Former South Korean President Lee Myung-bak was pardoned and his 15-year sentence was spared

Previously, there was a joke on the Internet about the “Four Major Deaths in Life”: tax evasion in the United States, drug trafficking in China, being a hostage in Russia, and being the president in South Korea. Why South Korean presidents are on the list, because so far, except for the 12th President Moon Jae-in who returned to his hometown after retiring from office, the other 11 have died of varying degrees. But even Moon Jae-in, who is now unemployed, is not very safe. Because in November this year, it was reported that many of Moon Jae-in’s assistants were being investigated by the authorities. For a while, everyone speculated that Moon Jae-in might not be able to escape the “curse of the Blue House”.

However, the news that Lee Myung-bak might be pardoned by Yin Xiyue’s government on Liberation Day in the past two days made people see the dawn again. Although Yin Xiyue and his staff did not let go during the interview, there is a high probability that it is not groundless. Former President Moon Jae-in made a good start for the South Korean government during his last term in office, winning praise at home and abroad when he pardoned former President Park Geun-hye. The current Yin Xiyue government’s current support rate is not ideal, and it is reasonable to follow the gourd’s drawing and refer to Moon Jae-in’s approach.

If the 80-year-old Lee Myung-bak is pardoned by then, the possibility of the Yin Xiyue government’s subsequent liquidation of Moon Jae-in will be much reduced. After all, if one pardons and persecutes at the same time, then nothing is done, and it will make the public resent that this government is just putting on a show.