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Kim Sang-wook's 123-day record
  • Kim Sang-wook's 123-day record
  • Kim Sang-wook's 123-day record
Kim Sang-wook's 123-day record
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Kim Sang-wook, 123-day record
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Book Introduction
“Shouting for impeachment from the heart of conservatism!”
A conservative's "honorable act of disobedience" against the destruction of constitutional order.

The author, who flourished in politics from a conservative background, defines the December 3 martial law as “a betrayal of the people and the nation” and “an unconstitutional and illegal rebellion.”
It vividly portrays the agony and determination of a politician who, under the pressure of the conservative party's "single line" and the stigma of being a "traitor," tried to prevent the December 3rd civil war and protect democracy based solely on "right and wrong" and "common sense."


This book goes beyond a simple memoir and asks fundamental questions such as, "What are conservative values?" and "Why do we engage in politics?"
The author criticizes vested-interest politics trapped in partisan logic, and emphasizes that the true function of conservatism is to protect the values ​​of community consensus and pursue social integration.
Through this book, readers will witness the "great resilience of South Korean democracy" and the power of "active conscience" that blossomed amidst the collapse of the constitutional order.
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index
prolog

December 3, 2024
The beginning of martial law
December 3, 2024
martial law forces
December 3, 2024
We stopped martial law
2024.12.4.
The first urgent hurdle: the decision to lift martial law
2024.12.4.
A new morning protected by great citizens
2024.12.4.
The value of things taken for granted
2024.12.4.
People Power Party's first general meeting of lawmakers
December 5, 2024
Why do we engage in politics?
December 5, 2024
The People Power Party's Impeachment Trauma
December 7, 2024
People Power Party and Yoon Seok-yeol's Statement Ahead of the First Impeachment Vote
December 7, 2024
Frustration due to the People Power Party's abstention from the impeachment vote
December 7, 2024
Returning from Seoul Station to participate in the first impeachment vote
December 7, 2024
The first impeachment vote failed, but we didn't stop.
December 8, 2024
Unstoppable progress toward Yoon Seok-yeol's impeachment
2024.12.10.
Press conference in favor of impeachment vote
December 11, 2024
The election of Kwon Seon-dong as floor leader and the People Power Party's derailment
2024.12.12.
Picketing to change the situation
December 13, 2024
With earnestness
December 14, 2024
We stopped the runaway locomotive, Yoon Seok-yeol.
December 15, 2024.
Passing the second gate to overcome civil war, to the third gate
December 16, 2024
The reconstruction of conservatism begins with the establishment of conservative values.
December 18, 2024
The bitter battle for Yoon Seok-yeol's impeachment
December 19, 2024
The People Power Party has lost its conservative values.
2024.12.22.
A Study on the Namtaeryeong March and Jinyeong Politics
2024.12.24.
Christmas has come
2025.12.27.
Han Deok-su's impeachment
December 28, 2024
Become an enemy of the People Power Party
December 29, 2024
The day of the tragic air accident
December 31, 2024.
The last day of 2024, darkened by pain and confusion
2025.1.1.
The start of a new year
2025.1.2.
Eyes focused on Muan Airport and Yongsan
2025.1.3.
The failure of Yoon Seok-yeol's arrest and democracy and dictatorship
2025.1.4.
The National Assembly's impeachment committee withdraws some of the grounds for impeachment.
2025.1.5.
The growing difficulties of people's livelihood
2025.1.6.
45 people in front of the official residence in Hannam-dong
2024.1.7.
Self-serving politics that betrays supporters and does not serve the nation or its people.
2025.1.8.
Representative Kwon Seong-dong's continued calls for his resignation from the party
2025.1.9.
The White Bone Youth Corps appears in 2025
2025.1.10.
Choi Sang-mok and Yoon Seok-yeol's destruction of the rule of law
2025.1.11.
On extremists' claims of election fraud and hatred of China
2025.1.12.
The two-party approval ratings have returned to pre-martial law levels, and the politics of cowardly lies and propaganda are continuing.
2025.1.13.
The Constitutional Court's first revision of the ruling, the resignation of the Public Administration and Security Committee.
2025.1.14.
