Martial Law in South Korea Update: Martial law has just been lifted.

[AlanRickman1946]

South Korean president declares emergency martial law, accusing opposition of anti-state activities.

 

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol announced an "emergency martial law" on Tuesday accusing the country's opposition of ruling the parliament, sympathizing with North Korea and paralyzing the government with anti-state actions.

Yoon declared the step as critical for defending the country's constitutional order.

"To safeguard a liberal South Korea from the threats posed by North Korea's communist forces and to eliminate anti-state elements... I hereby declare emergency martial law," Yoon said in a televised address.

Link: https://www.dw.com/en/south-korean-president-yoon-suk-yeol-declares-martial-law/a-70947817

Link: https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/south-korean-president-declares-emergency-martial-law-accusing-116404419

 

 

Edited 20 hours ago by AlanRickman1946

[IBeMe]

6 minutes ago, AlanRickman1946 said:

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol announced an "emergency martial law" on Tuesday accusing the country's opposition of ruling the parliament,

this smells a little fishy. I am always skeptical whenever a losing side starts to panic and accuses the opposition of insane things like cozying up to north korea or whatever...idk

[Space Cowboy]

The president was getting impeached due to corruption and he did this stop the opposition party

[on the line]

Could be a hint of what's to come in the US soon soon.

[Marianah Adkins]

Mess this is giving 1972 Philippines/South Korea redux. The same basis

[Vermillion]

Endless constitutional crises around the world. I'm tired.

 

Clearly a way to cut off his impeachment.

 

South Korea's gender imbalance is so extreme culturally it's reverberations were bound to break the system at some point, although we've reached that point sooner than I thought.

[kwek_kwek]

4 minutes ago, Marianah Adkins said:

Mess this is giving 1972 Philippines/South Korea redux. The same basis

True. 

[Gui Blackout]

26 minutes ago, Space Cowboy said:

The president was getting impeached due to corruption and he did this stop the opposition party

Korea in the South America era

[Mr.X]

26 minutes ago, Space Cowboy said:

The president was getting impeached due to corruption and he did this stop the opposition party

of course... capitalist pigs always blame communists and socialists for their own problems, so they can hold on to whatever mess of a 'democracy' they pretended to 'protect' in the name of profit

 

I bet USA is involved in this crap too. Reeks of capitalist authoritarianism

[Mr.X]

Just now, Gui Blackout said:

Korea in the South America era

Korea in the West era, if you want to be more accurate

[Taylena]

South Korea always trying to mess up TWICE's new releases somehow. 

[Marianah Adkins]

In other news, I'm interested on how America will handle this situation (unless this is another classic self coup allowed by the United States as they have always done). 

 

America's support of his declaration will be key to determine if the military will side with him or not. 

[Space Cowboy]

1 minute ago, Mr.X said:

of course... capitalist pigs always blame communists and socialists for their own problems, so they can hold on to whatever mess of a 'democracy' they pretended to 'protect' in the name of profit

 

I bet USA is involved in this crap too. Reeks of capitalist authoritarianism

the real problem isn't capitalism or communism, it's human greed and selfishness. Capitalism often leads to exploitation in the name of profit, while communism almost always turns into authoritarianism under the guise of "equality".

 

Any system fails when power and self-interest take over, and that's just human nature 

[Vermillion]

 

[Chemist]

Damn

 

 

[Vermillion]

 

[byzantium]

Is anyone Korean here or knows Korean politics well?  Can you help explain what is happening?  The flow of information is slow from media sources.

[Marianah Adkins]

Y'know its bad when even MAGAts/conservatives on X were against the declaration of martial law  

 

I'm really curious on how the US will handle this because aside from the fact that SK is a close US ally, there are some rumblings that the military may have supported this self coup due to the National Assembly's vetoing of increased military budget—-presumed to be related to the planned deployment of Korean troops in Ukraine. 

[Si Hoo]

9 minutes ago, byzantium said:

Is anyone Korean here or knows Korean politics well?  Can you help explain what is happening?  The flow of information is slow from media sources.

The president declared emergency martial law to prevent from getting impeached. 
The army is blocking members of parliament to enter parliament where it's only place to make martial law invalid

We are not sure how things will go tomorrow.

[Marianah Adkins]

Ooh the Parliament got back in session

[byzantium]

15 minutes ago, Si Hoo said:

The president declared emergency martial law to prevent from getting impeached. 
The army is blocking members of parliament to enter parliament where it's only place to make martial law invalid

We are not sure how things will go tomorrow.

Ah, I see.  Thanks! 

[harwee]

Thats excessive and isn't a good look for Korea and that region, they just regressed their progress by at least 30 years

[Vermillion]

All I know is all the AI and chips people I follow are losing their ****  

[Communion]

A US satelittle state that started off as a military dictatorship going back to its roots.  

[Vermillion]

So literally as we're posting here, officers are trying to stop the assembly

 

As they just started