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South Korea President Yoon declares martial law.. Edit: or perhaps NOT - SteveG - 12-03-2024
say WHAT?
South Korea President Yoon declares martial law
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/south-korea-president-yoon-declares-martial-law-2024-12-03/
SEOUL, Dec 3 (Reuters) - South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol on Tuesday declared martial law in an unannounced late night address broadcast live on YTN television, claiming he would eradicate "shameless pro-North Korean anti-state forces".
It is the first time since 1980 that martial law was declared in South Korea.
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.
The surprise move sent shockwaves through the country, which had a series of authoritarian leaders early in its history but has been considered democratic since the 1980s.
The Korean won was down sharply against the U.S. dollar. A central bank official said it was preparing measures to stabilise the market if needed.
The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Some 28,500 U.S. troops are stationed in South Korea to guard against the North. A spokesman for the U.S. military command did not answer repeated phone calls.
Yoon said he had no choice but to resort to such a measure in order to safeguard free and constitutional order, saying opposition parties have taken hostage of the parliamentary process to throw the country into a crisis.
"I declare martial law to protect the free Republic of Korea from the threat of North Korean communist forces, to eradicate the despicable pro-North Korean anti-state forces that are plundering the freedom and happiness of our people, and to protect the free constitutional order," Yoon said.
Yoon did not immediately specify who constituted the pro-North Korean anti-state forces. But he has cited such forces in the past as hindering his agenda and undermining the country.
He did not say in the address what specific measures will be taken. Yonhap reported that the entrance to the parliament building was blocked.
"Tanks, armored personnel carriers, and soldiers with guns and knives will rule the country," Lee Jae-myung, leader of the opposition Democratic Party, which has the majority in parliament, said in a livestream online.
"The economy of the Republic of Korea will collapse irretrievably. My fellow citizens, please come to the National Assembly."
Yoon cited a motion by the country's opposition Democratic Party, which has a majority in parliament, this week to impeach some of the country's top prosecutors and its rejection of a government budget proposal.
South Korea's ministers on Monday protested the move by the opposition DP last week to slash more than 4 trillion won from the government's budget proposal. Yoon said that action undermines the essential functioning of government administration.
Re: South Korea President Yoon declares martial law - hal - 12-03-2024
Steve G. wrote: South Korea's ministers on Monday protested the move by the opposition DP last week to slash more than 4 trillion won from the government's budget proposal. Yoon said that action undermines the essential functioning of government administration.
this sounds familiar...
Re: South Korea President Yoon declares martial law - hal - 12-03-2024
interestingly, this article time-stamped one minute after the one in the OP tells a different story:
https://apnews.com/article/south-korea-yoon-martial-law-997c22ac93f6a9bece68454597e577c1
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.
Hours later, parliament voted to lift the declaration, with the National Assembly Speaker Woo Won Shik declaring that lawmakers “will protect democracy with the people.” Woo called for police and military personnel to withdraw from the Assembly’s grounds.
Under South Korean law, martial law can be lifted with a majority vote in the parliament, where the opposition Democratic Party holds a majority.
Soon after the declaration, the National Assembly speaker called on his YouTube channel for all lawmakers to gather at the Assembly building. He urged military and law enforcement personnel to “remain calm and hold their positions.
All 190 lawmakers who participated in the vote supported the lifting of martial law. Television footage showed soldiers who had been stationed at parliament leaving the site after the vote.
Re: South Korea President Yoon declares martial law - Lew Zealand - 12-03-2024
And unsurprisingly Parliament voted 190-0 to lift the declaration of Martial Law.
Interesting times.
Re: South Korea President Yoon declares martial law - vision63 - 12-03-2024
I ask for President Elect Trump to make a statement.
Re: South Korea President Yoon declares martial law - hal - 12-03-2024
vision63 wrote:
I ask for President Elect Trump to make a statement.
it will involve someone getting hit harder than anyone has ever been hit before
Re: South Korea President Yoon declares martial law - Speedy - 12-03-2024
vision63 wrote:
I ask for President Elect Trump to make a statement.
I’m sure Trump will respect the rule not to comment on foreign affairs before he takes office.
Re: South Korea President Yoon declares martial law - Tiangou - 12-03-2024
Dammit!
Now the idea is planted in Trump’s head!
:banghead:
Re: South Korea President Yoon declares martial law - gabester - 12-03-2024
Tiangou wrote:
Now the idea is planted in Trump’s head!
Quick, someone tell him that Daylight Savings Time is a Deep State plot to rob him of an hour of the Presidency.
Re: South Korea President Yoon declares martial law - special - 12-03-2024
gabester wrote:
[quote=Tiangou]
Now the idea is planted in Trump’s head!
Quick, someone tell him that Daylight Savings Time is a Deep State plot to rob him of an hour of the Presidency.
https://www.washingtonian.com/2024/12/03/elon-musk-wants-to-own-permanent-daylight-saving-time/