Most Hated 1st Lady- Korean President LOCKS DOWN Country Because “Wife Doesn’t Want To Go To Prison”

[Music]. Bada bing, bada boom. It looks like a. hot air balloon, but it's so much. smaller. And it doesn't come in those. like fun rainbow colors. It's just a. giant white balloon with a big black bag. attached at the bottom just drifting. into the air. People are standing. outside. They're covering their eyes. from the sun, but also they're trying to. get a good look at this thing. What is. this thing? It's so antilimactic. It. It's slow. The balloon is slow, but it's. coming down. And it's also so random.

Like, what is this giant balloon? And. it's not just one. Over the span of 5. months, thousands of balloons. 5,500 giant balloons just keep. mysteriously floating in the air in. different parts of the country of South. Korea. How big are they? There, I would. say it could probably fit two, three. people in a balloon. Oh, it's big. Yeah. In the beginning, there was panic. I. mean, some regions had to shut down the. airspace. They delayed all flights. Some.

regions, the mysterious balloons, they. start triggering these air raid alerts. But later on, it just becomes the way of. life. Every citizen gets an Amber Alert. Balloon flying in your region. Beware. Some of them land peacefully on the. street, making people gather around. Another one smashes into green houses. Others start breaking down midjourney, and they just start spewing stuff onto. the street. A few land near police. buildings. Two do end up causing a big. stir because they land on the grounds of. the South Korean presidential office,

which means they got to be investigated. thoroughly. The balloon itself is just a. balloon. It's what's attached to it. That's weird. There's no weapons. There's no like biological warfare. That's what people thought. It's just a. ton of waste paper. Think about if you. were to get all of your home trash bags. and then attach it to a hot air balloon. and send it on its merry way. their. cigarette butts, used toilet paper, cut. up fabric, and there's also feces. Animal feces, human feces, feces with.

live parasites, like round worms. I. mean, I guess it's maybe, if we're. dramatic, could be considered biological. warfare. It's poop. balloons. That's what they're called. Sent to South Korea by North Korea. This. is in 2024. last year for 5 months. When. we were in Korea, we were getting alerts. about the poop balloons that were being. sent down near us. North Korea is. sending a message. Some of them have. pamphlets inside with derogatory. messages for the South Korean president. and the first lady. And naturally, this.

becomes a huge diplomatic issue with Kim. Jong-un's own sister publicly. responding. And she states rather. sarcastically, "I cannot understand why. they're making a fuss as if they're. being hit by a shower of bullets. It's a. genuine gift of sincerity. It's uh what. they like to call an act of freedom of. expression. That is wild. To be fair, they are not. bullets. They are balloons. It's less. lethal. But North Korea, this is. technically a reactionary measure since.

South Korean activists have been sending. balloons filled with anti-regime. pamphlets, thousands of USB drives. containing K-pop songs and Kdramas. They. called it the balloon wars. And this is. just one of the many things unfolding in. South Korea in 2024 because around that. same time, equally, if not maybe more. concerning, is the woman that was just. released from prison. May 14th, 2024, an. older woman is released from prison. I. mean, maybe she knows, maybe she doesn't.

know that journalists and investigators. are all watching her. They're following. her when she gets out of prison. If you. don't know this woman, you would think. she's a high-profile serial killer that. just got released. Why are we all. following a senior citizen that just got. released from prison? Aren't there. crazier criminals we should be stalking? The first thing she does after being. released from jail is go deep into the. mountains of South Korea. And it's not. just a random mountain spot. It's a very. specific place with a very specific goal.

and energy. She's got to walk through. this concrete tunnel, then walk through. the path leading to this massive stone. pillar, probably three times my height, and it's got writing on it. It looks. like a giant tombstone. It says final. resting place for souls. It's her. family's ancestral burial ground. She. wants to go visit her. ancestors. That's the first thing she. does after being released from prison. Reporters go back a few days later just.

to see, are we missing something? Like, why is this the first place she comes? It's weird. I mean, obviously, they. can't walk around and browse while. they're following her that day. So, they. come back and the first thing they see. is this tent-like structure on the left. It's like a sun protection tent, but. there's nothing under it except a single. chair. And then hanging from the sides. of the tent, you have these paper. lanterns. All of them have this yellow. slip of paper, like a banner attached to. the bottom. And there's names on there. Typically in Buddhist tradition and.

practice, you can buy these lanterns. You can have them put your name or. whatever you want written hanging from. there. It brings good fortune and. happiness. And there's two very notable. names there. But the thing that starts. freaking out the reporters is you walk a. few more steps and clearly the whole. pathway, this whole place is meant to. lead up to this building. It just leads. to a pink square building. like baby. pink, Barbie pink. It's like two squares. smashed together. The architecture is.

rudimentary. You cannot create a more. simple looking building. It looks maybe. two stories tall, but then you look at. the building and you go, something's. weird about this building. There's no. door. Why is there no door to the. building? It did take me a second to. realize that there's no doors. I think. my mind just naturally assumed there. would be, which is strange. I mean, what. happens if there's a fire? How do you. even get in? What's the point of this. building? There are two windows at the. front side of the building. They're very.

small. Kind of like jail house windows, but without the bars. They are. positioned directly at the center of the. building on top of each other. There's. no other window on any other part of the. house. On the sides, on the back, nothing. No door, just two tiny windows. Yeah. And it's this Barbie pink color. It does indeed get stranger as you walk. closer. There are these tombstone. looking things surrounding the entire. baby pink house. One of them there has. this giant plum tree carved onto the.

stone. And next to that are seven. bottles of soju, like vodka opened. The. soju is still in there. This is not. litter. It looks like an offering of. sorts. The reporters, they start looking. and the plum blossom tree. A lot of them. note sometimes this could be used for. shamanistic practices. It means. blessings, but this is clearly not a. regular shamanistic building. It feels. like there's a lot of dark energy here. It feels like someone practicing dark. shamanism, which in that case, the plum.

blossom is associated with lethal power. and as conduits for rituals involving. malant spirits. Back in the day, people. would use plum trees, load up all their. misfortune. So like if you have bad. luck, you get a plum tree. You put all. your bad luck in there. You do a ritual. where you take all of your misfortune, put it into the plum tree, and then bury. it with dead people. So in the. afterlife, these deceased people will. have your bad luck. You're passing it. on, and they can't even say no because. they're deceased in this world. There's.

various stone pillars around the house. Then surrounding those carvings, you. have these steel flag poles without. flags. And if you look closely, there's. a lot of dragon. emblems. Dragons are usually closely. associated with kings. Typically, only. the royal family and associated high. officials were allowed to use dragon. motifs in their clothing. That's it. And. then lastly, you just see this puffer. jacket just hanging outside. Nobody's. wearing it. It's not hanging like. outside of this pink house, outside of.

the poles. Mhm. On like a stand, like. one of those basket chairs. But it. doesn't look like, "Oh, I was wearing my. puffer jacket, but it got hot, so I. threw it on the chair." It looks like. intentional. Really, in shamanism, it's. usually a warning to outsiders. This is. our home. Do not enter. Many shamanistic. experts had back and forth conversation. What does the pink mean? Are you sure. the plum blossom tree is the dark. shamanism? What does this building. symbolize? What does this mean? There's.

so much back and forth. But one thing. that people noticed is that this pink. color looks so oddly similar to another. case that we covered, the Hampong Mall. collapse. It's a department store in. South Korea that collapsed in the middle. of the day with close to 1500 shoppers. and staff all getting trapped. Ultimately, 502 people died in the. collapse. The mall's outside exterior. was painted the exact same baby pink. color. You are freaking kidding me. And. now there's this temple in the middle of.

nowhere. And what were the names. outside? Yunakar and. Kimunhi. Why are the names of the South. Korean president and the first lady. outside this temple? And is it just a. coincidence that they live in the. apartment building on top of this Hung. department store. collapse? What? This is the current. ongoing case of the newly impeached. South Korean president and the first. lady.

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always limits to it. I think freedom of. religion and spirituality is great until. you're harming other people. This is. also not an analysis or think piece. regarding Korean or even US politics. We're just merely covering the current. events that have shaken South Korea. recently and reporting on what's been. happening cuz everybody has been. requesting it. Oh, and another thing. I. do think that the title of president is. one that should be earned through trust. by the people. Many times in this. episode, I'm going to be referring to. people by their high highest political. titles. Not because I think they're.

necessarily deserving of that respect, but just to highlight how corrupt some. of these people are because how can you. be in the highest office and commit. these types of crimes? So, with that being said, let's get. started. Why would someone suddenly. start using 75 times more water in their. house? Are you taking 75 times more. showers? This is what South Korean. citizens are debating all week long. According to Soul City Soul Water 2023.

data, the average weekly water usage for. a twoerson household is about 3 tons of. water. So like 804 gallons of water. But. for the past 7 days, a full week after. impeached President Yun and First Lady. Kim are dismissed from the presidential. residence in South Korea, they use over. 75 times the average consumption of. water. 75 times in their blue house. In. their Well, they don't live in the blue. house. They live in a different. residential palace. Oh, so you're saying.

that after they were impeached? Yes. Their water like usage became 75 times. more than the average twoerson. household. So now there's debates. because this information is released to. the citizens. Is it very clear that they. have 75 times their water usage? Or. maybe they're just water wasters from. the day that they took office? It's. unclear. But the fact that these reports. were released have citizens in a. freaking chokeold. I mean, instead of.

804 gallons, they use. 60,193 gallons of water in a week. Where. the hell do you need that much water. for? You would quite literally need to. have 15 faucets running at once for over. 24 hours to use that amount of water. Netzens start speculating what the hell. what are they using it for? And the main. speculation is drugs. Why else do you. need that much water? Think about it. Unless Yeah. Unless you're watering down. and flushing drugs down the drain.

Videos start going viral with borderline. conspiracy theories that tie the. president and his wife to one of the. biggest drug smuggling operations in. South Korea to which other nizens are. arguing. No. I mean, yeah, he was. impeached. However, do you think that. really only they live there? I'm sure. security guards, staff, probably more. than 100 people live in that house. Of. course, the amount of water is going to. be used. Others disagree, stating, "No, they wouldn't release this information. if it didn't mean something." Another.

comments to me, I think it's either. going to be drugs or animal. sacrifices, which is kind of random, but. they they talk about bloodletting. It's. when you have to make an animal bleed. out and that's how they die. And that's. typically reserved for really dark, frowned upon shamanistic practices. So, does this come out of nowhere? Why do so. many citizens just assume the president. and the first lady are either cartel. level drug dealers or doing animal. sacrifices in the presidential.

residence? Do you know how to predict. the president? No. Okay, so forget about. the policies. Sometimes it's rather. simple. They say it's height. Since the. 1900s, the taller of the two candidates. has almost frequently won presidential. elections to the point where researchers. think that we must have some sort of. unconscious bias. The taller one must be. better in our eyes. The US has not. elected a president that was below the. average national height for the past 120. years. You're just telling me there's.

not a good short politician. Maybe, maybe not. But what if it's more niche than that? We can't be that easy to control. That's. crazy. Some say it's body language and. speech cadence. Former President Barack. Obama, for one, when he's talking, he. probably has the best usage of hand. gestures. He will literally point using. his thumb and index finger to point out. the point that he's making. He's quite. literally making a point. When he talks. about time spans or spectrums, he will.

do wave like hand motions. It signals to. the audience subconsciously that his. non-verbal communication and his verbal. communication is perfectly in sync which. makes him perceived as more. trustworthy. It's that it's height. Sometimes I study the pitch of the voice. with voters generally preferring lower. pitched voices, deeper voices. People. have even spent their whole careers. studying rhythms of politicians speeches. and cadence. There are people that will.

go word for word and they also study. word usage. Each president's. presidential feel is going to be a. unique blend of a ton of different. elements. I mean, should this be why. they're voted in? No. But it just seems. like something people study because why. is it happening? like the fact that. apparently voters like the words heart, hand, journey, dream rather than more. conceptual words like commitment, help, endeavor, idea. Side note, I do want to.

mention charisma does not mean someone. is likable or charming. It just means. that they have a personal ability to. arouse loyalty or enthusiasm out of. others. It doesn't mean they're a good. person or that they're so likable. People can be very divisive and. charismatic like cult leaders and. speeches are where people can easily. compare these candidates with JFK being. considered one of the greatest orators. of all time. He's probably known as the. quintessential charismatic president. Ronald Reagan, his speeches are heavily.

studied. His cadence is known as. campfire storytelling. The way he talks, it sounds like he's at a campfire. M. Bill Clinton, his speeches are always. more conversational. Studies show that. the audience always felt like he was. talking one-on-one with them during a. presidential race. He's the type that. looks very at ease talking to leaders, but also just random retail workers at. the diner. They say his cadence style is. southern porch talk. It's likely that he. practiced this. There are speculations.

when he says America, sometimes it comes. off more like America versus America to. sound more folksy. And of course, Barack Obama analysis. state that he was never as comfortable. as like Bill Clinton with crowd work. That's what they call it. So they say. after the speeches, when you see Obama. working the crowd, he's nowhere near as. charismatic as Clinton, but his speeches. usually are better perceived. M his body.

language during it, his voice, he never. loses his cool composure that comes off. very passionate, compassionate, but also. in control. They say his cadence almost. has this jazz-like quality to it. So, a. lot of people speculate the reason why. Americans hate politics so much right. now, amongst obviously every other major. reason why we hate it, but it might be. that there just really no good. candidates with great charisma is what. some studies are saying. We've kind of.

walked away from that. Presidential. speech writers, they will even work on. making sure someone comes off. charismatic. They will write pauses into. each president's speech. Usually, the. rule being do not pause longer than 3. seconds or else you risk losing the. audience. And some presidents, they like. to mix up the rhythm. So, there's like. three different types of rhythms you. could go with. So, for example, the. words it's time to heal. Pause. To. build, but there's also it's time to.

heal. Pause. It's time to build. Then there's it's time to heal, to. build, to conquer. It's like there's. very different structures to say the. same thing. Others prefer repeating. opening sentences. We will face. challenges. We will overcome them. Sometimes it's a triple structure. Government of the people, by the people, for the people. It's all about the. rhythm. They say the best speeches for. presidents are actually only 50%.

substance, 25% storytelling, and 25%. rhetorical flourishes. Rhythm. Rhythm. Cadence driven, rhythm driven viral. sound bites. That's what they're looking. for. So May 10th, 2022, the 20th. presidential inauguration ceremony takes. place in South Korea, where one of the. most controversial candidates is about. to take office. Some notable attendees. are the former first lady, the wife of. the 17th president, Lee. Unfortunately, her husband, former president, could not. make it as he is in prison for.

corruption, and the prosecutor that put. him in prison is the new president. Another notable attendee, Pakunhi, the. 18th president of South Korea, she was. able to make it even though she was. impeached for corruption. And the. prosecutor that investigated her, is. also now the president. Then the former. president and his wife, Munin, this is. the last president. Thankfully, they. were both able to make it. However, they. are both being currently investigated. So, please stand for the newly elected.

president and the new first lady of. South Korea. President Yun comes in. dressed like any other person in the. room, honestly. But the first lady comes. in dressed all in white with a white. matching face mask. Her stature, she's. very petite. The way she dresses, the. way she does her hair, it's very. reminiscent of like a Korean Jackie. Kennedy. You would almost think that. this is her inauguration. The way she. walks in. Why is she wearing a mask? This is around Well, it's 2022. Oh, co.

time. Yeah. Now the president takes the. stage and his very first speech as the. new president of South Korea. He leans. into the microphone. Based on the values. of freedom, human rights, fairness, and. solidarity, I will steadfast create a. country where the people are the true. masters. Thank. you. The crowd starts going crazy and. President Yun's wife, First Lady Kim, I. mean, I know this is like societal norm.

I don't know why I hate it. Listen, but. society just loves a supportive, brainless first lady. They just want to. see her clapping and smiling like, "I. love my husband. I love this great. country." But something about her, she's. just stoic. She's not cheery. She's not. that. Oh my gosh, I love making cookies. for. Christmas. She just looks as if she's. deep in thought. December. 2024th, it's like the biggest concert in.

the world. Just a sea of people out in. the cold in their puffer jackets. This. is December in Korea. It's like snowing. There's filling the entire street. Multiple blocks are shut down to the. point where you think, is every major. K-pop idol performing at this concert? It doesn't make sense. There's old. people. There's young people. They're. they're holding up light sticks. There's. this massive stage with a screen and. they're blasting K-pop. You're talking. about Christmas Eve, December 24th. No,

December 2024. Oh. Oh, it's before Christmas. Okay. Yeah. But they they are singing. Christmas songs, too. And you have this. random old guy coming out to play his. guitar and singing songs. And then you. find out that this random old guy is a. senator and you're like, "What's. happening? What's going on right now?". And people have their light sticks and. they're all buying coffee for each. other. This is not a K-pop concert. This. is a protest in South Korea. What do you mean? This is how Koreans.

protest by playing K-pop songs. Yes. And. it's like a sea of people all. protesting. Like the whole city was shut. down. Okay. And then music are playing. like people's speakers. They're just. holding a speaker. No, there's a whole. stage. There's a sound team. It's. literally a concert. There's a giant. screen. They're singing Feliz Navididad, but the new lyrics are Yun Haky has to. off, then it's a merry Christmas. Kim Gani has to get punished, then it's. a merry Christmas. The right-wing has to.

be disbanded. Impeach him right now. Impeachment is the answer. Else the. country will be ruined. And then it's a. merry Christmas. Okay. And this all happens because. previously a few days prior, three. helicopters, they just land on this big. lawn. It's like near midnight. Three. helicopters side by side. It looks like. an action movie. The doors open. You got. teams of guys in camouflage running out. And this is all over the news. There's. tanks coming down the street. There's.

more helicopters in the air. And they're. shining that little spotlight down as if. they're looking for someone. And this is. happening at the National Assembly. building. There's a 70-year-old man. wearing a mask and a hat and it's cold. His hands are freezing. He called his. wife before he came here and he said, "Look, anything can happen. I don't know. what's going to happen right now. Love. you. Things are not looking very. promising. Who is this? He's like a. 70-year-old man. He's trying to get into. this building. He looks to his right. There's a another old guy. All these.

young people are physically lifting him. up and throwing him over the fence so. that he can get into the building. Okay. There's thousands of people surrounding. this place. I mean, people are having. some very interesting interactions. A. high-profile woman on mainstream news. medias is being held at gunpoint. There's a rifle pointed square at her. chest and she's pissed off. She grabs. the rifle and pushes it off and she's. like, "Are you not ashamed of. yourself?" She's talking to the soldier. who just pointed a rifle at. her. The soldiers have one order. Go.

inside the National Assembly and occupy. the building. Inside, National Assembly. aids are trying to stop the soldiers, blocking them with furniture, sofas. They even resort to spraying them down. with fire extinguishers. Citizens are. trying to help block the paths of the. tanks. And at the end, when the soldiers. decide to leave, the group of protesters. that were just screaming at them moments. ago that we're just like, "Aren't you. ashamed of yourself? Good work tonight. Get home safe. Good work. No way. Keep.

your heads up, our sons." You're kidding. me. Yeah. The whole thing is so strange. Like, what are they what are we doing. here? What is happening? Is this. staged? Is because December 3rd, 2024, President Yun of South Korea delivers. one of the most important presidential. speeches in South Korean modern history. At 11:27 p.m., Dear respected citizens, as president, I appeal to you with a. heart full of sorrow. I appeal to you.

with the feeling of spitting out blood. The state administration is paralyzed. and the size of our citizens are. deepening. Now our national assembly has. become a den of criminals, paralyzing. the nation's judicial and administrative. systems through legislative dictatorship. and planning for the overthrowing of our. liberal democratic system. The National. Assembly, which should be the foundation. of liberal democracy, has become a den. of criminals and is attempting to. destroy the system. Now, South Korea is.

in a precarious situation where it would. not be surprising if we. collapse. In summary, the president of. South Korea is accusing the opposition. party. So, President Yun is very. right-wing even out of the right wings. He's ultra-conservative, super. conservative. He gets voted in. And the. opposition party, I guess the Democrats, if you will, they have control over the. National Assembly. So, they're not. letting any of his bills pass. But now. he is accusing them of being North.

