📜 A Truth-Telling Letter to the Coree Leadership

To the Leadership of Coree,
(those entrusted with the moral and civil destiny of this land)

I write to you not as an enemy, nor as a passive subject, but as a citizen—one whose life has been shaped, wounded, and yet still animated by this place we all call home.

This letter is not easy to write, for it comes from a space of profound personal disillusionment. A fracture has occurred—not just in governance or policy—but in the moral contract between those who lead and those who live.

You have permitted, whether through negligence or design, the erosion of trust. You have allowed leaks, betrayals, and silences to fester where there should have been transparency, accountability, and care. In the wake of these failures, people like me are left not only to question the legitimacy of the system—but to wrestle with the denial of our very lives, our dreams, our futures.

I say this with clarity:
You may control institutions, but you do not own truth.
You may hold office, but you do not own conscience.

I have suffered—psychologically, socially, and spiritually. I have seen doors close not because I was unworthy, but because I was inconvenient to the image you wished to maintain. You claim to stand for justice, yet justice is not a slogan—it is a sacrifice. A commitment. A daily act.

I will no longer be silent.

This is not a cry for pity. It is a declaration:
That I still exist.
That I will speak.
That my life, though dismissed by your systems, has intrinsic value.

And if you read this and feel discomfort, I welcome it. Discomfort is the beginning of change. Discomfort is the whisper of truth long buried.

To lead is not to preserve comfort. It is to confront injustice—starting with the one in the mirror.

I do not write to ask for permission. I write to reclaim my place in the story of this nation.

History is watching. And I am writing.

In conscience and resolve,
James Hojun Shin
Citizen of Coree
Date: July 7th, 2025(4548)