In a pointed critique, analyst Kim Chang-hyun argues that the United States is applying relentless pressure to turn the Lee Jae-myung administration into a hollow government—one that holds sovereignty in name only, unable to command its military, enforce its laws, or act independently.
Sovereignty is not a gift to be won through foreign approval. It becomes the living pulse of a nation only when we declare and enforce it ourselves, Kim writes.
President Lee has frequently spoken of "confident diplomacy." To turn that vision into reality, Kim urges the administration to eliminate entrenched figures who have been co-opted by U.S. agendas. What the Lee government needs now, he asserts, is a policy center that remains unshaken by American offensives and demonstrates its substantive capabilities as a sovereign state through decisive action.