Korean spies, North Korean intelligence, North Korean operatives that are. preventing him, and they just want to. destroy South Korea from the inside. He. says, "To protect the safety of the. people, the following is hereby declared. throughout the Republic of Korea. As of. 11 p.m. on December 3rd, 2024, martial. law is declared. All political. activities, including the National. Assembly, are. prohibited. He's saying no lawmakers can.

come together. Two, all acts that deny. or attempt to overthrow the system are. prohibited. Fake news, public opinion. manipulation, prohibited. Three, all. media and publications are subject to. the control of the martial law command, basically censorship. Four, strikes, work stoppages, rallies prohibited. All. medical personnel, doctors who are on. strike or have left their medical job. must return to their jobs within 48.

hours. Those who violate will be. punished according to the martial law. He's saying anyone who doesn't follow. this will be arrested, detained, searched without a warrant, interrogated, and god knows what. He. says, "As president, I sincerely appeal. to you. I will dedicate my life to. protecting the Free Republic of Korea. Please believe in my heartfelt loyalty. to you, the people. Please trust in me. Thank. you. And with that, all hell breaks.

loose. I mean, technically, anybody. could get a death sentence, could. disappear all in the name and excuse of. protecting the country. With one. researcher stating, I mean, no matter. who you voted for, it doesn't matter. your political affiliation. Martial law. in this day and age in South Korea is. nonsense. I mean, you even have to. wonder, was this President Yun's entire. plan all along get voted in so that he. could take complete control? I mean, President Yun is a pretty divisive. president. He wins the election by.

just8%. That's not even a full. percentage. He isn't even particularly. popular, but the people who love him. will die for him. I mean, I guess here. we are, right? He was known as a career. prosecutor who is known to play by the. books. I mean, you ever meet those. people? You're like, "Play a game of. Monopoly with them." I mean, you're just. learning how to play. You make a mistake. and they're like, "No, the rules are the. rules." It's like too serious. That was. the initial public perception that. people had until you find out that he. failed the bar exam nine times. And he's.

just not that bright, you know. But a. lot of people who are already very. right-leaning, ultra-conservative, they. love the fact that he was not a career. politician. This is his first political. role other than being a prosecutor. Like. this is his first public office. held. Even though generally speaking. upon, it's kind of frowned upon in Korea. for former prosecutors to run for higher. office because prosecutors are supposed. to be politically neutral. And so if you. run, you have to go with a party and.

then you know you're mixing in with a. bunch of other people that could try to. bribe you later. A lot of people were. not happy about this election, but they. kind of sued themselves with the idea. of, well, he's kind of a lame duck, isn't he? I mean, the Democrats, they've. got the National Assembly majority, so. like what what is he going to do? He's. not going to be able to do anything. He's just going to sit there pretty and. that's it. But he does some very ominous. things. One of the biggest things during. his campaign trail, October 1st, 2021,

presidential candidate Yun goes viral. on his left hand. First of all, it's a. very pricey looking watch. Yes. But. also, there is a word written on his. palm. So, he's talking, he's doing a. debate, and it's almost like someone. drew with a Sharpie one symbol. It's the. Chinese symbol for. king. Why the hell would you write king. on your palm? You're not writing. strength, courage, good luck, president, servant for the people. Is it? It's ha. So, it's traditional Korean. Yes. But um.

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acorns.com/rotten. A reporter that same. year goes to meet with the future first. lady Kim at her office. There's this. massive meeting table. It's very large. It's a conference table length. And she. ushers this reporter in, seats him at. the head seat, man of the house seat. And to his right there's two men. To his. left there's two women. And it's this is. probably the most. fascinating conversation that he's ever. been involved in. They are acting like.

he is God who is walking down back on. Earth. They're treating him like the. king right now. We're treating who? This. reporter. Huh? And it's making him feel. good about himself. Meanwhile, all he. has ever done is write pieces. against the future first lady and her. husband, presidential candidate Yun. Meanwhile, future first lady Kim, she's. just laying on a dayb bed in the office. right next to it, right next to him. She's just laying there on her side like.

a beautiful French lady. That type of. energy. Wait, hold. on. Kim Yes. is the first lady, right? But this is prior to the Yes. them. winning the election. And she invited a. reporter that hates her. Uhhuh. And then. like she's laying next to him. Uh-huh. And this is the very first meeting. and. her whole team is treating him like he's. the world's best reporter that has ever. existed and he's so confused but also. it's kind of working he feels good. I.

mean, you would think that these two. have been best friends since high school. and they're just seeing each other. again. That's the level of casualness in. which first lady Kim is directing. herself. This is their first. meeting. And she's laying on her side. She's giggling, getting up, pouring him. more alcohol. He says, "After drinking, my face got a bit red and I put my hand. on the table and she suddenly yanks it. towards her body. So, she's pulling his. hand. Naturally, his body is going. towards her." And she announces to the. staff, "Hey guys, I'm going to read his.

poem. See if I'm right or not." She's. studying the lines on his palm. "This. Opa is going to do really well in the. future. He's a married man, but he has a. woman on the side." Reportedly is like. yanking his hand out because what do you. mean? Where would I even have a woman on. the I don't even have time to meet. women? He says, "Behind me, I could hear. the other two female employees. chuckling, giggling, and then they start. reading out his palm." And First Lady. Kim states, "He's really good at night.

activities." And all the girls start. giggling and tapping him on the. shoulder. Night activities as in. intimate. relations. Reporter Lee says he feels so. uncomfortable. He just wants to leave. He finally comes up with an excuse. Kim. follows him out, shoves an envelope in. his pocket for the taxi ride home. When. he opens it up in the taxi, it's 21. $50 bills. It's the 50,0001 bill in. Korea, it's the highest bill. So, how.

how much is that? I guess with if you do. the conversion to USD, it's like $721. That is way I mean, what is he taxing to. America? Why does he need. $724? Even if she was paying him for his. time, he was only there for 30 minutes. He He thought, "Well, maybe this is. nothing to her. Maybe she's that rich. I'm just so confused." Also, 21 bills. feels very specific. Yeah. October 29th,

2022. Another case that we covered at a. Halloween celebration in. Itawan, 159 people died in a crowd crush. incident in a small alleyway. We did an. episode on it. Probably one of the worst. tragedies in modern modern South Korean. history, but the new conspiracies have. popped up. Honestly, this is very. controversial and incredibly. traumatizing, but a lot of medicines. feel like there might be some truth to.

it because of how crazy everybody's been. acting with the sentiment and conspiracy. being. If President Yun didn't wish for. a tragedy like this to happen, maybe. he's using it after the fact to gain. energy and strength through dark. shamanistic practices. October 28th, the. day before the Itwan crush incident, a. man named Chun Kung, a shaman, goes. online to make a video. Do our young. people have anything to do now? No. What.

do they do when they have nothing to do? Youth is a time when energy is burning. When energy is burning and there's. nothing to do, if you're not given. anything to do, what happens? They go. around doing all sorts of things. So, they go dancing. And since young people. gather there, they go there. If if they. young people are drinking there, I drink. too. If they do drugs, I do them, too. An enormous amount of drugs are coming. into Korea now. So, I'm designing all. that. And now, what the government needs. to do is crack down on all the incoming. drug dealers before this gets bigger,

before the organization gets bigger. And. he goes on and on. But like any war, the. war on drugs usually needs a catalyst. for the government to crack down. This. is one day before the Itwan tragedy. The. next day after the Ittoan incident, Chungong tells his followers that quote, "The young people who were sacrificed in. the Itwan tragedy gave our country an. opportunity." That is crazy to say. Those good opportunities will keep. coming. Even if our children sacrifice.

themselves, they need to sacrifice. themselves with this kind of mass. numbers for the world to feel it. This. is being arranged now. We must make our. children's sacrifices worthwhile. We. need to use this opportunity well and do. something that shines in the. world. It is believed that this specific. shaman believes that death and the time. of death and people dying could be an. energy ritual. It's not just that people.

are dead cuz what could you possibly get. out of that? He is saying that the. energy, the mass grief that everybody. feels, it's something that you can. manipulate and turn into fortune for one. party or another. And what does this. random shaman have to do with President. Yun? It is alleged that this is the. first lady Kim and President Yun's. shaman of choice, which again, insane, right? But people start noticing strange. things such as the fact that the.

president and the government forbid the. victim's families from hanging portraits. of the victims at the National Memorial. Their names were forbidden to show up. anywhere at the official memorial. A lot. of people hated the official memorial. for how cold it felt. However, for. multiple days straight, President Yun, the president of South Korea, came every. single day to leave Chrysanthemums. To. which some people were thinking, "What. the hell is wrong with this guy? Is he. like feasting off this energy or. something? He won't let the families. have a proper memorial, but he comes. every day for what?" Yeah. What's his.

reason for not allowing photos and hang? said it was too quick to organize with. every victim's family if they consented. to photos, if they consented to names. But most of the families were like, "No, we want that.". And then 9 days after the Itan incident, President Yun moves into the. presidential residence away from the. Blue House. He does not move into the. Blue House, which is like the White. House of South Korea. He moves into the. defense ministry building. He went from.

Blue House to there. No, he goes from. his personal apartment that is built on. top of Sampong Mall collapse to this. defense ministry building. He does not. want to move to the blue house like. unprompted. This was one of the first things that he. does as president. He said that he was. going to spend 30 to 40 t million. dollars of taxpayer money to live in the. defense ministry compound. He claims. that him not moving into the blue house. is him rejecting the traditional.

presidential residence because it's. symbolic of imperial power. He said he. wants to feel connected with the people. Nobody believes that. They think it's. shamanism. And it's very interesting. because people say, "Wait, I feel like. the defense ministry building has way. darker history. That area was Japan's. military headquarters during the. colonial period. Before that, a lot of. kings would bury their concubines in. that region. So, there's history in that. area. There's even rumors that there's a. massive grave site under the Ministry of.

National Defense Office. Why would he. want to move there over the plush, beautiful blue house, the palace? A lot. of people say President Yun and First. Lady Kim believe the entire blue palace. has bad funue. Now, to be fair, funue. can be at times perspective. Some people. say the location of the blue house is. pretty good. There's mountains up north. There's a river in the south all. finished off with this stone monument. that claims this is the most blessed. place on earth. But um I will say nobody. really believes it because every single.

president that's been in there, I mean. the best fate that you can get after. serving as president of South Korea is. to be wealthy and normal, not dead, not. investigated for corruption, not. impeached, and not in prison. Those are. usually the more popular options. Geographically, there's a lot about the. new presidential residence that the blue. house doesn't have, like typical good. fune. So, they move seven days after the. etoan tragedy with a $5,000 cat tower. that they bought using taxpayer money.

