General South Korea President Yoon declares martial law

[vad]

https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/south-korea-president-yoon-declares-martial-law-2024-12-03

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol on Tuesday declared martial law in a surprise late-night TV address, slamming domestic political opponents and sending shockwaves through the country.
Yoon said opposition parties had taken the parliamentary process hostage. He vowed to eradicate "shameless pro-North Korean anti-state forces" and said he had no choice but to take the measure to safeguard constitutional order.

Yonhap news agency cited the military as saying activities by parliament and political parties would be banned, and that media and publishers would be under the control of the martial law command.
Yoon did not cite any specific threat from the nuclear-armed North, instead focusing on his domestic political opponents. It is the first time since 1980 that martial law has been declared in South Korea.

 

[vad]

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FsDi99tgVoA

 

[kvr28]

Jesus, that wasn't on my 2024 bingo card. WTF is going on.

 

[MountainMedic]

activities by parliament and political parties would be banned, and that media and publishers would be under the control of the martial law command.

These are the kind of "democracies" we prop up?

 

[MountainMedic]

WTF is going on.

Its called a Zelensky

 

[CuddleBug]

Imagine this. Biden quickly steps down, then Harris does the same thing and also suspends Trump from taking office. What we know is that the majority of the government would support it and a nauseating portion of the civilian population would also.

 

[touch]

View: https://t.me/slavaded1337/65117

Despite the parliament's decision, the South Korean military shows no desire to retreat and points machine guns at deputies.

There has already been a military dictatorship in South Korea. It was only abolished in 1987.

 

[vad]

I dont know enough about South Korea to fully understand what this means in the big picture. Trusting news reports is not something I am going to do. I think the same about Twitter posts, I dont feel they are any more trustworthy than MSM for the most part.

Hopefully someone here has some grounded knowledge about the region and its politics?

 

[kvr28]

I'm just wondering if our military there is going to get involved

 

[Ramon Maroni]

I'm just wondering if our military there is going to get involved

safe bet

 

[kvr28]

What if it's really a cover story for the alien invasion that is supposed to happen today.

 

[NiteProwleR]

God bless their Seouls.

 

[CuddleBug]

What if it's really a cover story for the alien invasion that is supposed to happen today.

LOL at your humble "what if"... the aliens are already in their government and calling the shots.

YOU JUST

 

[CuddleBug]

This is all a bit surprising, but I found the statement that there are pro N. Korean forces in their country shocking. I never imagined that there were people living there that looked at the country on the other side of the DMZ and thought "we need to be more like them, they really have it figured out".

 

[Ramon Maroni]

This is all a bit surprising, but I found the statement that there are pro N. Korean forces in their country shocking. I never imagined that there were people living there that looked at the country on the other side of the DMZ and thought "we need to be more like them, they really have it figured out".

agreed

I thought that statement was puzzling as well

 

[vad]

agreed

I thought that statement was puzzling as well

We have people here in America begging for socialism, so its not that big of a stretch.

 

[Ramon Maroni]

We have people here in America begging for socialism, so its not that big of a stretch.

 

[kvr28]

We have people here in America begging for socialism, so its not that big of a stretch.

This all day, we have gays for palestine for christ sakes, who would kill them immediately if they went there.

 

[vad]

If that narrative is true, its probably some collection of espionage type agents who are pulling strings.

 

[Greenbean]

We have people here in America begging for socialism, so its not that big of a stretch.

This. It's probably the least surprising thing here. Other countries have their versions of our cia that Stokes divisions and warps young minds all over the globe. Not to mention it makes it harder for governments to enact measures against the countries who have their agents and assets working within.

 

[oblongo]

Looks like South Korea is finally going to take action on those plummeting birth rates.

 

[MountainMedic]

This is all a bit surprising, but I found the statement that there are pro N. Korean forces in their country shocking. I never imagined that there were people living there that looked at the country on the other side of the DMZ and thought "we need to be more like them, they really have it figured out".

Commie operatives

Remember, North and South Korea are still technically at war. Alls fair...

 

[Tom_Cody]

This is all a bit surprising, but I found the statement that there are pro N. Korean forces in their country shocking. I never imagined that there were people living there that looked at the country on the other side of the DMZ and thought "we need to be more like them, they really have it figured out".

I disagree and don't really find it all that surprising.

A common response to being confronted with decades of failed implementations, supporters of (insert marxist flavor here) is that it just hasn't been implemented correctly.

There needs to be a balance between both socialist & capitalist systems, because neither system is perfect.

On one hand, you have a system rooted in academia, which tries to solve a problem in a vacuum and is far too reliant on variable control to ever be implemented & maintained successfully.

On the other is a system rooted in the natural instinct to survive, which is based on strength (purchasing power, influence, force projection, etc.) and if left unchecked results in domination of the weak.

Ultimately, it's our collective retardation that leads us to impulsively believe that one approach is better than the other and then kill one another to prove it.

 

[CuddleBug]

You make some thoughtful points, but...

" Ultimately, it's our collective retardation that leads us to impulsively believe that one approach is better than the other and then kill one another to prove it."

You think it's retarded to see a stark difference between North Korea and South Korea and to think one might be superior to the other?

 

[kvr28]

Parliament voted 190-0 to lift the Martial Law, this is gonna get interesting

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.

apnews.com