South Korea has fallen nostr:note1xnw9uz43ny4pm8pvs6c97xkemx6dek6d04c3qlzx2l958v2mu03s9tgpus
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nostr:npub1hk0tv47ztd8kekngsuwwycje68umccjzqjr7xgjfqkm8ffcs53dqvv20pf “state of exception”
Wasn’t on my bingo card. Is NK threatening?
America’s not much safer. With 3 moths to go Biden has
1) approved firing ballistic missiles into Russia.
2) approved Israel’s escalation into Syria and Lebanon, now with the help of Turkey all while funding a genocide
3) moved US bitcoin which was meant for the strategic reserve to Coinbase (to sell??).
4) also pardoned his son (which I actually understand)
Marshal Law is not unthinkable.
First time?
Fallen, which way? Reconnect with NK? China?
No idea. This is the first I’ve heard of it. But marshal law to “preserve democracy” is about the most “this is definitely totalitarianism” red flags they could’ve flown. The ideological left has been trying to get total control across the western world and I have zero doubt they’d do this anywhere it seemed like they could get away with it.
Got it. Thank you!
We shall have to see what begins to happen in five hours or so.
Thanks again!
Bombing for democracy is about on the same level of retarded.
This is false. President Yoon Suk-yeol is member of the right wing/conservative party of South Korea.
I don’t know much about the situation, but the labels don’t matter to me, it’s the same story everywhere. Example: there is a huge number of left ideologues in the US “conservative” party too.
If they are declaring marshal law to “preserve democracy” then it sounds to me a lot like the same narrative playbook that’s been used all across the west for what sounds like the same purpose.
I couldn't agree more. All in the name of 'National security'.
South Korea has not fallen! That's a ridiculous thing to say.
The President has issues with the opposition party who control the National Assembly so he tried to take control by force. But he failed.
Within 4h of the President address the National Assembly voted 190-0 to rescind martial law. Later that night the President announced that the martial law has been lifted.
The leader of the President's own political party criticized the move, calling his declaration “wrong.”
Several senior aides to the President, including his chief of staff, collectively tendered their resignation.
Members of South Korea’s opposition, which controls the National Assembly, have submitted a motion to impeach the President.
The secretary general of the National Assembly condemn the illegal, unconstitutional actions of the military and said he would hold the military accountable for its role in imposing martial law.
Jubilation in South Korea After President Who Declared Martial Law Is Ousted
The nation’s top court unanimously upheld the impeachment of Yoon Suk Yeol, clearing the way for the election of a new president.
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/04/03/world/south-korea-yoon
South Korea’s top court voted unanimously to dismiss the country’s impeached president, Yoon Suk Yeol, on Friday. The decision clears the way for the election of a new leader after months of political turmoil that has tested its democratic guardrails.
In a ruling that millions of South Koreans watched on live television, the Constitutional Court’s eight justices endorsed the National Assembly’s decision to impeach Mr. Yoon for his failed attempt to place his country under martial law in December. With that ruling, Mr. Yoon, who had been suspended from office since the parliamentary vote on Dec. 14, was formally unseated.
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This is what happens in a democracy where elected representatives and courts uphold the Constitution and the rule of law. Unlike the US where the President disregard the Constitution, the rule of law, and court orders.
Holy moly
Are they “communist” or “anti-state”? 🤔
No, life as usual