[Deep dive] The real reason for bogus calls to replace Seoul’s top unification, intelligence officials

1. Summary

The attitudes and behavior of the PPP and certain conservative newspapers stem from a deeply ingrained tendency among the Korean establishment to submit to foreign powers. Korean elites have a long tradition of such subservience. During the Joseon dynasty, they kowtowed to China. Under Japanese colonial rule, they collaborated with Japan. After liberation, when Korea was divided in two, they maintained their privileged position through subservience to the US, cloaked in anti-communism.
Some Korean conservatives occasionally make the outrageous suggestion that Korea could become the 51st US state.
That is precisely why we must never yield to the machinations of the entrenched interests that have benefited from Korea’s division and now seek to oust the unification minister and NIS director. 

2. How is this related to the sub

(1) Sunshine policy and its critics: There is a term “colonial bureaucrats” to refer to Korean conservatives. It’s a term to denounce “globalist” tendency of Korean conservatives who have no interest in defending Korean national interest while only interested in serving foreign powers for personal enticement. Korean left claim that the criticism on Sunshine policy should be understood in that manner.

3. My opinion