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Some time ago, under the convening of the United States, the United States, Japan, and South Korea held a summit of the three countries in an attempt to unite to contain and suppress the mainland, but the plan had not yet begun, and just three days after the end of the meeting, the South Korean foreign minister took the initiative to "oppose the water" to the mainland, directly catching the United States by surprise.
So, what is the deep meaning of South Korea's behavior, are they showing their true feelings, or are they false feelings at the behest of the United States?
A million-strong army to encircle China?
In fact, the reason why South Korea will "anti-water" is completely reasonable. As early as the beginning of the meeting, there was news on the Internet that some countries of the United States, Japan and South Korea wanted to increase troops to contain China.
According to rumors, the United States, Japan, and South Korea can send a total of 1.3 million soldiers, but surprisingly, 600,000 of these 1.3 million soldiers are from South Korea, which has the weakest military strength among the three countries.
In this regard, the United States and Japan can only show their helplessness, and the United States, which prides itself on being the "world's policeman," has only about 1.4 million troops in the whole country, and these troops will be dispersed by national defense and the stationing of troops to other countries, and the strength of the entire Asia-Pacific region is only more than 300,000.
As one of the defeated countries in World War II, Japan directly lost the right to expand its troops, and the whole country only has about 250,000 troops, coupled with the gradual acceleration of population growth, once this group of soldiers dies, it is likely that there will be a direct fault in terms of troops.
Although South Korea is also facing the problem of negative population growth, it cannot stand a pro-American president, and as soon as the United States beckons, Yoon Seok-yue happily runs over.
South Koreans are also excited about this, long before the start of the meeting, a group of protesters spontaneously organized a march to protest the meeting, according to relevant data, 70% of the Japanese people also expressed resistance to the meeting, and even did not have much confidence in whether Japan-South Korea relations can improve.
However, Yoon Seok-yue, as a staunch "pro-American defender", did not care about the anger of the domestic people, and went directly to Maryland in the United States, and participated in this summit to give advice, which also greatly pleased the United States, it can be said that among the two countries of Japan and South Korea, the most reassuring is South Korea.
But what I never expected was that after less than three days, Yin Xiyue, who had always groveled to them and was extremely flattering, actually "betrayed" them first,
Not only acquiesced to South Korean Foreign Minister Park Jin's explanation and clarification, but also took the initiative to respond to outside doubts, and said that the meeting was inconsistent with "rejection of China" and expressed "hostile intentions towards China", and would strengthen the cooperative relationship between the two countries in the future.
This operation, not to mention that the United States could not think of it, even the people in South Korea were taken aback, is this really our pro-American President Yoon Seok-yue?
Yin Xiyue reversed the water reason
As the most pro-American South Korean president in all generations, since he took office, Yoon Seok-yue has done his best to change his original diplomatic attitude, from the original Sino-US balance to the current comprehensive approach to the United States, and even ignored the national conditions, pressing all his wealth on the United States.
This has also led to a decline in South Korea's economy since Yoon Seok-hyeol took office, and according to data released by South Korean media on June 28, the trade volume between China and South Korea has reversed.
From June 2022 to May 2033, South Korea's exports to China were all negative, and even several pillar industries in the country began to show serious losses, even 30.6% lower than the historical low.
This also made Yin Xiyue's support rate continue to decline, but he did not care about this, taking the initiative to make concessions on the "Japanese forced labor issue" that successive governments have never yielded to, and also said that he would use his own country's money to compensate the victims, and even publicly stated in an interview that Japan "stands on the platform":
It means that Japan has recognized its mistakes and does not need to kneel and apologize for its previous mistakes.
As soon as this remark came out, it also once again detonated the anger of countless South Koreans, you know, the relationship between Japan and South Korea can be described as incompatible, South Koreans have even demonstrated by self-mutilation and self-immolation in front of the Japanese embassy, and former South Korean President Park Geun-hye was strongly resisted by the South Korean people because of her intention to expose comfort women.
In Japan, most of the works that satirize Korea can get good traffic, such as "Fortunately, I'm not Korean", "Korean Wave" and other satirical Korean books can be at the top of the best-selling list of Japanese bookstores all year round.
But before the South Korean people reacted, Yoon Seok-yue made another "flower job", not only took the initiative to salute the American flag during Biden's visit to the United States, but also took the initiative to sing a song "American Pie", which attracted countless South Korean netizens to break their defenses, coupled with the continuous downturn of the domestic economy and the holding of the summit of the three countries, which also made the South Korean people completely disappointed with this president.
