The Crisis in South Korea Is Escalating – The United States Must Not Remain Silent as South Korea Slips into Communism
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/08/crisis-south-korea-is-escalating-united-states-must/
The Republic of Korea is now caught in hybrid warfare. This is a conflict waged not only with force, but also through cyberattacks, legal manipulation, foreign interference, and political suppression.
The international discussion about former President Yoon Suk-yeol’s declaration of martial law on December 3, 2024, largely echoed Western media reports, labeling it an “authoritarian overreach” or an “unconstitutional power grab.” While such criticisms deserve attention, what many reports overlooked is that evidence of coordinated cyber offensives by North Korea and China had already been confirmed. This omission removes the essential security context necessary to understand Korea’s crisis.
In August 2025, two American hackers infiltrated North Korea’s hacking organization Kimsuky and released 8.9GB of internal data. The leaked records included targeted attacks against the Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ Kebi mail system, the Defense Counterintelligence Command, and critical defense infrastructure in South Korea. Even more shocking, the files showed that Kimsuky conducted joint operations with Chinese state-backed hackers, sharing tools and infrastructure. This directly confirmed former President Yoon’s statement in December of last year that “the Republic of Korea is under hybrid warfare.” Continue…