Summary (updated)
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol declared martial law late Tuesday to counter “anti-state” forces, accusing opposition lawmakers of pro-North Korean sympathies.
Parliament, controlled by the opposition, quickly voted to nullify the declaration, calling it unconstitutional.
Protesters and lawmakers denounced Yoon’s move as authoritarian, echoing South Korea’s pre-democracy era.
Military personnel withdrew following the vote, and Yoon promised to lift martial law after a Cabinet meeting.
Critics warned of democratic backsliding. This marks South Korea’s first martial law declaration since democratization in 1987.
You’d think a military staffed by citizen conscripts would balk at something like this. Hopefully they hang the leaders out to dry before they decide they’ve got nothing to lose by couping.
This is huge, pinning for a bit.
It’s “refreshing” to see conservative leaders in other countries are just as insane and inept as they are in the West.
What are you comparing it to? Trumpman? because that’s totally different.
Trump would certainly never abuse his power for personal political gain, that’s very true, as long as we ignore * squints at phone * all of the evidence
No. I’m saying the US has no neighboring country threatening them every day and undermining their government.
If you compare it to the US it would look more like Biden invoking martial law because he thinks Trump is a Russian puppet.
So Trump threatening with martial law for immigrants (and probably lgbt+ communities) is quite different.