Regarding the criticism that I learned politics wrongly
2025.1.15.
The Day of Yoon Seok-yeol's Arrest: Politics of Humility
2025.1.16.
Sky Daily's false report
January 17, 2025
Ruling and opposition parties fail to reach agreement on the special prosecution bill for internal strife
January 18, 2025
Substantive review of Yoon Seok-yeol's arrest warrant
2025.1.19.
Yoon Seok-yeol's Arrest and the Controversy: "Let's Live Right"
2025.1.19.
The invasion of the Seoul Western District Court and the collapse of the rule of law
2025.1.21.
Yoon Seok-yeol's first appearance before the Constitutional Court impeachment trial
2025.1.22.
First hearing of the National Assembly Special Committee on Internal Affairs
2025.1.23.
Inauguration of US President Trump
2025.1.24.
During the Lunar New Year holiday, the most important thing is always the people's livelihood.
2025.1.26.
Yoon Seok-yeol's arrest and indictment
2025.1.27.
Public sentiment and the role of public figures
January 28, 2025
New World, Ridge 9
January 29, 2025
China's Deep Chic craze
2025.2.1.
Duty and resolution kept in solitude
2025.2.2.
Lee Jun-seok announces early presidential candidacy; Kwon Young-se and Kwon Seong-dong meet with Yoon Seok-yeol.
2025.2.4.
Allegations of Yoon Seok-yeol's order to delete secret phone records
2025.2.5.
Trump won't save Yoon Seok-yeol.
2025.2.6.
Formation of 'Under 73'
2025.2.7.
The first 'Under 73' seminar held at the Kim Young-sam Library.
2025.2.8.
Impeachment Protests and the Constitutional Court
2025.2.9.
Meeting between the People Power Party's emergency committee chairman and senior lawmakers
2025.2.10.
The emotional and political isolation of the far-right forces opposing impeachment
February 13, 2025
Proposals for the Dismantling of the Separated Family Reunion Center and Peace on the Korean Peninsula
February 14, 2025
People Power Party Ulsan City Party Chairman Resigns
February 15, 2025
Protest against Yoon Seok-yeol's impeachment held in Gwangju
February 17, 2025
The suspicions surrounding the nomination of Myeong Tae-gyun: The problem with party nominations reinforcing factional politics.
February 19, 2025
Representative Lee Jae-myung's claim that the Democratic Party is a "moderate conservative": "I am a conservative!"
2025.2.22.
Let's go to Gwangju
2025.2.24.
Visiting the Gwangju Democratization Cemetery, “Thank you.
I won't forget"
2025.2.25.
Amidst the global collapse of democracy, South Korea's democratic miracle: "We said we could do it."
2025.2.26.
The People Power Party's discussion on constitutional amendments has been ignited: "What are you doing now?"
2025.2.27.
Vote in favor of the special prosecutor's law on Myeongtae-gyun
2025.2.28.
South Korea's Community Democracy: "Let's Live Well Together"
2025.3.1.
As we celebrate March 1st, “Republic of Korea!!!”
2025.3.7.
Decision to cancel Yoon Seok-yeol's arrest
2025.3.8.
The Functions of Conservatism and Progressivism, and the Crisis of Progressivism
March 12, 2025
Resolution to fast until death if impeachment is dismissed
March 13, 2025
A heated Constitutional Court rally opens
March 14, 2025
Elitism without a public mind
March 15, 2025
A weekend looking at the Constitutional Court
March 16, 2025
Kim Kun-hee's state affairs meddling and corruption
March 17, 2025
A calm wait, “Will the spring breeze blow in the square where I have been waiting?”
March 18, 2025
Snow-covered Seoul: "Why is there an American flag against impeachment?"
2025.3.23.
Looking forward to the passage of the pension reform bill
2025.3.24.
Prime Minister Han Duck-soo returns to acting powers
March 29, 2025
Ulsan anti-impeachment rally
2025.4.1.
Yoon Seok-yeol's impeachment date set
2025.4.4.
On the day of Yoon Seok-yeol's impeachment, "Korea stood upright again."

Epilogue

Into the book
I believe that the reason we have presented this absurd situation to the public is the collapse of political parties, where even the values ​​they aspire to have disappeared due to the extremely polarized structural factional politics, and where they view each other not as partners in cooperation but as targets for elimination.

--- From "The First Impeachment Vote Fails, We Didn't Stop"

It is, in a way, natural for politicians to act to expand their political influence and pursue their political ambitions.
But there are clear motives and limitations.
The motive and purpose of a politician's political actions must be for the benefit of the people and the country, and must be consistent with the values ​​he or she pursues, such as the realization of righteousness and fairness.

