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Foreign media paid attention to the ‘conspiracy theory’ spreading mainly on YouTube regarding the chaos in Korean politics surrounding President Yoon Seok-yeol, who is facing an impeachment trial.

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), in an article titled ‘How fear and conspiracy theories incited Korea’s political crisis’ on the 4th (local time), said, “‘Mark’ (Mark) is behind U.S. President-elect Donald Trump.

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He introduced, “If there is a ‘Make America Great Again,’ President Yoon has the ‘Taegeukgi Unit.’”

The media said, “President Yoon’s supporters are mainly composed of the elderly and Protestants and are called the Taegeukgi Unit. They emphasize strengthening the alliance with the United States and tend to define progressive politicians as ‘pro-North Korea.’ “For them, protecting President Yoon is considered synonymous with protecting South Korea from ‘pro-North Koreaists’ who have taken root throughout society.”

In particular, “President Yoon’s close relationship with far-right YouTubers is already widely known,” he said. “President Yoon invited dozens of far-right YouTubers to his inauguration ceremony in 2022 and sent a direct message to extreme right-wing supporters who recently participated in a rally in front of his official residence.” “I even sent it,” he said.

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In an interview with the media, Hong Seong-guk, a former president of Daewoo Securities and a member of the 21st National Assembly as a member of the Democratic Party of Korea, said, “President Yoon’s martial law is the world’s first civil war caused by algorithm addiction.”

Kim Jae-seung, in his 70s, who identified himself as a supporter of President Yoon, said, “I don’t even read newspapers anymore.

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Don’t even look at it. “Only YouTube tells the truth,” he said.

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