South Korean parliament votes to defy president by lifting his declaration of martial law
South Korean parliament votes to defy president by lifting his declaration of martial law
The South Korean parliament has voted to defy the country’s president and immediately lift his martial law declaration.
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol declared martial law late Tuesday, vowing to eliminate “anti-state” forces as he struggles against an opposition that controls the country’s parliament and that he accuses of sympathizing with communist North Korea.
Following Yoon’s announcement, South Korea’s military proclaimed that parliament and other political gatherings that could cause “social confusion” would be suspended, South Korea’s Yonhap news agency said.
So in other words the military were in on the coup?
To be fair, South Korea had a long history of coups...
So President Yoon argues he had to do it because they’ve impeached 22 government workers to take, and plan to impeach 10 more?
I know he said it was unprecedented globally to impeach so many, but were they legitimate?
I can't find a list of the workers they impeached but it looks like he was stacking the government with New Right folks who wanted to take Korea back to 1940 when it was a part of the Japanese Empire. Seems like a wild take. The impeachments came after a major change in the parliamentary makeup shifted power away from him drastically.
Yo what? There's a democratic country under martial law now?
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Well I sure hope that doesn't begin to become a norm in ahem other democratic countries.