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🇰🇷One of the most heartbreaking things I hear when I talk about South Korea’s growing communist authoritarian crisis is this: “Why aren’t Koreans protesting?” But we are protesting. For over a year now, people across the country have been holding large-scale protests and marches — probably more than almost anywhere else in the world. The problem is, the media barely shows them. Authorities said the recent BTS concert in Gwanghwamun drew anywhere from 40,000 to over 100,000 people, depending on who you ask. Yet when it comes to the Gwanghwamun protests that have been happening almost every weekend for the past year, they report similar numbers — around 30,000 to 100,000 people calling for the release of former President Yoon and opposing the government of Lee Jae-myung. Many of these protesters are labeled “far-right extremists” in the media. And it’s not just that — the government even jailed Pastor Jeon Gwang-hoon, who had been organizing many of these large rallies in Gwanghwamun. Now take a look at the footage and ask yourself: Do the Gwanghwamun protest crowds really look the same size as the BTS concert crowds?