Korea's warning to the US

Korea's warning to the US

It may surprise those living in Korea that President Yoon Suk Yeol’s self-coup attempt by declaring martial law was a popular topic among comedians on America’s late night television shows. “Korea, stop giving Donald Trump ideas!,” sarcastically declared the anchor on the faux news program, The Daily Show.

On the 3rd of this month, 45 years after his last military dictatorship took power and 37 years after democracy returned, South Korea was close to losing it. On the night of that day, during a television speech that took the country by surprise, its president, Yoon Suk-yeol, announced the imposition of martial law, a special statute that suspends multiple constitutional guarantees and grants extraordinary powers to the armed forces. In his messa…

South Korea: Police analysing Yoon’s phone records in martial law probe

Seoul, Dec 23 (SocialNews.XYZ) South Korea's police have been analysing President Yoon Suk Yeol's personal phone records after securing them as part of their investigation into his botched declaration of martial law earlier this month, officials said. The police special investigation team handling the case is checking the records for conversations with individuals allegedly involved in the imposition of martial law on December 3 after obtaining …

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Martial Law Fiasco Casts Doubt Over Korea’s Nuclear Power Push

Enegy Connect, By Bloomberg, By Heesu Lee, Dec 16, 2024 — South Korea’s embrace of nuclear energy has been thrown into doubt as President Yoon Suk Yeol’s impeachment case raises the possibility of the opposition coming to power and overhauling the nation’s broader energy strategy. With Yoon suspended from office because of a botched attempt to impose martial law, his push to build more reactors at home and ramp up exports of Seoul’s nuclear tec…

Memes, Jokes and Cats: South Koreans Use Parody for Political Protest

… demanding the ousting of their president, some found an unexpected … waved signs joking that President Yoon Suk Yeol’s declaration … people galvanized by the president’s attempt to impose … disrupted their routine of watching Korean dramas. One group called …