They bought this cat tower that cats. climb on top of. It was $5,000. They buy. this full new bathtub, highquality. Haninoi Cypress starting at. $17,000. I mean, there's a lot of people. who think, "What is happening right. now?" Like they're furnishing this new. military. home base. Yes, but like how do they. even know that the new presidential. residence is luckier than the blue. house? There's a strong connection. between the first lady Kim and the. number five. It said that her phone.

number has a lot of fives. Her car. license plate has a lot of fives. It is. believed that in shamanism, the number. five symbolizes balance and harmony. It's supposed to represent the five. elements, the five directions, and the. five colors. It's it's good to keep the. natural and spiritual forces in order. because of the protection it provides. and it's going to bring good fortune. Five gods, five elements. It's believed. that she also subscribes to the idea of. the big flow of energy. Like you know. how there's wind patterns. Bad luck,

negative energy cycles also flow in. certain directions. Positive good energy. flows also flows in certain directions. They have expressions like a virtuous. cycle or a vicious cycle. And to receive. the highest level of luck, the first. lady and her alleged shaman allegedly. map out soul. So they start with their. original home being the southern point. because this is where they became. president. Then they draw a line. So. this is Acro Vista apartment complex.

How do we know these or a lot of shaman. experts came out and said these are the. people that she's associating with. allegedly and these are like the types. of things that they do. Okay. So they. start with Acro Vista, the original. residence, their personal residence, private residence. Then they draw a line. straight to what they call the central. line of the earth which lands at. station. Directly north of that is the blue. palace. And then that's one straight.

line up down right. Mhm. Then if they. start at Ewan, the middle point in the. center, the central line, then they go. directly left to the west, you run into. the presidential. office. Then you go from Ewan station. directly right. It's the defense. ministry building, the new presidential. residence. M they believe the flow of. energy is going to come positively. towards them. It it brings out a.

cross. So prior to the presidency years. ago in South Korea in Kungam, there was. this massive pink building, the mallong. department store that collapsed and. killed 500 people. If you've been to. Korea, you've probably driven by that. site. It's quite literally smack dab in. the middle of Kangnam. Now instead of a. memorial, there's three massive. buildings. Acro Vista complex. High-end. residential homes, 37 stories tall each. When you drive past it, I mean, they're. just sitting neatly on the street. The.

building structures themselves look more. like hotels than your typical Korean. apartment building. It's very expensive. In between each building, you've got. park-like green areas and trees. There's. a separate facility called Acro Vista. Arcade where you can just walk out of. your apartment, go find banks, restaurants, markets, cafes,armacies, convenience stores. There's been. debates, so many debates. Is this. building haunted or not? Some people. would say it's the safest building in. the entire country. What are the odds. that two buildings at the same place.

collapse? This building will probably be. the last building in the world to. collapse. Other people say this is the. worst building to be in because you. don't know. I mean, let's say if you. believe in spirituality and your soul, you're going to build a home on top of. all of these souls whose lives were. taken abruptly because of government. corruption because they didn't have the. right regulations for this mall. But. some shamans believe this is the best. energy you can have. When souls are.

trapped in an area, they give off a lot. of energy. And if they are to move to. the afterlife, you can send things with. them. You can send your misfortune. you. can send your pain away with them. But. some citizens think that's crazy. Maybe. they just moved in there because it's a. nice apartment complex. I will say a lot. of people felt that way until some. random things start overlapping. President Yun announces his candidacy to. run for president on June 29th, 2021 on.

the exact anniversary of this Hampong. department store collapse. That is wild. And where he makes the announcement is. called the Citizen Forest where they. were originally planning to have the. Sampong Department Store collapse. memorial. That is crazy. And then you've got the. pink temple that they built in the. mountains allegedly. Wait, so that that. temple, what what's going on? It's still. there. Wait, who's the lady you're. saying? That's Pakan's mom. First Lady.

Kim's mother is released from prison and. she goes there. And then on the little. lanterns, you've got President Yun's. name. You've got Kim Gani, First Lady. Kim's name. So she left, she released. from prison like recently. Yes. And she. goes straight for that. Yeah. And then. do kind of some kind of Yes. rituals or. And that that that space is still there. Nobody knows exactly what's going on. is. just a pink block. Yeah. In the.

mountains. Yeah. I mean, some people. think there's just no way he doesn't. know what day it is considering he lives. in the apartment building built on top. of the collapse. But others see it as, well, maybe it's just an unfortunate. coincidental overlap. How do we know? But other people say there have been so. many strange things, the king written on. his hand. Even admittedly in one. secretly recorded phone call with a. reporter. First Lady Kim is heard. saying, "You know, I can see better than. most clairvoyants, there's a rumor. that's somewhat incorrect." I don't go.

to shamans to have my fortune told. I. can read shamans better than they can. I. study the four pillars of destiny so. that I know my own fate. The four. pillars of destiny is a bit different. from shamanism. It's kind of like. reading your birth chart. It's analyzing. a person's fate, life path based on. their birth year, birth month, birth. date, and birth hour. It's pretty. common. It's like finding the cosmic. energy at the time that you were born. and the idea that you cannot escape your. destiny. Nobody can. So, you might as. well lean into it, which okay, fine. But.

it does get weirder. It is alleged that. Kimani kept jugo straw dolls, which are. kind of reminiscent of like western. voodoo dolls, and they would have their. opponent's names on there allegedly, and. they would stick daggers into the straw. dolls. Apparently, first lady Kim would. hold these ritual ceremonies where she. would place a jugo straw doll. representing someone that she hates, put. them in a giant bucket of ice, and when. the ice melts, the doll is slowly. getting submerged until they slowly. drown in this now melted ice bucket of.

water and then sink to the very bottom. And where did that just just a. allegation, just a rumor? Yes. sources. of people who knew her prior to her. running or her husband running for. president. It is believed that she partakes in. rituals where you hold funerals for. living people as a way of cursing them. And who knows? I mean, I guess if any of. this is true, they could argue that it. worked because now they are president. and they're moving in to this new.

residence, not the blue house, that. appears to be walking distance, 7 minute. walking distance, point4 miles away, from a man named Chun Gong. During. President Yun's run for presidency, he's. asked about whether or not he knows of. Chong Gong personally, the shaman. By. the way, the shaman has some crazy hair. He's got waistlength hair that's all. white. He looks like a shifue from a. Chinese drama. Yeah. And then you just like imagine him.

texting on a bus and then it's just the. vision is not there anymore. But to. which he says the president says I met. with him a few times with my wife. But. Chungong has a completely different. statement. He states the first lady has. been listening to my lectures for four. to 5 years now. She's listened on. YouTube like she studies my lectures. She liked it so much that she just kept. listening and learning from it. He's a. very interesting character. There is. such a history of Korean presidents. That's why.

shamanism or these Yeah. Okay. Yes. Okay. So, I think shamanism is pretty. widely accepted in South Korea. I think. if you go to a shaman, nobody really. bats an eye. If you're doing some weird. animal sacrifices rituals, yeah, people. want you arrested. However, if you're. like, "Hey, shaman, come into this new. apartment and like tinker tatterter. around and make it that I can make more. money in here." People will do it. People like it. Or, "Shaman, can you. help my kid get into college?" It's. whatever. I think it's like a It's like. therapy. You're easing your soul. You.

feel like you've put it up into the air. now. But with this, people hate it. Korean citizens who might consult a. shaman or two if they want, they. absolutely hate the idea of politicians. being associated with shamans. And the. previous one that was very allegedly. close to a shaman that might have been. controlling a lot of the nation's. decisions through the president is. Pakani, the president of this hero fairy. disaster. She was impeached. Yeah. She. was thrown in prison for corruption. Yeah. And it's heavily tied to Yes.

shamanism, right? Yeah. Now, I will say. Chanong does have a hard life. He was an. orphan for 33 years and then he went to. the mountains in Urusan. I don't know. how true any of this is, but he states. for the next 17 years, he was just. absorbing energy and cosmic law from the. mountains. In his YouTube video, he. states fundamentally as we come from. space to this earth. We are living with. 30% of our original energy. You know.

what what we call our soul. The soul is. me. The soul is us not the physical. body. The soul resides within the. physical body. This soul contains how. much of your original energy? It is 30%. This is like meeting a word count. Then. where is the remaining 70%. It resides. in nature itself in space in our. original homeland. I think we're all. aliens. I don't know. That's our true. homeland. He says this place is not our. true home. We have come to a distorted. place. I hate that. word. Why? Due to impurity. Why do.

humans live and work hard? I mean, I. don't know either, sir. I thought you. were supposed to tell us. In another. oddly pessimistic video, he says, "Death. doesn't exist at all. There is no death. Even if there is a word to describe it, death doesn't exist at all. Grand nature. operates everything as energy. Do you. die when you let go of your body after. you've finished using it?" No, you. don't. Your flesh will return to grand. nature as energy through microbial.

activity. The soul exists forever and. all the energy in the universe is. eternal. transform as necessary to work. in different environments. Um, he sounds. like a co-leader. Yes. Also in another. one he says, "Obesity stems from having. complaints. Unsatisfied people become. obese. When you meet highquality people, you will naturally eat highquality food. Thus, you should put some effort into. developing yourself in the right way. If. your health issues are not resolved in. the hospital, that implies that you have.

character flaws. Your energy is. circulating. If your energy is. circulating well, your appearance. improves. Higher quality people then. become attracted to you. And as more. people come to you, you receive their. highquality energy and then develop even. more highquality energy. And likewise, when people stay away from you, you feel. lonely, your appearance declines, you. lack energy, you get obese, then people. around you leave. So you shrink. You. know, just like the old ladies with. their rounded shoulders who are so. small, even their acquaintances start.

getting shorter and rounder shoulders. and then you got everyone becoming like. this. Okay. But he also says you can't make. good friends by wanting to befriend. someone. If you do, you will lose the. upper hand in the relationship. You. know, it's the law of accidents. If you. don't reflect on yourself and learn a. lesson from the small accident and. continue to just live like before, then. you'll have a bigger one. Why? Pain. never comes if you live correctly. It. only comes when you live wrongly.

