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South Korea’s Betrayal of American Companies

South Korea is using “fairness” laws as economic weapons—targeting U.S. firms with raids and threats—turning a key alliance into a test of whether free trade still means fair play.

https://amgreatness.com/2025/12/22/south-koreas-betrayal-of-american-companies/

Excerpt:

Americans know what economic warfare looks like. Americans were made to believe that only major adversaries like China weaponized regulations to cripple U.S. companies.

But today, U.S. companies are on the receiving end of economic hostility from one of America’s closest allies: South Korea.

Less than a year on the job, South Korean President Lee Jae-myung, along with Korean lawmakers in the National Assembly, has launched a coordinated regulatory assault on American companies. A campaign that looks far less like legitimate antitrust enforcement and far more like economic nationalism aimed squarely at the United States.

The list of targets is unmistakable. Google, Apple, Meta, Netflix, Uber, and Coupang—the American-founded e-commerce powerhouse that has become one of the most successful logistics and retail platforms in the world.

South Korean lawmakers and regulators are enacting so-called “digital platform” rules—the latest iteration is ironically called the “Fairness Act”—designed to harm U.S. firms and protect Korean companies from foreign competition, giving them an upper hand in the market. That’s not free trade. That’s protectionism dressed up in bureaucratic language.

These actions are also part of an increasing anti-American sentiment from Korean leaders. The top regulator behind these policies, Korea Fair Trade Commission (KFTC) Chair Joo Byung-ki, recently described “white Midwestern American workers” as “angry” and having a “sense of deprivation” due to Trump’s policies, calling them a “failure.” Joo also vowed to continue to target U.S. companies.
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Another supposed ‘friend’ that likes taking advantage of the US under the guise of ‘free trade’ but doesn’t like it when the playing field is reversed. South Korea is the Asian version of Europe as it relates to the US providing defense in the form of pickpocketing American citizen’s checkbook.

Merry Christmas to All!

Here is some Christmas music to enjoy:

Christmas Food Court Flash Mob, Hallelujah Chorus

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXh7JR9oKVE

Handel’s ‘Hallelujah!’ Chorus live at the Sydney Opera House

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=weFJHtcxJt0&list=RDweFJHtcxJt0&start_radio=1

Angels from the Realms of Glory (Piano, Cello & Choir Christmas Cover) - The Piano Guys

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PrLoWt2tfqg&list=RDPrLoWt2tfqg&start_radio=1

Gloria! - Christmas Flashmob in Berlin (It’s in German, English subtitles, but the spirit is what Germany has lost given their current situation)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSEdQGGjB8Y

2025 Carol of the Bells with 100 Musicians in Paris!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivVPqwFiocg&t=1s

From Ireland Today Is The Saviour’s Day

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5787vapqkXY&t=234s