The ROK will stand firm for all time no matter what the situation may be
News on the ROK’s National Assembly that voted in favor of impeaching President Park Geun-hye has recently hit the headlines in the mass media both at home and abroad. Due to the subject of corruption allegations triggered by a confidante of President Park who lacks a security clearance and who had allegedly meddled in state affairs, hundreds of thousands of angry citizens have held candlelight vigils at the Gwanghwamun Plaza in Seoul for more than a month. The stern rallies have finally led to the impeachment of the President Park Geun-Hye.
On December 9, 2016 formal documents of the impeachment were delivered to the presidential office (Blue House). Upon deliberation of the documents to the President and the Constitutional Court, the President’s power was immediately suspended and the Prime Minster Hwang Kyo-ahn became the acting president until the Constitutional Court decides whether President Park should be permanently removed or reseated within a maximum of 180 days from now.
As a matter of fact, we South Korea have overcome numerous political upheavals and adversities including the Korean War since our free, democratic nation was founded on August 15, 1948. We were then considered the second poorest country in the world, but everyone has spared no effort in building his/her nation under strong leadership. As a result, we Koreans were able to transform all the adversities into national prosperity, and that has become the outstanding achievement of today that all our fellow countrymen have been very proud of.
In the meantime, very regrettably and unexpectedly, we have encountered a national crisis again. What is the most important concern for Koreans at this juncture is the North Korean regime’s armed provocation in the confusion of interregnum that coincides with a transition period of the US Presidency. The recent reports that NK leader Kim Jong-un conducted a large scale military exercise aiming at ROK’s presidential office, the Blue House are causing an air of anxiety in South Korea.
Nevertheless, we, however, trust that ROK-US joint combat readiness firmly maintained for decades will surely deter any of NK’s reckless miscalculations so that our country will stand firm tirelessly and unwaveringly under any circumstances and back on normal track as quickly as possible. But in order to be so, it is a desperate mission for all of us to get united together into one with no ideological confrontation. Otherwise, we might lose all that we have achieved for decades.
May God bless ROK.