Accidents and illnesses operate alike. Hospitals and prisons restrain people. You are confined. You are confined and. forced to reflect on yourself. It is. there to guide you to think deeply. without moving around. I mean I think is he like famous like a. or like somewhat famous or somewhat. famous but not much. So why why are people connecting it to. the president like because they've been.

seen around together it appears. Yeah. Oh okay. They're very well connected and. he said some pretty inflammatory things. you know the itan tragedy being the. sacrifice for the greater good of the. country being one. Additionally he. believes that North and South Korea will. unite. He believes in unification of the. two countries. He says I have proclaimed. that the Korean peninsula will be. reunited in the fall of. 2025. He's saying South and North Korea.

are going to be one country. He says. Korea is the root of mankind but the. Korean peninsula is divided and the root. is not playing its role. The conditions. for reunification are now the best that. they have ever been. The people of North. Korea, our brothers and sisters, are in. a very difficult situation. We have to. take care of them so they do not have to. suffer. We must leave something for. humanity when Korea is reunified. The. time has come for us to unify and do. good work for the sake of human. peace. He also says things like, you.

feed a hungry person, right? You go on. the street, you feed a hungry person, and you think to yourself, "I've done a. good deed." But the society we are. living in now no longer suffers from. inadequate food supply. Those who lack. food are lazy. They think they are. smarter than they really are. They pick. and choose their work. They are. ungrateful for the work they are given. What happens if you give that kind of. person food? You have done a very bad. deed and you will be punished. You. should be punished for that. God put.

this person in that difficult situation. because they're complaining about the. work that is given to them and they're. trying to avoid it. And now you have. praised someone who deserves to be. punished. So you will be punished. That's wild. I mean, if he's this all powerful. knowing shaman that President Yun and. First Lady Kim believe, then how are. they the most hated couple in the office. in the first 100 days? At a presidential. debate, a lot of sensitive topics tend.

to come up. But during this presidential. debate, with President Yun being. involved, he gets grilled about. something very. specific. Acupuncture. Have you done it. or not? Apparently, an acupuncturist has. been closely tied with President Yun. during the campaign trail. Sometimes. he'd just be lurking very close to. President Yun. Clearly, this guy has. security, so you can't just lurk around. It's clear that he's part of the inner. circle in some capacity. So, if you're. wondering about what anal acupuncture. is, wonder no more. You stick needles.

inside the butt inside for 30 minutes at. a time while you lay there and you just. feel the electric current radiating to. that region. You might have some. uncontrollable twitching there, but. that's what you signed up for. The. specific acupuncturist filed a patent in. 2013 for anal acupuncture stating that. it treats neurological paralysis and. prevents and treats strokes as well as. dementia. Yeah. It's also believed that anal acupuncture. is somehow tied to dark shamanism, which.

both President Yun and First Lady Kim. deny, but all citizens say, "We saw what. you did to that cow in a small region up. north at this temple." In a small region. up north, President Yun's name is there. hanging off a banner and his title is. there, so is First Lady Kim's names. And. they are skinning a cow. They're. skinning the cow alive and they're. hanging the skin for display along with. a stack of 10 dead pigs on stage for the. ceremony. Now, side note, this part is.

very graphic, but the cow is skinned. alive. The cow's still alive. The skin. is hanging up on display, and the cow's. eyes are wide open. The cow is foaming. at the mouth. There's rods stuck into. its back. The cow again is very much. alive. It is believed that the cow. sacrifice, it was for the cow to take. all of these sins and misfortunes from. people's lives into the afterlife. The. man that facilitated the sacrifice, he.

was also seen around Yun during the. campaign trail. So Yun starts getting. grilled on social media with people. demanding, I mean, you insist that you. have no ties with shamans, but this. doesn't make any sense. And this is all. happened during the election. like yes, there's some sacrifice of the cows. during his whole campaign. And this is. very ironic considering First Lady Kim. has made one of her biggest causes to. ban the consumption of dog meat. She and. President Yun have no kids, just 12. pets, at least six dogs, six cats, and.

she's been seen a lot carrying around. this vegan purse that every time she's. seen carrying it, it keeps selling out. and it's great, but everybody's. confused. You raise a dog, you make laws. for dogs, but then you turn around and. skin a live cow. The opposition leader states in the 21st. modern century in a country where. nuclear missiles exist, there should. never be such a case where a shaman. interferes in or affects state affairs. State affairs are supposed to be for the. benefit of the country, not shamanistic. rituals of like what about the energy?

They have bombs. The energy of an atomic. bomb is. uncontrollable. Some citizens say beyond. that, sure, she likes dogs. But really, you think she actually likes dogs? Considering how much pain did she show. for the victims of Ethan? The first 100. days, President Yun becomes one of the. most dislikes presidents to take office. His approval rating in the first 100. days was down to 24%. His previous. predecessor, a Democratic leader, his. approval rating after the first 100 days.

was 78%. Wow. I mean, even Pakan's. approval ratings were in like the 50s in. the first 100 days. So, this is this is. pretty bad. And there's just a few. scandals right out the gate that people. have a hard time digesting. A lot of. netizens don't like President Yun's work. life balance. They say there's too much. balance. I mean, look at the state of. the nation. Get your ass back in the. office. Now, to provide some context, the government at the time wanted to. raise the maximum weekly working hours. in Korea from 52 hours to 69 hours. And.

they're like, "Well, you politicians. better be working 90 hours then." Of. course, there were opposition parties. that object everything that Yun and Kim. do. Like, there was this whole fuss. about First Lady Kim holding President. Biden's arm for a picture, which, yeah, would I do that? Probably not. Is that. the most media trained thing to do? Probably not. But there's clearly more. important things to worry about when it. comes to our heads of state. It's. further alleged that they would make. military nurses and security guards act.

like hosts at their parties and. gatherings, like to guard the door, to. open the door, to serve food, I guess, which is crazy. And then September 2022, Queen Elizabeth II passes away. President Yun, along with practically. every single other foreign diplomat and. world leader, shows up to London to pay. his respects to the queen, but he. doesn't show up the day all the other. leaders show up. He states it was due to. traffic. to which opposition parties.

argue. Many people are wondering why he. failed to offer condolences while the. leaders of the United States, Canada, Japan, China, Brazil, and Ukra. everybody, everybody in different levels. of the world in differing countries with. countries that have more pressing issues. like Ukraine going on. They showed up. that day and you didn't. You're making. us look like a diplomatic failure. Others speculate maybe he was. intentionally late. A lot of shamans say.

that his spirit does not mix well with. western ghost. I mean, I feel like some of these sound. like fake sitcom news bites, but in. another situation at the UN General. Assembly, President Ununine speaking. with then President Biden and as he's. leaving, he's got a hot mic on, which. means the mic is still recording by. Korean press and he is talking about. Biden trying to get the United States to. contribute more to the global fund to. fight AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria. Biden has to get it through Congress.

President Yun says to his peers on the. hot mic, "How could Biden not lose face. if the don't pass it in Congress?". That's crazy. Yeah. No, it was. um what Yeah. It also doesn't help that. they're just like he's saying like how. is Biden not embarrassed? Yeah. He. should be embarrassed and then those in. Congress. Yeah. Yeah. It's crazy. Yeah. Yeah. But at the same time though. himself in South Korea like Yeah. He's.

getting outed by those in the national. assembly. He I guess he would say it. like that. That's so weird. Wow. Yeah. And it I mean to which opponents. naturally start freaking out. understandably because this is. considered a slanderous diplomatic. accident that seriously tarnishes. national dignity which it does. And. South. Korea undeniably has some dependence. with the United States. Oh yeah. They. have very close ties. And it also. doesn't help that Yun is ultra.

conservative and then Biden is part of. the Democratic party. So, it's probably worse than that though, if. you can imagine. A month before he his. inauguration, this is when he's already. president-elect. There's really no going. back. He goes to visit former president, impeached President Pakuni, notoriously. known for her corruption, the way she. handled this horror fairy disaster. He's. the one that prosecuted her. He's the. one that went after her. He made his. whole campaign trail of like, I care.

about justice. Look at all the people. that I brought down. Deep state, whatever. He goes to her and he. apologizes. He apologizes. He. apologizes. And that signals two things. First of all, this guy's a phony. And. second of all, she must have a lot of. power still. Oh. Oh, yeah. She must. still have a lot of power. I see. cuz. her dad was also a former president. So. her family lines run deep. Like the. water is very deep in that family. Right. So at this point he's like, "I'm. a president. I'm going to make my job.

easier." Yes. Let me. just Wow. But if the public ever asks. for an apology about something, he has a. very blloise way of handling things. He. would almost taunt the public. That's. what it feels like. For example, President Yun was expected to apologize. for some tasteless comments he made. about the opposition party leaders. He. just posts a picture of his dog. And. he's holding out an apple for his dog. In Korean, the word for apology is. hagwa. The word for apple is saga. He's.

like, "Here's your apology." That's what. it seems like. To the dog. Yeah. To the. dog. To the people. Like, you want an. apology? Here's your apology. You want a. saga? Here's your apple. That is crazy. It feels like he's mocking the demands. of the public. He is crazy. He doesn't. write it, but that's pretty much what it. means. That's like the subtext to it. It's like you're just insane. Yeah. Like. sending a meme on Twitter. 2022 floods. become very extreme. People in So I I'm. sure you guys have seen those memes. Yeah. They made memes out of it where.

it's like that guy sitting on the roof. of his car and he looks somewhat chill. and then people are like me when the. world is falling apart. Yeah. Became. like a thing. But it it people died in. the floods. It was bad. And there's. these subb units in South Korea that are. really difficult. If you've seen the. movie Parasite, that's basically what. it's on. Families are drowning. So if. you're walking on the street, there is a. window at where your feet are and it. goes down a level and that's the only. sunlight some of these units get. And. now if there's floods, it's just.

flooding in. Some of these people are. drowning and passing away in their own. homes. President Yun comes back and he's. got a whole story to tell cuz I guess. presidential speech. President Yun just. casually mentions, "While I was leaving. work yesterday, I noticed that other. apartments were already becoming. flooded." So, what does he do about it? He goes on vacation. He says he spent. the entire day just reflecting on how. he's going to serve the will of the. people while keeping his passion fired. up. Then, when he finally comes back to. help with the flood victims, he's just.