--- From "Politics of self that betrays supporters and does not serve the country and its people"

The reason politics exists is to create a community where citizens can live more comfortably, more prosperously, more fairly, more correctly, and more safely, and to realize human dignity by protecting the identity of the ruler and the ruled.
Naturally, then, the focus of politics should always be on the people's livelihood.

--- From "The Lunar New Year Holiday: What's Important is Always the People's Livelihood"

The overwhelming majority of sovereign citizens accurately judged Yoon Seok-yeol's wrongdoings and recognized the need to preserve social stability and fulfill their social duties to overcome the current chaos.
By calmly and coolly concentrating on our main business, we have maintained the health of our country.

--- From "The Emotional and Political Isolation of the Far-Right Forces Opposing Impeachment"

What kind of political power can be so inhumane and cruel?
It was unbearably humiliating and embarrassing.
A shiver of pain washed over me, as if my whole body was being torn apart by the inhumanity.
I was so angry and devastated, I never knew my body could hurt like this.
I couldn't even imagine the pain the families of the democratic martyrs must have felt.
--- From the "Rally Against Yoon Seok-yeol's Impeachment Held in Gwangju"

The People Power Party's floor is also a "small society," so when we gather in one space for our daily general meeting, it seems like the whole world.
That 'small society' ignored the cries of the people in the real world outside that small world.
A 'small society' is also a society.
That I am alone in it, thinking different thoughts.
It was a rather unfamiliar and awkward experience.
I came out of that suffocating space, but I couldn't find a place to go.
--- From "Frustration due to the People Power Party's non-participation in the impeachment vote"

Now, I had to accept the reality of being completely isolated within the People Power Party.
As a human, I was scared and at a loss, but I still had to go.
Because it was the right thing to do, it was urgent, and it was important.
I couldn't live with this shame and misery.
So, I chose to go to Gwangju, which meant being completely 'alone' within the People Power Party.

--- From "Let's Go to Gwangju"

In this age of madness, the only place that has shone a bright light of democracy is the proud democratic nation of the Republic of Korea.
Our Republic of Korea is a model democratic nation in this era of democracy collapse.
Through peaceful means, the full force of the people suppressed the far-right pro-government military coup and normalized the country based on the rule of law.
At the center of it all were the proud people of Korea.
--- From "Korea's Miracle of Democracy in the midst of the Collapse of Democracy Around the World: "We Said We Can Do It"

Publisher's Review
"123 Days of Choosing the People, Not Party Principles"
The Night of Martial Law on December 3rd: Awakening to Democracy

The declaration of martial law on the night of December 3, 2024, which shattered the author's peaceful daily life, was an event that brought about political awakening in him.
The author recalled the pain of Gwangju in 1980 when martial law troops were about to invade the National Assembly and “prepared to die” stepped forward to lift martial law.
This book contains a painful realization of how fragile democracy and daily life, which we take for granted, are, and how crucial the power of an awakened citizenry is to protect them.


Breaking away from the 'far right' disguised as conservatism
A scathing internal critique for the reconstruction of true conservatism.

The People Power Party harshly criticizes its behavior of defending President Yoon Seok-yeol, obsessed with "impeachment trauma" and "political advantages and disadvantages," rather than reflecting on the act of destroying the Constitution by declaring martial law.
He argues that the core value of conservatism is to "protect the constitutional order and liberal democracy," and that impeaching the president who destroyed these values ​​is the only way to protect them.
This book presents a blueprint for "conservative reconstruction," calling for the party to be reborn as a "value-oriented" rather than a "power-oriented" party, and appeals for the restoration of a healthy ecosystem in Korean politics.


Beyond Hatred and Conflict, Towards 'Community Democracy'!
A message of unity and healing that opens a new era

Amid the impeachment crisis, South Korea suffered from extreme partisan conflict and hate politics.
The author diagnoses that the national crisis was caused by 'camp politics' that demonizes the opponent and 'self-politics' for personal gain.
He focused on the 'community-oriented democracy' of our Republic of Korea, which is different from the individual-oriented democracy of the West and aims for the prosperity of the community through mutual help and sacrifice.
"Kim Sang-wook, 123 Days of Record" is a record of a politician's earnest wish and his conscience in action to heal a divided Republic of Korea and pass on a nation that will not be shameful to future generations 100 years from now.
GOODS SPECIFICS
- Date of issue: December 3, 2025
- Page count, weight, size: 318 pages | 130*195*30mm
- ISBN13: 9791157065189
- ISBN10: 115706518X

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