In the face of the declining support rate, Yin Xiyue finally couldn't sit still, quickly stood up to clarify, hoping to stabilize his support rate, so there was a situation of "anti-water" immediately after three days after the meeting, for the mainland, South Korea's "mutiny" is also a long time expected, after all, China leaving South Korea is harmless, but South Korea leaving China must lose a lot.
South Korea's economy is dependent on China
In fact, in a sense, China can be called the lifeblood of South Korea, as early as 2016, when South Korea planned to deploy THAAD, many South Korean companies were hit hard by the spontaneous boycott of the mainland people, and the net profit of the famous South Korean company "Lotte" directly plummeted by 95%, and even the founder of Lotte Group had to say that he temporarily postponed the listing plan.
South Korea's economic dependence on the mainland can be imagined, with the continuous development of the mainland's economy in recent years, this economic dependence has become more and more serious, even if the relationship between China and South Korea continues to decline, the mainland still firmly occupies 25% of South Korea's trade volume, it can be said that the relationship between China and South Korea, South Korea can not do without China, not China can not do without South Korea.
Under these circumstances, South Korea naturally does not dare to make too much trouble with the mainland, and the attitude of successive South Korean presidents towards China has also been maintained to a relatively reasonable extent, but Yoon Seok-yue is an accident, he not only holds a "self-destruction" attitude to seek economic independence, but also does not care about the people's feelings.
Some time ago, a huge march broke out in South Korea, with more than 400,000 workers striking and marching in the streets to protest against Yoon's policies since he took office, and even his approval rating continued to fall, soon remaining only 33%, the second highest among presidents.
This also means that Yin Xiyue's "anti-water" is likely not willing, but caused by the general trend, so, compared to his words, his subsequent behavior is the most powerful, but unfortunately, Yin Xiyue's subsequent behavior confirms that he has no remorse.
In the face of Japan's discharge of nuclear sewage, Yin Xiyue not only did not resist with the slightest indignation, but tried his best to stand for Japan, and even publicly ate a seafood lunch the day before yesterday, and directly referred to the opinion dissatisfied with Japan's sea discharge incident as "people who think 1+1=100."
Even the statue of the anti-Japanese general Hong Beom-tu was demolished by the South Korean Ministry of Defense with the tacit consent of Yoon Seok-yue, and replaced with a statue of the pro-Japanese general Baek Sun-yeop, which attracted criticism from all walks of life, and even the previous president of the South Korean president, Moon Jae-in, issued an article expressing concern about the matter.
If the standard of living is better, there may not be so many people to resist, but the problem is that after the Yoon Seok-yue government moved closer to the United States, the country's economy did not advance but retreated, which also made many people wonder, South Korea is dependent on the United States, and the United States, as the world's most economically developed country, why will its "little brother" economy be hit so hard?
U.S. influence on the South Korean economy
In fact, the United States has been providing economic and technical assistance to South Korea for a long time. As early as World War II, South Korea was severely damaged by Japanese aggression, and later in the Korean War, it was even more difficult.
At that time, the United States wanted to further develop in Asia, and naturally set its sights on South Korea, so the two sides hit it off, and soon signed a treaty for mutual assistance, the United States provided economic resources, and South Korea allowed the United States to station troops.
For a long time later, the United States continued to carry out economic and technological transportation to South Korea, which also made South Korea develop extremely rapidly, and soon became one of the developed countries, but it was precisely because of the help of the United States that South Korea was extremely dependent on the US dollar, and after the South Korean economy developed, the United States finally raised his "sickle".
In 1995, the United States raised the dollar exchange rate to devalue the won, and in less than two years, South Korea's economy completely collapsed, South Korean industries went bankrupt one after another, millions of South Koreans lost their jobs, and even the remaining chaebols were unable to survive.
With the intervention of American financial tycoons, their companies were able to survive, but only if the fate of these chaebols was firmly controlled by these Americans.
In this case, South Korea also began to become more dependent on the United States, which led to the close relationship between South Korea and the United States, although many South Korean presidents tried to get rid of this control, but most of them to no avail, and eventually fell into the hands of Yoon Seok-yue.
Korea's development and current situation also warn us that only by maintaining the trend of independent development can we gain a strong and free foothold in the world.