461

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung pledged this week to go after "far-right" critics both at home and abroad, following his recent White House summit with President Trump. The move has raised alarm among U.S. officials over potential infringement on free expression and transnational repression tactics.

Lee met with Trump on Aug. 25 at the White House to discuss trade, defense, shipbuilding and other strategic issues. But tensions were visible — Lee stayed at a hotel instead of the traditional Blair House, was greeted by lower-level officials, and left without attending a formal state dinner.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[-] pomfegranate@sh.itjust.works 31 points 1 day ago
[-] Samuelwankenobi@sh.itjust.works 15 points 1 day ago

Probably best to specify south Korea

[-] icelimit@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 day ago

Given that NK also recently announced support for Palestine, I think both are doing 'good'.

[-] Samuelwankenobi@sh.itjust.works 12 points 23 hours ago

Don't defend fascist North Korea it's not a good look

[-] Alcoholicorn@mander.xyz 8 points 23 hours ago

All we can say of NK is we know fuckall in the west, and the brief conversations I personally have had with people who've been there weren't particularly illuminating.

If you have a strong opinion on a subject you have weak data on, maybe do some introspection.

[-] Samuelwankenobi@sh.itjust.works 3 points 22 hours ago

So knowing that North Korea do things such as rewrite the history on the Korean war to make them look better is not enough to know North Korea is bad or that you can literally be killed for trying to leave if nothing else that's enough to know they are bad

[-] Alcoholicorn@mander.xyz 4 points 16 hours ago

I don't know they rewrite history, I've never met someone who's been there and asked that. But its not like the average American's perception of the war isn't massively skewed to make themselves look better, if it exists at all.

[-] ubergeek@lemmy.today 2 points 6 hours ago

Because if ypu ask that, while there, you get sent to jail for 10 years.

[-] 3abas@lemmy.world 1 points 12 hours ago

North Korea's rewriting of the war where they kicked the imperialist USA's ass and continue to be victorious is not worse than American/South Korean revisionism where a people separated by the US and USSR and the attempt of one side to reunify the people and end US control was met by sheer brutality and cruelty is reduced to "north Korea invaded with Korea".

Go back just a little and ask yourself why America had to fuck with Koreans and draw these borders in the first place, why protecting capitalism is such an "good" thing.

[-] lime@feddit.nu 4 points 21 hours ago

isnt the us currently doing that? no lover of nk but that's a weak-ass argument

[-] Samuelwankenobi@sh.itjust.works 1 points 13 hours ago

Yeah obviously there are a lot more and a better argument but it doesn't make it okay and it's actually worse that the US with all its power it has over the west is doing the same crap as North Korea isn't that scary and not something we should just brush off

[-] Certamen@feddit.org 6 points 21 hours ago

I wonder how NK became NK

this post was submitted on 06 Sep 2025
461 points (100.0% liked)

World News

49624 readers
2006 users here now

A community for discussing events around the World

Rules:

Similarly, if you see posts along these lines, do not engage. Report them, block them, and live a happier life than they do. We see too many slapfights that boil down to "Mom! He's bugging me!" and "I'm not touching you!" Going forward, slapfights will result in removed comments and temp bans to cool off.

We ask that the users report any comment or post that violate the rules, to use critical thinking when reading, posting or commenting. Users that post off-topic spam, advocate violence, have multiple comments or posts removed, weaponize reports or violate the code of conduct will be banned.

All posts and comments will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis. This means that some content that violates the rules may be allowed, while other content that does not violate the rules may be removed. The moderators retain the right to remove any content and ban users.


Lemmy World Partners

News !news@lemmy.world

Politics !politics@lemmy.world

World Politics !globalpolitics@lemmy.world


Recommendations

For Firefox users, there is media bias / propaganda / fact check plugin.

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/media-bias-fact-check/

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS