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

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South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol declared an “emergency martial law,” Tuesday accusing the country’s opposition of controlling the parliament, sympathizing with North Korea and paralyzing the government with anti-state activities.

Yoon made the announcement during a televised briefing. He declared the step as critical for defending the country’s constitutional order. It wasn’t immediately clear how the steps would affect the country’s governance and democracy.

Yoon since taking office in 2022 had struggled to push his agendas against an opposition-controlled parliament.

 

[WelperHelper99]

Yoon is doing everything not to be impeached. It's quite concerning for the military in a democratic country to maintain martial law when the majority of the assembly from both parties denounced it and voted to end it.

If we're being technical, the mechanism to end the martial law REQUIRES the president to end it. The soldiers really are doing nothing wrong by waiting. It's about all they can do as pawns.

 

[mindlessobserver]

Considering the trigger pullers in modern countries all range from 18-20, not a single one of them can remember a time in their life when anime wasn't a thing.

This isn't even just SK. The Taliban were tossing dakimakuras out of the US barracks in Kabul and there's been a couple body pillows spotted on tanks in Ukraine.

Have you seen the programming for Kids the western media is putting out these days? It's no wonder parents and kids switched to Anime.

 

[I glow in the dark]

It was just the opposition party and the other parties voting, there's nothing to indicate he got stabbed in the back by his own party.

Seems like even the PPP may just get rid of him entirely, he already caused enough trouble for them beforehand.

 

[3-2-1836]

Well, yes, but that's only a coincidence. What I really want is 3 countries on the peninsula. NK, SK and SSK. Or, alternatively, NK, Middle Korea and South Korea.

Politically South Korea is split east and west.

This is the result of the election earlier this year, Red is the President's Party.

 

[Éamonn Ceannt]

Seems like even the PPP may just get rid of him entirely, he already caused enough trouble for them beforehand.

Yet another North Korean agent!

 

[Breadbassket]

So have we gone from "It's happening" to "nothing ever happens" in a few hours? Why is everything from South Korea a cheaper and more boring knock off of things other countries do better? Even their coups are boring.

President of South Korea declares martial law, his opposition in the South Korean legislature unanimously votes 190-0 (300 members in total in the legislature by the way) to end the decree and now military officials say only the president can end it. That is the situation as it stands right now.

 

[LikeAStone 2.0]

The AP’s live stream is hilarious and I wish I was recording. They are playing soft and catchy Korean music on speakers as you can hear people screaming in the background.

 

[Melight]

President of South Korea declares martial law, his opposition in the South Korean legislature unanimously votes 190-0 (300 members in total in the legislature by the way) to end the decree and now military officials say only the president can end it. That is the situation as it stands right now.

the question now is will he cuck or will he stand firm?

 

[Éamonn Ceannt]

The AP’s live stream is hilarious and I wish I was recording. They are playing soft and catchy Korean music on speakers as you can hear people screaming in the background.

Lmfao people are talking about Johnny in the chat.

 

[God of Nothing]

UPDATE: The South Korean Army issues a statement saying that Martial Law will remain in place until the President says otherwise.
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Looks like martial law is still on the menu, boys.

Now this is some good shit.

 

[Seethan Ralph]

South Korean Army once Tiananmen'd close to 600 protesters during Gwangju Massacre in 1980. Now they have the chance to improve this stat (and impress their Nork brethren)

 

[Éamonn Ceannt]

the question now is will he cuck or will he stand firm?

I think at this point he has to stand firm unless he loses military backing completely. It's his only hope to not end up in prison.

 

[-Jack-]

I always forget how "recent" South Korea became "Democratic". I always assumed straight after the Korean War the U.S. pushd it into a Democracy but oh no.. I was wrong.

 

[Spergichu]

If Martian Law has been declared in SK, why hasn't the President formed a cadre of Martian Knights to keep the peace? Where is Sir Phobos and why isn't he beating anyone's ass?

 

[MetokurGroomedMe]

I think at this point he has to stand firm unless he loses military backing completely. It's his only hope to not end up in prison.

i'm surprised he's not taking more drastic measures at this stage.

 

[Éamonn Ceannt]

i'm surprised he's not taking more drastic measures at this stage.

Maybe he's trying to bide his time or negotiate non-interference from Washington. I think that if the US wasn't so caught off guard about this things would be moving a lot quicker. But apparently Biden is in Angola and the State Dept. had no clue this was coming.

 

[not william stenchever]

I think at this point he has to stand firm unless he loses military backing completely. It's his only hope to not end up in prison.

I think it may have been a miscalculation to tell all the guys with guns that they're going to jail and not just the officers principally responsible for their orders.

 

[Sailor Kim Jong Moon]

i'm surprised he's not taking more drastic measures at this stage.

Surely he would’ve known they’d vote to block martial law. What’s he going to do now? “Whoa, sorry guys. Big misunderstanding. My bad. See at work tomorrow.” A helicopter landed on their parliament building.

 

[Badungus Kabungus]

Before I declare my support for either faction, what are their positions on Israel?

 

[not william stenchever]

Before I declare my support for either faction, what are their positions on Israel?

Both are probably something like "haha silly hat men fight goatfuckers kek"