taking pictures, squatting down, and. looking into the window of the subb. homes from the street level. He doesn't. even go inside. To which people are. questioning, "How do you see that?" and. still proceed to drive home. How do you. just take these pictures? Does this guy. have ice in his veins? What is. happening? The worst PR response. possible is given by the senior. secretary of the president. Is the. president supposed to stay at the office. just because it's raining? What? It does. indeed somehow get worse. In 2022, one.

of the worst typhoons in years hits the. southern region of South Korea in what I. can only describe as the most. questionable PR press tour. President. Yun and his staff, all wearing matching. uniforms, go to check on the civilians. that have been affected, to hear their. grievances, take some videos, rub off. some presidential ore on them, and be on. his merry way. That's what it seems like. he's doing. A lot of it is recorded. President Yun walks into this smi small. tiny hole-in-the-wall restaurant that. focuses on barley rice. That's their. specialty. You got to know that barley.

rice is so delicious there probably. But. it's this tiny little restaurant. It. probably sits four people. They've got a. whole lunch set menu for $6 with barley, rice, soup, side dishes, and there's. these two elderly women standing inside. this tiny little square of a box. Everybody sits on the floor on all the. small tables to eat. It's kind of cute. Probably incredible food. You have the. president walking in with the whole. entourage of like 40 people behind them. and they're just recording him. Fine, he's the president. He's not coming.

alone, but walks in. cameras are. recording and uh the two older women, they seem like nice little grandmas with. curly permed hair and they just have. this very homey southern accent. Mr. President, please save us. Please save. us. We have nothing left. There's no. water. There's no electricity. We've got. nothing. He shakes their hand, walks in. between them, and then walks past them. in this tiny little cramped space and. goes to the printed picture of the lunch. set menu on the wall.

He doesn't even address what they just. said. Oh, he just goes to the barley. rice picture and is staring at it. Okay. He looks hungry. The comments. read, "Zero empathy. Instead of even. making eye contact with the woman, he's. looking at the menu first. This is. insane." Another writes, "The thing he. looked at the longest inside that. restaurant was the menu board. The two. women are crying and he goes to look at. the menu. Should he get a cognitive. test?" Wait, what? What's happening? He's just analyzing the menu. Oh, like.

he just like, "Okay, let me let me just. get my lunch." Like, "Yeah, cool, cool. Sounds good." Yeah. Let me see if I want. to eat here. Is the vibe that people. get, he said. People are commenting, "He. looks the most serious looking at that. menu. He looks so serious. I thought he. was going to place an order." His. supporters will argue that he's just a. tough communicator, slightly arrogant, but he's still going to do some good. He's a prosecutor general that went. after all of the presidents for. corruption. He's not going to be. corrupt. It is alleged that they were working.

tirelessly to pass a massive government. construction project. They were trying. to do these like transportation projects. that would cost astronomical amounts, like wildly expensive government. contracts. He wanted to change like 50%. of the transportation maps to benefit. the areas where him and his family. members, specifically Kimani, his wife, and her parents have a lot of land. M. So, he's trying to jack up his own.

like family's real estate worth. The. project was scrapped once it became a. full-blown scandal. Wow. Another. dangerous aspect for citizens is. President Yun has a notoriously. uncomfortable relationship with North. Korea. He just keeps pissing off Rocket. Man. North Korean Supreme Leader states, "We do not want war, but we also have no. intention of avoiding it." which is. exactly the statement that absolutely. nobody in South Korea wants to hear. He. continues explicitly speaking, you know,

we will never unilaterally unleash a war. if the enemies don't provoke. us. Meanwhile, President Yun states, should North Korea provoke us, we will. punish them multiple times as hard in. order to attain peace. We must make. overwhelmingly superior war. preparations. Kim Jong-un counters back, making it. clear, "Our army should deal a deadly. blow to thoroughly annihilate them if we. are. provoked." At one point, North Korea's.

official message through Kim Jong-un's. sister, Rocket Woman, is we don't like. Yunakar. himself. Dogs will always bark as a. puppy or an adult. Same goes for the one. with the title of president. Oh, it's. tense. Yeah. Wow. And you have to. remember the previous president, Democratic leader Moon, he went and. visited Kim Jong. They had a meeting. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. So things just. spiraling downhill.

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probably intercept them. But the whole. thing has civilians on edge because. yeah, but one missile straight into soul. is all it takes, buddy. So, let's calm. down. And what is the first lady doing. during all of. this? Plagiarizing. photos. Plagiarizing famous people's. photos. There is a picture of her. visiting Cambodia and holding an. emaciated child in her arms. people. started noticing a similarity to a very. famous photo that has gone down in.

history of Audrey Hepburn, well-known. actress turned renowned philanthropist. holding an emaciated child in her arms. Not only that, the two of them are. wearing similar simple dark colored. short sleeve colored shirts. Their hair. is tied back. Someone comments also, why. the hell is this woman staring off into. the blue whilst volunteering? So Audrey. Hepern looks like she's walking. somewhere holding that child and someone. took a photo. Kimani looks like she's. just staring off into the sky like.

having a a profound moment. Is she okay. in the head? People are wondering. There's a famous picture of Jackie. Kennedy wearing an iconic outfit, all. white skirt set. JFK is sitting in his. office chair going over papers. She's. standing next to him like a beautiful. wife watching over him with like a. slight smile on her face. Her arms are. behind her back. It's like the symbol of. traditional family unit. President Yun. and First Lady Kim recreate that picture. but on the presidential jet. She's just. copying Audrey Hepper. She's copying and.

dressing like Jackie Kennedy wearing the. same clothes, doing the same pictures, literally posing for the pictures. And. it just seems like everything about is. about pictures for her. When she goes to. look at a new bridge that was built, she. dresses in like a Barbie architect. outfit. Wasn't you remember there was. the whole trend of people like talking. about how cool she looks. Remember? Yes. Like that was like a whole thing. Everyone's like, "Oh my god, look at. South Korea's first lady like dressed to. the Yes. I mean, to be fair, like.

objectively, I think that her fashion. choices are good." Yeah. But now you see. like the behind the scenes, it's like, "Oh my goodness. So cringey." So. cringey. It feels like she wants to be a. celebrity more than anything. She's got. fan clubs with people showing up with. t-shirts that say, "I love Kim Gani.". And there are allegations that she. started, made, and grew her own fan. club. One psychologist thinks the. personality of First Lady Kim, I think. the biggest characteristic is her desire. for recognition. She wants positions. where she can be noticed, recognized,

loved, and given attention, and she will. keep trying to get to higher and higher. positions. People have also pointed out. her plastic surgery with a former. personal acquaintance turned lifelong. hater of Kim Guni saying, "You can't. even call it plastic surgery. It's a. complete transplant of a face." There is. something very uncanny valley about her. face. It is believed that she's had at. least one faceelift amongst other. procedures. People have been comparing. her earlobes, even her hairline. So.

those are usually indicators of a. facelift. So like to put it simply, imagine a facelift. You have a mattress. You sleep on that mattress every single. day. The fitted sheet gets a little. wrinkly. So then you lift up the top. part of the mattress. You pull the. fitted sheet back and then you stuff it. under. So usually that place is going to. be near your ears or your hairline where. they cut some of that excess skin off. after they pull it tight and then they. reso it. Her hairline it's like someone. just made an eye shadow line across her. hairline. And then her ears. She did.

have a knife cut ear which is a very. slim earlo but then now it's a very. bulbous earlobe. So people have been. comparing that. But I will say I mean. yeah I mean yeah it's plastic surgery. What's wrong with that? Nisens have made. jokes of it. Um one of the bigger memes. since they took office is this 11. picture collage of Kim Gani's. transformation over the years. The. pictures are all numbered 1 through 11. and the meme is pick which one she. should have stopped at. with usually. people picking number four or number.

five like her progression of face. they're saying like how much plastic. surgery would you have stopped at to. look the best and they're like she. should have stopped at number four but. instead she's at number 11. So that's. become a meme. There are also other. memes of like I can't wait until a whole. movie comes out about her and they use. 11 different. actresses because she looks so different. which there was a movie a documentary. called the first lady. Yes, there are. other scandals involving the first lady.

Kim during the presidential race, but. also the first 100 days in office. Her. resume is incredibly packed and most of. it is fake. Confirm fake. Yes. At a press. conference, she even confirms it and she. apologizes. She says, "I inflated my. career to look better and made some. mistakes. I shouldn't have done that. Looking back, it was a very shameful. thing and I sincerely apologize. I will. take the time to quietly reflect and. contemplate.

[Music]. Do you know what she faked? Yeah, she. faked being an executive at a gaming. company, but her timeline didn't make. sense because she was working there. before the LLC was even formed. Before. the company was even spawned into. existence, she had been an executive. there. Yeah. a lot of just random things like she's. the director of non-existent companies. Furthermore, her master thesis in. college, it's completely copied and she.

claims that she's pretty good at. English, right? However, her thesis, the. title reads, member Yugji, what's up? In. Korean, she's trying to write the. retention of members like retaining, keeping, maintaining members. Yuji is. the transliteration. Okay? For example, it's like if you were. to tell me to translate happy person in. Korean, happy person is like haram, right? And I'm trying to write it in.

English, it should be happy person, but. instead I write. happy. I just write s a r a m. So, write. happy people, but I write happy s a r. So for anyone who doesn't speak Korean, they're going to be like, "What is Sam?". Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I. see. Okay. So, she's a complete fraud. Basically, I mean, allegedly. I'm. scared. Yeah. And it's also said that.

President Yun and the first lady Kim. were headed to the US and they do some. uh there's a lot of drama here that I. get very stressed about. Okay. So Jill. Biden suggested a Lady Gaga in Blackpink. performance multiple times and this. flies under the radar for quite a bit. Clearly Blackpink members have insane. schedules. Maybe they just can't make. it. There are speculations about it. There's rumors about it, but they're. shut down by the president's office. saying the speculated performances being. reported by the media is not part of the. agenda for the upcoming state visit. But. out of seemingly nowhere, the chief of.

