South Korea’s liberal government is drawing criticism from U.S. lawmakers and national security analysts who say that the country is discriminating against U.S. businesses. President Lee Jae Myung — who leads the liberal Democratic Party — took office after South Korea’s conservative former president was removed following a martial law crisis, the Associated Press reported on June 3, 2025. Lee’s liberal Democratic government is receiving scrutiny in Washington, as a policy brief released by Polaris National Security sheds light on how U.S. businesses in South Korea are coming under fire from Lee’s increasingly left-leaning government.The South Korean government’s crackdown on U.S. businesses appears to signal the nation is moving more in the direction of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) a