[Private Diplomatic Letter No. 2]
The Illusion of Visible Military Might and the Trap of OPCON Transition
— A Grave Warning to Protect the Heart of South Korea’s National Security
가시적 군사력의 환각과 전작권 전환의 덫
For over 80 years since liberation, the Republic of Korea (ROK)
has enjoyed unprecedented prosperity and powerful national
defense. Recently, U.S. congressional hearings and the
international community have highly appraised South Korea’s
increased defense spending and its conventional military power,
which ranks near the top five in the world.
However, for our citizens and politicians, this “numerical strength”
and economic achievements—such as surging stock prices or
defense export booms—are merely a smokescreen obscuring the
essence of national security. Our society is intoxicated by the
illusion of positive figures, overlooking the fatal signs of internal
collapse that are shaking the very foundation of our national
identity.
The Constitutional Guard Alliance (CGA) takes grave note of the
recent statement by the Commander of U.S. Forces Korea, who
declared a “goal of achieving conditions by the first quarter of
2029” for the transfer of wartime operational control.
This is a matter of serious concern, as it poses dangerous risks
to the constitutional identity of the Republic of Korea and its
national security system.
Accordingly, this letter aims to confront the crisis of national
existence hidden behind this flamboyant exterior. Specifically,
regarding the recent remark by the Commander of U.S. Forces
Korea (USFK) concerning the “goal of OPCON transition in the
first quarter of 2029,” we solemnly warn of the extremely perilous
security reality facing South Korea, which stands on the brink of
national ruin.
First, the transition of Wartime Operational Control (OPCON) is not
a simple transfer of military command; it is the “dissolution of the
ROK-U.S. combined defense.“
The 28,500 USFK personnel and modernized ROK military
equipment may be effective in deterring conventional war.
However, this can become a poison that leads to a miscalculation
of the enemy’s strategy. Since Kim Il-sung, North Korea’s ambition
for communalization based on “Juche Ideology” is nearing
completion—not through conventional warfare, but through irregular
warfare and psychological warfare aimed at collapsing our society
from within. OPCON has been the core bulwark of security that
has protected the ROK from communist forces for decades.
Attempting to transition it according to an artificial deadline is
effectively the dissolution of the combined defense system and a
“security castration” plotted by anti-state forces. Setting a
deadline of “2029” while North Korea completes its nuclear force
is an act of self-harm that provides a “pretext for U.S. troop
withdrawal” and is tantamount to surrendering to North Korean
directives.
Thus, the transfer of wartime operational control creates a fatal
vacuum in deterrence.
The current command structure, led by the ROK-U.S. Combined
Forces Command, is the most powerful war-prevention mechanism
in the world.
To shift this to ROK leadership only makes the deployment of U.S.
reinforcement forces uncertain, weakens America’s will to intervene
in a crisis, and accelerates the “decoupling” of the alliance.
If the commander’s recent statement is in fact the product of
political compromise under irregular warfare-style pressure from
past administrations, then it is nothing less than a clear betrayal
of the Korean people.
Second, the growth of visible weapon systems hides the
substantive danger of ongoing irregular warfare.
The modernized equipment and military power mentioned in U.S.
hearings may deter visible “conventional war,” but they are useless
against “irregular warfare” that destroys from within. Since 1945,
the ambition for communalization has been nearing completion
through psychological warfare and information manipulation.
Enemies divide the public spirit and erode trust in government
policies using propaganda instead of bayonets. This infiltration of
irregular warfare has already paralyzed the nation’s self-purifying
capacity, yet the majority of citizens fail to recognize the danger
due to the smokescreen of defense industry achievements. Erosion
by irregular warfare has already brought about a state of national
paralysis.
Third, U.S. authorities and the international community must stop
the hasty promotion of the transition that causes “Alliance
Decoupling.“
The recent statement regarding the goal of OPCON transition by
2029 means that the ROK-U.S. combined defense system has
effectively been weakened.
According to the ROK Constitution, which stipulates national
existence and safety as the nation’s duty, OPCON transition can
only be discussed upon public consensus and constitutional
legitimacy.
