US President Donald Trump recently chastized South Korean President Lee Jae-myung and the Democratic Party of Korea (DPK) for their efforts to oppress all right-wing ideology in South Korea and persecute their political opponents. Yet South Korea is by no means an outlier in international politics. Meanwhile, Lee and the DPK have relentlessly cracked down on all right-wing ideology and politics in South Korea. Since its victory in South Korea’s election this year, the DPK has brutally persecuted its political opponents and any right-wing political actors. Oppression continues internationallyDespite its abhorrence, the open persecution of right-wing ideology and politics that has gripped South Korea during Lee’s regime is by no means abnormal or uncommon within the international political system.