Lee Myung-bak

Now, uh, earlier you asked me a question that I, I kinda missed.

Uh, this kind of situation happened in Korea several times before, uh, one during the Roh Moo-hyun administration, uh, Yoon Seok-yeol administration, and also Lee Myung-bak ad- administration as well.

Each time, um, actually it resolved in a similar way.

The, the chief justice, uh, I wouldn't say relented, but because, uh, the, the chief justice have more leeway and the knowledge of other equally competent and equally qualified justices, uh, they recommended, uh, the, somebody they equally, uh, can push for, and the president picked from that list.

I think, uh, today's showing I think it did a little bit of, uh, good for the institution that ju- judiciary will not be easily pushed around.

So i- in that sense, the, the go- going forward, the, uh, I hope the, the history, uh, uh, repeats itself and, and have, uh, uh, an equally qualified person to be recommended if not, uh, if the, the president does not, you know, back down from his position.

Now, uh, one more thing to add is that I, I think that, uh, even before the president's election, the, the not o- not only the, the left, but the, the middle and the conservatives are looking at how the President Lee Myung-bak handles the judiciary situation because he was greatly concerned about his, uh, personal, uh, uh, r- or legal risk even before.

So I, I, I think that anything that he does that seemingly, uh, manipulates or interferes with the judicial process, I think that would be another minus mark for his reputation and ultimately, uh, approval rating.

These are elite UDT SEAL troops, SEAL teams that are in the UAE.

And they were put in, again, illegally by another U.S. Quisling Korean president called Lee Myung-bak.

He kind of packaged it in.

The UAE apparently demanded South Korean troops in exchange for South Korean rights to build a nuclear reactor.