ROK has written a new chapter in history

On December 19, 2012, the ruling party's presidential candidate, Park, Geun-hye was elected as the first female president with the support of 52% of the electorate.

However, very regrettably, a year before the end of her five-year presidential term, as of March 10, 2017, she has become the first president in Korea removed from office by the Constitutional Court's ruling, saying her Presidency cannot be tolerated for the sake of protecting the Constitution. She was facing serious corruption scandals that resulted from the actions of her long-time confidante.

From the moment that the National Assembly delivered the bill of impeachment to the President and to the Constitutional Court, presidential authority was immediately suspended pending the Court's final decision.

From that moment on, the presidential impeachment matter has been a divisive social issue, especially between the anti- and pro-impeachment groups. It has been worse than the polarizing ideological confrontations between the left and the right that we once experienced back in the late 1940s just before the ROK was founded. More worrisome is that the present anti-impeachment groups have resolutely announced their future movement to nullify this impeachment. Without a doubt, if such social unrest continues, it will eventually create great chaos.

What else needs to be said further in this situation?

As Korean patriots, we all must in no time at all concentrate our efforts to achieve national unity and overcome present internal and external crises and fight tooth and nail for the sake of keeping our country. This is our desperate responsibility, and not a choice. If fail, it will be an irrevocable, fatal mistake for us to give ammunition to those who have long denied our national identity and North Korea that may miscalculate taking advantage of our social instability. As an innocent citizen, I am sincerely urging you all to strive for national reconciliation and unity.