawmakers when she was imprisoned from early 2017 to late 2021 and was convicted of corruption and abuse of power. Her only interaction was with former BJP Rep. Yoo Young-Ha, who was her legal counsel at the time.
However, her message was conveyed through Yoo and a letter written in a prison published in late 2021.
A month before the 2020 presidential election, she called on supporters and conservative voters to unite among the then conservative presidential candidate Yoon and through a handwritten letter released by Yoo. At the time, Democrats criticized Park for harassing her supporters while serving her sentence.
In her book, a letter she wrote from prison and published hours before she was released under presidential pardon, she defended her convicted crime. She insists that she has never done anything “ugly”, such as abuse of her abilities, to benefit those around her.