You may ask if the demand for OPCON transition is not a public
consensus.
However, such demands have always originated from pro-North
left-wing regimes.
Regrettably, we must inform you that there is a significant error in
your perception of the current ROK regime.
The reason the “Korea Constitutional Guardians Association” has
continued over 80 lawsuits and law-abiding struggles since its
founding in 2017 is that the Constitutional Court’s decision on
March 10, 2017, to dismiss President Park Geun-hye had no legal
effect; thus, she was not legally impeached.
The essence is that mandatory provisions of public law must be
observed, yet subversive left-wing forces infiltrated into
constitutional organs made it their primary goal to oust the
legitimate president.
Since various illegalities were mobilized in the impeachment trial—
violating mandatory provisions—the decision is inevitably null and
void.
Such absolute nullity can be asserted by anyone, anywhere, at
any time.
We have denounced the subsequent Moon Jae-in, Yoon Suk-yeol,
and Lee Jae-myung as illegitimate leaders of rebellion.
This was proven by the resignation of 13 conscientious ministers
and vice-ministers under the Yoon administration in the spring and
summer of 2024.
If our claims were erroneous, we would have been imprisoned for
spreading false information or defamation.
However, we are all safe and freely continuing our struggle to
restore the rule of law.
Discussing OPCON with an illegitimate left-wing regime under such
extreme damage to the rule of law is unthinkable.
It is no different from opening the door and handing a weapon to
a puppet robber trying to steal the freedom of humanity and the
ROK.
It is foolish to engage in discourse with these regimes without
knowing they are a continuation of illegitimate leadership.
While irregular warfare reaches its final stage through deceptive
constitutional amendments, the U.S. military may eventually be
forced to retreat, as in Vietnam and Afghanistan.
Setting a specific deadline for OPCON transition under these
circumstances is a cruel mistake that abandons war deterrence.
Fourth, we warn of the danger of national collapse through
non-military control scenarios.
Irregular warfare has paralyzed the nation’s self-purifying capacity,
and the majority of citizens are trapped in “security insensitivity.”
The “United Front work” and “Information Operations” by China,
mentioned by U.S. officials, align with North Korea’s irregular
warfare strategy and are becoming more sophisticated.
Pressure disguised as law enforcement and alienation between the
government and the people through distorted public opinion are
substantive threats.
Powerful
weapons alone cannot exert force in an
internal-collapse-type irregular warfare situation.
The reality that there is a shortage of manpower to operate
excellent equipment due to ruinous policies of troop reduction
proves that we should not be intoxicated by mere figures.
We strongly urge national mobilization to protect national identity.
Fifth, U.S. authorities must face the warning of Civil Diplomatic
Letter No. 1.
Attached to this letter, our organization details how anti-state
forces operating inside the Republic of Korea have systematically
undermined the security framework in pursuit of their “grand
project.”
The U.S. Forces Korea Command and the U.S. administration
must not be trapped by administrative figures or political
deadlines. They must reaffirm what the true “conditions” are for
defending Korea’s liberal democratic system.
Civil Diplomatic Letter No. 1 can be reviewed again at:
Sixth, the CGA will be the last bulwark to stop the collapse of
security and protect constitutional values.
The destiny of the ROK cannot afford to be intoxicated by the
flamboyance of visible military power.
We must immediately face the reality of irregular warfare and the
dangers of OPCON transition.
Our people may commit the folly of falling to invisible poison while
only sharpening visible swords.
Therefore, we resolutely oppose the OPCON transition that
undermines national security and will not stop private diplomatic
activities to inform the public and the international community of
its dangers.
Since 2017, the substantive reality of irregular warfare, where the
government has deceived the people, must be faced coolly. What
is more important than weapons is the mental armament and
social response capacity of the people.
If private-level diplomatic efforts and internal awakening are not
combined, there is no future for the ROK and its citizens.
Only the awareness of awakened citizens can protect the nation,
and even if we are few, we will stand at the forefront of national
salvation.
In conclusion, we categorically oppose the transfer of wartime
operational control when pursued in a manner that undermines
constitutional legitimacy and national security.
