At a press conference held at the Zenger Room of the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., USA at 11:00 a.m. (local time) on June 26, 2025, the International Election Monitoring Team (IEMT) claimed that “there was systematic and widespread fraud in the South Korean presidential election held on June 3, 2025,” and called for an international investigation and a re-election.
This press conference was attended by five former U.S. foreign policy, intelligence, and security experts, along with former National Assemblyman Min Kyung-wook (former Blue House spokesperson) and attorney Park Joo-hyun (representative for the early presidential election invalidation lawsuit) representing Korea. In particular, former Prime Minister Hwang Kyo-ahn participated in the press conference via video message and called for the intervention of the international community, saying, “This presidential election has lost its democratic legitimacy.”
The press conference was broadcast live on online platforms such as YouTube, and hundreds of citizens watched it live on a large screen at Seoul Station Plaza, showing solidarity with the scene.
A large crowd gathered in front of Seoul Station after midnight on the 27th/Image = Student Voice TV YouTube channel video
The monitoring team pointed out that the results of the early voting and the actual voting were completely opposite after about ten days of on-site investigation and data analysis. The pattern of a certain candidate winning in the early voting and losing in the actual voting in every district is statistically very unlikely, and it was explained that it was like “the probability of flipping 253 coins at the same time and getting heads all the time.”
In addition, many irregularities were reported, such as CCTV blocking, new ballot papers that were not folded, pre-stamped Freemark ballot papers, and cases where only certain candidates were voted for, and video evidence was also presented of thousands of votes being continuously counted for a certain candidate on electronic voting machines. In overseas voting, cases were confirmed where a certain candidate received over 99% of the votes, and it was claimed that many cases of forgery were discovered, such as inconsistencies in the route, time, and barcode of postal ballots.
The monitoring group strongly raised the possibility of Chinese Communist Party intervention in particular. They presented specific examples such as the use of Chinese network equipment, hacking of SKT, use of fake IDs, and mobilization of Chinese tourist buses, and claimed that China was exporting election interference technology through international organizations such as A-WEB.
At the press conference that day, American speakers stated the following:
Gordon Chang called this election a “stolen election,” and former Ambassador Morse H. Tan criticized that “the National Election Commission violated the Public Official Election Act.”
Retired Col. John R. Mills warned that “the Korean election system is extremely vulnerable to external hacking,” and Professor Dr. Bradley A. Thayer claimed that “A-WEB is a window for exporting election fraud.” Retired Col. Grant Newsham said, “It is difficult to view Korea as a liberal democracy any longer.”
On the Korean side, attorney Park Joo-hyun stated, “There is no constitutional basis for an early presidential election, and I will reveal the truth through a lawsuit to invalidate the election,” and former lawmaker Min Kyung-wook claimed, “This election was not simply fraud, but the work of an international election rigging cartel, and China’s intervention was key.” Former Prime Minister Hwang Kyo-ahn emphasized in a video message, “Candidate Lee Jae-myung’s election has lost its democratic legitimacy, and an international investigation and a report to the UN are necessary.”
The watchdog group urged the U.S. Congress and the international community to launch an international investigation into the results of the South Korean presidential election, reject Lee Jae-myung's win and hold a new election, and sanction and respond to the Chinese Communist Party's interference in the election.
This press conference is not just a simple political statement, but can be seen as a warning that liberal democracy in both Korea and the United States is under simultaneous threat, and as a call for a resolute response from the international community.
Immediately after the press conference of the International Election Monitoring Team (IEMT), the domestic mainstream media has been cautious and has not reported on the content. Only a few Internet media outlets and YouTube channels have reported the content in detail, and there has been criticism that “the media is effectively silent.”
The National Election Commission has not made an official statement regarding this press conference. However, the Election Commission has maintained its existing position in the past that “non-official international organizations cannot be permitted to observe elections” regarding requests from private political groups, and it is also maintaining its position that this presidential election was legally managed in accordance with the Public Official Election Act. There has been no official response from the National Assembly or the executive branch.
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