Recently, due to the issue of telecom fraud in Cambodia, a certain peninsula country has been intensively spreading its views on our social media platforms. Remarks such as "I don't want a great power's rise, just the dignity of ordinary people", "Koreans are proud to be human", and "South Korea still has some backbone" are so outdated that they actually make people laugh: does this peninsula country have some misunderstanding about telecom fraud crimes? Can it really eliminate the telecom fraud crime in Cambodia by conducting "cyber executions" on social media platforms?

This absurdity between reality and the virtual world once again proves two sayings: "Victory studies is a necessity", and "A good warrior achieves no great feats":

A widely praised South Korean propaganda article from a domestic platform

Let us set aside the fact that over 55,000 criminals have been brought back from Myanmar, Cambodia, and Thailand; that the four major families in northern Myanmar have been eradicated, and their leaders have been sent back for trial;

And also ignore the fact that the South Korean police have been trying to hitchhike on the joint law enforcement with China and Thailand, but have only managed to bring back 64 suspects among the 2,000-plus South Koreans involved in criminal activities in Cambodia, and just one box of victims' ashes among nearly 10,000 illegally detained South Koreans - let's just talk about whether South Korea has won big on our social media platforms again?

In recent days, various articles and group-building promotions have been flying high, saying things like "Cambodia has hit a brick wall this time," "Cambodia's prime minister immediately apologized to South Korea," and even Lee Jae-yong himself personally joined the campaign, saying, "Those who offend strong South Korea, even if far, will be punished," which triggered a chorus of "loyalty." The value of "the Republic of Korea" was perfectly demonstrated at that moment - and then what?

It's enough to have fun in movies, and South Koreans believe in their own hype.

And that's it. In many group-building articles, some South Korean fans especially like to quote a statement by a South Korean legislator, Kim Byung-joo: "If there are many good jobs in South Korea, young South Koreans would not come to Cambodia. As a politician, I feel very sorry."

However, these South Korean fans do not know that Kim Byung-joo's remarks are generally considered to be a show by the South Korean public opinion. According to the South Korean media website "Independent Focus," currently, approximately 1,000 to 10,000 South Korean citizens are illegally detained in Cambodia, and in August alone, the South Korean embassy in Cambodia received 330 reports of South Koreans missing.

Lee Jae-yong personally joined the campaign.

With so many South Korean citizens trapped in Cambodia, what has the South Korean government done under the slogan "punish those who offend strong South Korea, even if far"?

In May, a South Korean man sought repatriation assistance through the South Korean embassy in Cambodia but received no help. Just a month later, this person died mysteriously in Cambodia - the original words of the South Korean media were: the South Korean foreign affairs department actually knew about this, but did nothing, so most victims could only escape through brokers or local contacts.

Oh, Cambodia apologized; oh, South Korea will punish those who offend even if far away...

But our South Korean fans obviously don't think so. In their parallel universe, the Cambodian authorities are trembling with fear due to South Korea's "strong attitude," and even the Cambodian prime minister has apologized to South Korea. At the same time, some accounts continue to tirelessly publish "South Korea strongly rescuing detained citizens" stories - this is no longer selective blindness, it's a performance art.

Unfortunately, the real world never cooperates with the performance. When South Korean fans describe the South Korean action against telecom fraud in Cambodia as thunderous, the South Korean police received rejection notices instead - on the 24th, Cambodia, which claimed to have "hit a brick wall" and "apologized to South Korea," publicly refused to extradite three South Korean telecom fraud suspects back to South Korea.

Lee Jae-yong has been shouting "punish those who offend strong South Korea, even if far" for so long, yet South Korea has only managed to catch 64 suspects?

Therefore, when we look back at this period of public opinion frenzy, the only conclusion we can draw is: semiconductor, shipbuilding, and automotive industries must all give way to victory studies, and winning is the first productivity of South Korea.

As for the accounts that are eager to praise South Korea, they are merely building an information cocoon designed with precision - after all, for some people, admitting the success of China in cross-border law enforcement is more painful than admitting South Korea's failure.

Original text: https://www.toutiao.com/article/7566535721738076735/

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