We will continue our civil diplomatic efforts to alert both the
Korean people and the international community to the grave
dangers of this policy.
Accordingly, we hereby make the following demands:
1. Our ally, the United States, must immediately scrap the artificial
2029 OPCON transition deadline to shatter the enemy’s delusions
of communalization.
2. Until the complete achievement of North Korean nuclear
dismantlement, define the OPCON transition discussion itself as an
“anti-constitutional act” and cease it permanently.
3. The ROK military must transparently disclose OPCON
discussions and reconstruct a fundamental security strategy that
faces the reality of irregular warfare hidden behind defense
industry achievements.
[Annex]
The ‘Great Task’ pursued by the regime leadership
April 27, 2026
Park Sang-gu Representative,
Korea Constitutional Guardians Association (CGA)
Dae-heung Kim Representative,
Bukuk Kangbyung Research Institute
And All Patriotic Citizens of the Republic of Korea
[Annex]
The ‘Great Task’ pursued by the regime leadership :
Its Reality and the Execution of Unconventional Warfare Aimed at
National Dissolution
1. Ideological Background and Cognitive Attack of the ‘Great
Task’
The ‘Great Task’ proclaimed by Moon Jae-in, an illegitimate
pretender to the presidency, superficially put forward universal
values such as the “Victory of the Candlelight Vigil” and a
“People-Centered World.”
However, its essence was a regime-transformation project
designed to dismantle the liberal democratic system of the
Republic of Korea and transition toward a North Korea-centered
ethnic cooperation and a state-led socialist model.
This was a sophisticated strategic unconventional warfare that
legally destroyed the foundations of national survival—security, the
alliance, and energy sovereignty—through a ‘Cognitive Attack’ using
the preemptive seizure of terminology and rhetoric, rather than
traditional physical conflict.
2. Strategic Indicators through a Chronological and Categorical
Record of Rhetoric
Moon’s statements were not mere political metaphors but critical
indicators signifying a fundamental change in national identity.
Regarding regime transformation and the pursuit of a federal
system, he had set the realization of a “low-level federation” as
his lifelong mission even before taking office.
He sought to emasculate the value of ‘liberty’ within the
Constitution
through
“local
decentralization
amendments” and establish a federal foundation.
constitutional
By declaring, “I will join the China Dream,” he formalized the
departure from the ROK-U.S.-Japan maritime power order, and by
instilling the illusion that “there is no enemy in a state of war,” he
caused the deconstruction of security and the weakening of the
alliance, paralyzing the friend-or-foe identification function within
the military.
Declaring “a country you have never experienced before,” he
destroyed the existing rule of law and market economic order, and
under the pretext of “cleansing deep-rooted evils,” he pursued
internal subversion and factional dominance by forcibly purging the
state apparatus and filling it with specific factional figures.
3. Execution Aspects of the ‘Great Task’ as Unconventional
Warfare
The Moon Jae-in regime weaponized policy pretexts—peace,
welfare, and environment—to wage a ‘War of Position’ aimed at
collapsing the state system from within.
Under the guise of the ‘Korean Peninsula Peace Process,’ it
defined ‘peace’ as an absolute moral good, isolating public
opinion that prioritized security.
Through the September 19 Military Agreement of 2018, it
voluntarily removed frontline surveillance systems, resulting in
physical and psychological security vacuums.
Under the pretext of ‘justice’ and ‘prosecutorial reform,’ it
established the Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking
Officials (CIO) and manipulated investigative powers to capture the
judiciary, completing a systemic revolution that concealed regime
corruption and suppressed opposition forces.
By utilizing the universal pretext of ‘carbon neutrality’ to destroy
the nuclear power ecosystem—a key national industry—it waged an
unconventional war on the energy economy to collapse the
nation’s fundamental competitiveness and form a new energy
cartel.
4. The Collapse of Security and Diplomacy: A ‘Trojan Horse’
Strategy
The collapse of security and diplomacy led by Moon was not a
result of incompetence but an intentional preliminary task for
regime transformation.
The suspension and reduction of ROK-U.S. joint military exercises
were an ‘security emasculation’ intended to induce a ‘decoupling
of the alliance’ and discourage U.S. intervention in times of crisis.