South Korea's national security office. resigns. He states that it is because he. withheld at least six requests from Jill. Biden to invite Blackpink to perform at. the state dinner. Oh wow. He said he. never told YG. He never told. Blackpink. He said he just ignored it. He says I have a heavy responsibility. for handling the problem of Blackpink's. performance which was expected as the. highlight of this state visit. But the. allegation is no, it's not the chief of.

national security. He's the fall guy. Why would he care who performs at the. state visit? People were like, oh my. god, even these old adjusties have a. bias. No, people were like, this doesn't. make any sense. It doesn't even impact. national security. It is believed that. the true reason is first lady Kim does. not like being around younger, more. talented, famous women. Oh. Oh. She did. end up crossing paths with Blackpink at. the British royal family's gathering and. even with Ros at the Apex Summit. I will. say that this scandal is a bit more. contentious in the fact that it's kind.

of a he said she said. Democratic party. leaders in South Korea claimed that. Blackpink was barred from performing in. a sense due to First Lady Kim. First. lady Kim's office states that it was a. mutual decision by the Blue House and. the White House to not hold the concert. They state that the initial agreement. would have been that the US covers the. cost for getting Lady Gaga. Korea will. cover the cost of Blackpink. Blackpink. agreed to not get paid for their. performance. They said, "We'll do it for. free cuz you know we're patriots, whatever, right? For world peace, but we.

might need help covering the flights for. all the staff cuz it's not just the four. of them, right? They got sound people, manager, security, and also I feel like. Blackpink members might have paid out of. pocket if they were asked, but it's it. wasn't really up to them. It was it was. up to YG." So then First Lady Kim said, "We were actually ready, but it was Jill. Biden who called the thing off because. the cost to cover Lady Gaga's team was. just too much." taxpayer money on the. United States. part. That's what she says. We have no. idea what is going like America is.

just too much in a craziness to even. address anything like that right now. So. with now nizens are split into three. groups. Some defending first lady Kim. Media who hate her will write lies and. wait until she responds with proof. This. is ridiculous. However, I will state I. did not see any proof. But others are. against her, stating the fact that. officials even responded to this. Like, why does it seem like every other week. some Korean government official is. involving themselves in K-pop? Don't.

they have national birth rate crisises. to deal with? Like, what the hell is. going on over there? Or others just. responding, protect Lady Gaga and. Blackpink from politicians. We're glad. taxpayer money was not used on their. performances. I will say I do see her. not being a girl's girl. Kim Gi is. someone who takes your breath away. Not. by her looks, but she's got some. diabolical opinions. In one recorded. phone call with a reporter, Kim talks. about another politician who was. convicted of r-wording his secretary. multiple times. He's part of the.

Democratic party. This politician Kim. Gani and her husband ultra-conservative. She says, "I feel really sorry for an. you know, my husband and I are strongly. on his side." She also states, "The. reason that liberal male politicians. have more rword cases is because they're. not smart enough or rich enough to just. pay off the. woman." She says, "Conservatives make. sure to pay. That's why we don't see. #meto happening as strongly in the. conservative party. Me too cases happen. when you don't pay your dues. They don't.

they want to play around, but they don't. have the money to." Wait, this is. recorded audio of her. Yeah, that is How. is that Yeah. like not the biggest. Yeah. Also, first lady Kim's mom was. indicted and sentenced to like a year in. prison while they were in office for. corruption. And up until all of this, during the presidential campaign, during. his presidency, it seems like Kim Gani.

is almost the worst counterpart. M a lot. of the attacks are more about Kimi and. her very questionable family, her insane. ethics. Meanwhile, Yun Sakyar is like a. little does whatever his wife says. Yeah. Yeah. The whole sentiment is she's. the one that's in charge. Yes. People. call her the president's Achilles heel. They call her all sorts of things and. they wonder is she the one running. everything? So, for example, there is. this structure that was built in 14th.

century. It's a shrine. It's where the. dynasty kings would grieve their. ancestors. This is like a historical. place in South Korea. It's typically off. limits to even the public. It's not even. a museum. You just can't go. You need. very strict approval. You probably have. to be a historian. You probably have to. be a researcher, maybe an artist once in. a while. First Lady Kim goes in there, hosts a party, brings in antique chairs. and tables for a tea party for personal. use. Side note, apparently Christopher.

Rothkco, son of Mark Rothkco, the late. artist, was in attendance. It got to the. point where the National Cultural. Heritage Agency, issued a public. apology. We apologize for the. controversy caused by the regulations. regarding venue approval for this event. and people were so mad at at her. She's. treating this like a freaking cafe. Yeah, like a very newly opened exclusive. cafe. One one nitizen writes, "Even. Chosan kings would show respect while. visiting the shrine. It is not a place.

for individuals to bring palace. furniture and casually banter over. cupcakes." To which many people who know. the couple say, "I don't think Yun was. ever the president. That fool is just a. puppet who does what he's told. The real. president is Kim Gunni. She's the one. making the moves." Articles start. getting released with titles along the. lines of, "Is the president afraid of. his wife?" There's pictures and videos. of President Yun and First Lady Kim in. public, mainly diplomatic settings, where you can see First Lady Kim. gesturing at him like, "Get up. Like,

come on, what are you doing? Like, put. the alcohol down." And for pillars of. the ultra-conservative movement, I mean, a lot of his supporters are guys, young. guys who feel like equal rights is. ruining the world, who feel like all. women are just in charge and running. things and are victimizing all men. like. he's that's his demographic or really. old people. Yeah. He's captured like the. young angry male audience. And so for. ultraconervative, ultra traditional,

they aren't really that conservative. She's like holding him by the neck. They. married late. They have no children. She. seems to be walking him like a dog. It's. just very interesting. And when she's. not around, he just seems so lost. There. was one meeting where President Yun has. to go visit the British Prime Minister's. residence. He gets dropped off. He has. to walk to the door and knock and. there's a whole swarm of press waiting. to take pictures and videos cuz it's. like, "Oh my god, they're just having. like a casual dinner. Two two massive.

heads of state." He just walks right. past the front door of the house. He. looks very confused. The press are. yelling at him in English. This way, sir. Where is he? Where is he going? Hello. This way. This way, sir. He just looks so lost and. confused. Others say, "Yeah, he might be. controlled by his wife, but they're both. controlled by money and power." One. historian states, "The most incompetent. president, a puppet, manipulated by the. privileged and the powerful." Even Kim. Gani says herself in a recorded phone. call. People always say about me and my.

husband, "You two are complete. opposites. First Lady Kim, you're a man. and President Yun is completely a. woman." They always say that. And after. getting married, I think it's true. I'm. the man and my husband is completely the. woman. This ising crazy. In another one, she says, "My husband is pretty dumb. He's a total clumsy person. He couldn't. get anything done without me to look. after him. As dumb as he might be, I. keep him around because he listens to. me." Who's recording these? And who is. she talking to? She's talking to.

opposition reporters that she believes. she has persuaded into becoming obsessed. with her. Wow. He's got a belly. He snores at night, eats like a pig, and is always passing. gas. Do you think you could put up with. that? Side note, Kim Gani was not even. her real birth name. She changed her. name from Kimyong to Kimhi. The ha, so. like the Korean traditional symbol for. her name reads hope and to build. But. that to build is strongly associated. with a country. So you can assume her.

new new name means to hope to build a. country. King Kim Kunhi Kunhi. and we're just supposed to believe that. she's a supportive wife and it does seem. like she's running stuff. Uh recently. there have been more scandals, more. recorded, secretly recorded videos of. Kim Gani meeting with a very famous. American Korean pastor by the name of. Choi. He's very controversial as well. A.

lot of people say that he works for. North Korea. He's very positive about. the North Korean regime. He's made. multiple videos. He's made multiple. articles. But he goes in, meets with Kim. Gani, and starts giving her bribery. gifts while secretly recording her, including a $2,000 Dior bag, to which. she accepts it. And that becomes a. massive scandal of bribery and. corruption. And it just seems like. that's nothing because people are like, "A $2,000 Dior bag? That's insane. A lot.

of other politicians will take millions. of dollars. Are they just like do they. not know how to play the game? It. doesn't appear that way. It appears that. maybe this is they just take everything. For example, in a lot of pictures, First. Lady Kim would show up to events, diplomatic events with very expensive, very highly identifiable high-end. jewelry. $18,000 Tiffany yellow gold and. platinum brooch with diamonds and pink. sapphires. A Van Clee snowflake pendant. platinum with diamonds for.

$50,000. Cartier bracelets for 12,000. 15,000. And people are like, "These seem. like gifts." In a recorded phone call, she says, "The necklace that people are. freaking out about the $50,000 necklace. It's not even worth mentioning. I. usually don't even wear accessories in. my profession. I really can't even if I. want to. If you look at my photos, I'm. always wearing suits. I haven't. purchased any accessories at all in a. really long time. The pastor asks her, "Then what's the. issue? It keeps coming up in media." I.

don't even know where it's coming from. Those pieces, the jewelry, I borrowed. them. My friend's mom told me, "You need. accessories," as the first lady. So, I. thought I should at least have some. minimal accessories for overseas state. visits. So, I asked around and I. borrowed them. They're making a giant. fuss about it, but I don't even know how. much these things cost. I just borrowed. them from my friend's mother. I mean, I. was so shocked. I didn't even know what. brands they came from. Yeah, right. Besides, I don't even have a special. activity fund. Every outfit I wear, I. purchase on my own card, which is highly.

doubtable because she purchased a $5,000. cat tower on taxpayer money. What kind of cat tower cost $5,000? A. lot of people think that she got scammed. because you can find similar ones for. $200. Oh, like it's a name brand. just. it just it looks name brand, but it also. looks not it looks like I could find it. on Taba for like 50 bucks. How could it. be 5,000? Doesn't even make sense. Yeah. And in other phone calls, she constantly. says things like when we take power,

when we became president, it sounds like. she believes she is the president. So about the martial law, right? Mhm. What was the whole like leading up. events? Cuz that was the biggest news at. that time. But what how what what. happened? It appears. Okay. So the Dior. bag was one of the catalyst. It was. another scandal. So non-stop there have. been motions and attempts by the.

National Assembly to impeach the. president. And so I think it was like. maybe they felt this was the last straw. that it could be handled. So they. enacted martial law, right? So they feel. like they are about to lose it all. Like. the whole nation hates them. The final. thing that they could do is declare. that. Yes. And assuming if the wife is. likely in charge of things, it could. also be her idea like, "Hey, just do. this." It could be the shaman's idea.

