S8 Ep774: Morris Tan expresses concern over the South Korean president, citing corruption and the consolidation of power. Tan warns that the leader is steering the nation toward a communist dictatorship and endangering the vital US alliance. (4)
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John Batchelor
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🗓️ 20 April 2026
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1950 KOREA WAR
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| 0:00.0 | This is John Batchel, a conversation with Morris Tan, former official from the United States, |
| 0:07.6 | observing the elections, recent elections in South Korea, the Republic of Korea. |
| 0:13.4 | Morris has a very discouraging measure of the new president, President Yi, and his ambitions |
| 0:20.1 | not to make a stronger alliance with |
| 0:23.1 | the United States and our friends in East Asia, but in fact the other side of the line. |
| 0:30.2 | Here is Morse Tan on President Ye, the new president in the Blue Palace, Blue House, in Seoul. |
| 0:38.5 | More of this tonight. |
| 0:40.2 | Well, given that there are five lawsuits with 12 counts that he has been convicted in the past, |
| 0:48.4 | given the corruption that it has been indicated, given his collapsing the power structure in South Korea so that he is consolidating power, |
| 1:01.9 | moving towards a communist dictatorship. |
| 1:04.7 | Given that they want to reunify with North Korea under the North Korean systems, which have failed miserably. |
| 1:13.0 | These are all indicators. |
| 1:15.4 | He has, he is really driving the alliance into a very precarious place. |
| 1:23.8 | And the more our government realizes this, the better. |
| 1:28.8 | Gordon. |
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