Through the voluntary diplomatic subservience of the ‘Three Noes’
(3-No) policy, security sovereignty was surrendered to China, and
by intentionally amplifying conflicts with Japan, the regime struck
at the weak link of the ROK-U.S.-Japan trilateral cooperation.
Such anti‑national acts of security destruction were a process of
new alignment, intended to detach Korea from the free world and
incorporate it into a North Korea–China–Russia‑centered Eurasian
order.
5. Anti-Constitutional Legislative Support by the Democratic Party
of Korea
The Democratic Party of Korea abused its parliamentary power to
provide legislative backing for Moon’s ‘Great Task,’ destroying the
nation’s immune system.
By abolishing the anti-communist investigative rights of the
National Intelligence Service, it paralyzed investigative functions
and committed ‘security self-harm,’ voluntarily abandoning the
defense against internal infiltration.
By forcing through the CIO Act, it destroyed judicial independence
and institutionalized a surveillance organ suited to the regime’s
tastes, undermining the principle of the separation of powers.
It enacted the Anti-Leaflet Law in submission to the demands of
the North Korean regime, committing an act of pro-North
subservient legislation that restricted its own citizens’ freedom of
expression.
By bypassing procedures to ‘railroad’ the Three Lease Laws and
the ‘Prosecution Stripping’ (Geom-su-wan-bak) legislation, it
emasculated parliamentary democracy and degraded the rule of
law into ‘rule by law.’
6. Strategic Synchronization and Symbiotic Relationship with North
Korean Directives
This anti-state ‘Great Task’ and North Korea’s strategy toward the
South took the form of a ‘symbiotic unconventional warfare’
sharing synchronized goals.
North Korea’s demands for the “cessation of anti-North leaflet
distribution,” the “abolition of joint military exercises,” and the
“neutralization of the National Security Act” were manifested in the
Moon Jae-in regime as the Anti-Leaflet Law, the reduction of
military drills, and the abolition of anti-communist investigative
rights; thus, directives from North Korea were realized as policy
consistencies in South Korea.
When anti-government underground organizations and leftist civic
groups receiving directives from the North created public opinion,
the government and the ruling party accepted them as legislation
and policy, forming a tight circular structure.
We are witnessing the final stages of a process recognized as
leading the Republic of Korea toward the completion of a
pro-communist revolution without a single shot fired, through
unconventional warfare.
7. Comprehensive Evaluation: The Capability and Essence of the
Regime-Transformation Cadre
The Moon Jae-in regime and its core actors, the ‘86 Generation’
activist class, revealed extreme incompetence in the practical
aspects of state management and public welfare.
However, their ‘revolutionary destructive capability’—aimed at
dismantling the existing state system and reconstructing a cartel
suited to their factional interests—is of the highest level.
In conclusion, the ‘Great Task’ that Moon Jae-in proclaimed to
the world was a strategic plot to crumble the walls of the Republic
of Korea from within, allowing a massive external threat to pour in
without resistance.
They weaponized the law, ousted a president, and, using methods
of deceiving the people packaged as government policies,
committed a “national rebellion via unconventional warfare” that
sought to fundamentally alter the national identity of liberal
democracy and the market economy.
These actions must clearly be recorded as a process of
anti-constitutional regime subversion, and it is a matter that
demands thorough analysis from the perspective of national
reconstruction and the defense of the Constitution.
This is something we can never overlook from the standpoint of a
value alliance that protects the freedom of global humanity.
These actions observed across the entire spectrum of security,
diplomacy, legislation, and social structure are assessed as a
deliberate scheme to dismantle the nation’s immune system and
forcibly incorporate the Republic of Korea into a North Korea- and
China-centric order.
This is a regime‑subversive rebellion threat that the entire free
world must confront, and it should be shared with the international
community as an analysis of values to be recognized.
April 27, 2026
Appealing Patriotic Organizations:
Representative Park Sang-gu,
Constitutional Guardians Association (CGA)
Representative Kim Dae-heung,
Institute for Wealth and Military Strength
And all members of the Union of Patriotic Civil Organizations