And I think that's why people are really. upset because we we should be able to at. least elect the person we think we're. electing, right? What does that even mean? So, for the. first time in 45 years, martial law is. declared in South Korea. The last time. martial law was declared, it lasted over. a year, 456 days. But there was a whole. team that was dedicated to censoring the. media, the public, also the words. punishment, anti-state forces. I mean,

these are very vague. Who do you. determine to be in that group? So. lawmakers in the National Assembly, the. only way to end martial law is to have. all the National Assembly members, or at. least a good chunk of them, majority of. them, vote against it. And that is why. the soldiers show up to the National. Assembly and try to block them. But I. will say a lot of these soldiers did not. want to be there. They did not believe. in martial law. But the way that Korea. works, I know a lot of people in America. might be like, "Well, then don't show. up. Then don't do your job." But in.

Korea, if you don't do these things, your life is over. Yeah. I mean, for a soldier, you have to. follow the rules. So, they show up and. most of them don't even look like. they're trying because it takes them. what, an hour or two to break a first. story window to raid the National. Assembly. Yeah. I mean, some of them are just kind. of pointing rifles at people, but not. really doing anything. They're just. getting fire extinguished and being. like, "Ah, stop." One of them even came. out and was like, "Our whole unit was. trying to stall and we were eating like.

lamian in the convenience store. to see. if like. maybe it wouldn't happen. Yeah, that is. crazy. A lot of people said you can tell. it was kind of like a show on. everybody's parts. Like it was almost. like the protesters there, a lot of them. understood that it has to appear like. the soldiers held out. Uhhuh. The. soldiers have to appear like they're. holding out. That is pretty interesting. to see that there's nobody was like. hurt, right? Yes. That's what a lot of.

people are saying. Nobody was hurt. And. then a lot of these National Assembly. members, they're like 80 year olds. And. you're telling me they got past 20, 30. year old dudes with rifles and tanks and. helicopters. They're doing like 300. push-ups a day. And this 80year-old. politician broke through. Broke through. and went in there and. got Wasn't there a guy who was like live. streaming? Was that the one that you're. talking about? A lot of them were live.

streaming. One of them, he's 78 years. old. He, no, he's 83. He climbed the. wall, gets into the National Assembly, votes votes against martial law. He's a. full-blown grandpa. And there's pictures. of him just dead asleep after the vote. where in the National Assembly. They. pass it. Martial law is vetoed and then. he just knocks out on the chair cuz it's. past his bedtime. Yeah. He's so tired. Also, this is the sixth martial law act. in his life. So he's been around town.

He's seen a lot. Oh, okay. Yeah, he goes. viral. Cuz also a lot of younger. lawmakers were under fire. So a lot of. younger politicians, they were outside. the building screaming, recording, live. streaming like they're not letting us. in. Democracy is dead. Meanwhile, 83year-old Harabaji went in, casted his. vote, and is now sleeping, you know. So. a lot of people were like, "Really, young generation? Like we could maybe do. a little better. Like don't embarrass. us." Yeah. officially majority of the. National Assembly. Not everybody showed. up. Most of the conservatives did not.

show up to vote. Only like a few handful. of them did and they all voted against. martial law. But it was mainly the. Democratic party and they were all. cheering in unison. Everybody outside. was cheering. And a lot of people feel. the real reason that President Yun was. seeking martial law is his desire to. evade investigations and to not get. impeached. That's so Yeah, it's almost like you can. I guess you can kind of foresee what.

what what is this going to lead to, right? Are you going to turn this into. North Korea? Like, you know what I mean? Like, it's kind of weird that you would. do something like this almost there's no. forethought. No. And it's very. interesting because I mean there the. water is so deep in this case and I. don't want to bore anybody and go too. deep, but previous to martial law being. enacted at 11 p.m. Kim Gani went to her. plastic surgeon's office for 3 hours. There are allegations that she was under. propall the anesthetic that makes you.

feel. euphoria that she was just getting a hit. before. And there's even. juxtapositions of her on this whole. Europe trip with her husband. So these. are diplomatic events. These are state. events. She goes to Europe and she. brings the doctor, the president's. doctor. So each president gets to choose. their own doctor, right? Most people. will choose like an internal medicine. doctor or something, I assume, or like a. surgeon. They choose a plastic surgeon.

as their main doctor. Very strange. Like. what what are we doing? Just Botox on. the trail? what's happening. She brings. him to Europe and that whole European. trip, a lot of citizens have gathered. that she looks very dizzy and woozy. She. looks like she's falling asleep half the. time. She looks like when she's climbing. up the stairs to the presidential jet, she's stumbling. She's like teeter. tottering. People thought it was um. maybe he's there to administer propal. during the entirety of the trip. So,

there's a lot of these allegations that. make the whole water even deeper. There. were allegations that Kim Gani was a. high-end escort prior to marrying the. now impeached president. So there's a. lot of um just a lot of depth in a lot. of these rumors which you were talking. about how there's no foresight into any. of this, right? This also becomes a huge. news cycle where there is this reporter. named Kim Jun and he some people who. don't like him call him a major.

conspiracy theorist. Some people who. love him call him an investigative. reporter. I think it really just depends. on which side of the aisle that you're. on. But he alleges that this whole. thing, people thought that Yun was just. mindlessly playing checkers. Maybe he. was playing chess. He says that he. received personal information from a. foreign intelligence officer. A lot of. Koreans are like, "It's got to be the. United States. We don't know." That's. the real plan of the martial law was to. force a war, which take all of this if. you haven't already, the entire episode.

with like a whole gallon of salt because. it's politics and nobody ever tells the. truth. He says the plan goes like this. Someone must die. The people's party. leader that's going to be the person. that dies. So, it's going to be the. person on Yun's side, the leader of. Yun's party is going to die. And then. North Korean uniforms are going to be. buried nearby to draw connections that. North Korean operatives have come in to. assassinate the People's Party leader. Then to take the plan a step further, several US soldiers based in South Korea.

will be killed and then the US will. think it's from North Korea. So then. they'll come in and they'll wage a. war. And then some people say it's not. even a war of the Koreas. Some people. allege maybe this is a proxy war. facilitated to piss off China and then. North Korea like it's a whole thing. He. further states that he received tips. about a potential biochemical terror. attack. Even saying it, he clarifies, look, I haven't been able to verify all. the facts. It sounded so outrageous to.

me. I'm just telling you what this. foreign intelligence officer told me. I. I'm not telling you anything more. Some. it sounds like something out of a novel. But I will say the source comes from a. very friendly country with an embassy in. South Korea. That's it. That's all I'm. saying. I will say he is a bit of a. conspiracy theorist. But I mean, what do. I know about conspiracy theories? Who. knows which ones are true, which ones. are not, which ones are crazy? But the. Democratic leader of South Korea has. even said, "Yeah, this one's a little. crazy." Like there is no proof in any of.

this. Other people say, "Well, the CIA. has done crazier things to disrupt. regimes in different countries." So, we. did know people in Korea at that point. when this happened, they were scared. because yes, they don't know what this. means. It could literally leads to. something with North Korea and can. go down because I think also there were. escalating tensions with North Korea and. things were already not looking good. And I think that people like to scoff at. North Korea because it's rocket man and. he's obsessed with his rockets. But.

also, you just never know. And with. that, he has undeclared martial law. within 6 hours. And recently, he has. been formally impeached as president. The National Assembly impeaches the. acting president as well and the prime. minister, Hanaku. And now we have Yeah, it's like wait, so they impeached a. bunch of people. Yeah, the prime. minister was also impeached. So then he. couldn't be the acting president after.

President Yun gets impeached. And it's. just like so many people are getting. impeached. Now there is um the deputy. prime minister and minister of economy. and finance will be the acting. president. But also so it's constantly. like a different acting president in. South Korea. I will say it's like. there's really not a president right. now. They're going to have like a speedy. election, like a snap election that's. going to take place early June. Wow. Yeah, that is wild. So, um that's going.

to be very interesting. And the. president and his wife are now moving. back to Acro Vista, their personal. residence. And a lot of residents there. are not happy about any of this. But it. it most Koreans are pretty positive that. both of them are going to be in prison. soon. Oh, like they're going to be. investigated for corruption and all. sorts of things. It's just a matter of. time. It seems like probably the front. runner for becoming the next president.

in South Korea is Eyeong. He is the. Democratic Party leader. He lost to Yun. in 2022. But I don't know, maybe nobody should be. president of South Korea because you. really just don't have the best luck or. the best fune because that man was also. stabbed in the neck last. year. Someone who really hated him came. up to him, pretended to be a fan, hugged. him, and then stabbed him in the neck. He survived. Seems like he will be the. front runner. But it's just um yeah, a.

lot of Koreans are like maybe none of us. should try to be president cuz it. doesn't seem good. but also we need a. good president. And so with that, that. is the current case of what is happening. in South Korea and who was running the. country for the past 2 years because. people think it's Kim Gunhi and her. shaman and the movie that came out about. Kim. Yes. Recently, so the documentary. came out, this was before martial law. was enacted. And it was it mainly had to.

do with the Dior bag and some of the. recorded conversations that she had with. an opposition journalist. So the movie. came out and then the martial law. happens. Yes. And then or like the movie. was made, martial law happens, people. start flocking to the movies and. everyone is like, "Wow, the documentary. producers are probably making so much. money." But also, you might go missing, so be careful. What do you mean you. might go missing? I don't know. Shamanism, power, corruption,

crazier things have happened. But a lot. of foreigners are just writing one. thing. I just want to see the Dior bag. that rocked the nation. Is it that. pretty of a bag? Yeah, it's been crazy. Let me know in the comments what are. your thoughts on this. And obviously, I. tried to do as much research. So, we had. our Korean researchers help assist in. gathering most of the data. We went. through all of the English sources that. we could find that pertain to a lot of. the stuff that we were talking about. I. was talking to my parents. I was talking. to family members. I was talking to. friends in Korea. Just trying to get a.

good clear picture. And it was really. difficult because obviously it's. concerning politics. So everybody's. going to have their own perspective of. who's right and who's wrong. So then to. just kind of wither down that and get to. the general what's happening over there. This is what we got to. But if you live. in Korea or if you know anything more or. anything that's really important, please. let us know in the comments cuz I read. all the comments and I just want to. know. But thank you for listening. Stay. safe and I will see you in the next one. [Music].