#politics in south korea

[waitmyturtles]

Once again, South Korea does it best. A South Korean Democratic Party member, Ahn Gwi-ryeong fights off a soldier during the martial law protests.

[batboyblog]

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol's attempt to impose martial law collapsed after 190 Members of Parliament barricaded themselves into the National Assembly chamber and voted to end martial law while the military tried to break in to stop them before they could vote. Many members had to climb a fence at the back of the building to break in to get a majority of the 300 member body in the room to vote.

[geminisee]

ok so in the span of like 5 hours:

- the south korean president declared martial law (the first time since s korea stopped being a military dictatorship in the 80s)

- claims his political opponents are insurgents working on behalf of north korea and communism

- declares that all political activity must cease (inc the national assembly/parliament), all media must be under the control of the military, and all protests/strikes are illegal

- the opposing political party immediately assembles at the national assembly in the middle of the night

- holds an emergency vote that goes thru 190-0 to declare the end to martial law (while barricading the entrances to prevent the military from entering and removing them)

- the president concedes an hour later

- civilian protesters in the streets are calling for the impeachment & arrest of the president

please feel free to add details/correct me

as of 2:40 EST Dec 3 2024

[mostly-funnytwittertweets]

[mysharona1987]

Huh. says it all really.

[troythecatfish]

South Korea took the unprecedented move to file lawsuits against 7 Israeli leaders for crimes against humanity

The shock move, Seoul has filed lawsuits targeting high-ranking Israeli officials, including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, President Isaac Herzog, IDF Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi, Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, Foreign Minister Israel Katz, Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich and National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir.

Source: Mintpress

[dalibansleeperagent]

Liberals saying "just vote" being vindicated by South Korea just saying no to the coup is the funniest outcome I think

[hollow-keys]

Beautiful things are happening in Korea

[waitmyturtles]

“How will the K-pop industry weather a martial law crackdown” was not something I was expecting to Google this morning.

[cupcakeshakesnake]

POV: December 3rd, 10:30pm KST

[destielmemenews]

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[one-time-i-dreamt]

Wow, Daegu (South Korea) went from not protecting Daegu Pride in 2018 the way they should've to receiving education sessions on Queer culture and becoming public allies and vowing to protect Pride from then on and doing exactly so every single year culminating in this year when their hobgoblin of a mayor tried to destroy Pride, and now even protesting in favor of Pride? Growth.

It's important to note that the courts also supported Pride and the mayor publicly threatened the police chief, yet the police still went to protect and support Pride.

"South Korean news agency Yonhap estimated that about 500 protesters and 1,500 police officers were at the scene. The festival ultimately continued, with the parade taking place as planned."

[fluffernuttermushroom]

Declaration of martial law in Korea called off

Yep-

음

Martial law called off within 2 hours and 30mins

계엄령 2시간만에 30분 안에 해제 됬다

It was around 11pm when it started and 1am when it ended

약 오후 11시에 시작해서 새벽 1시에 끝남

Congress all refused to pass it

국회에서 만장일치로 통과 거부했는데

That's gotta be the shortest martial law declaration in history

역사상 가장 짧은 계엄령 아님?

This isn't the first time the martial law has bee declared in Korea

The last time it happened was 1979 when a dictator named Park Chung-hee declared it to keep his position

And it just felt like 'Welp, here we go again'

Thank goodness it's over

but still

Wtf

[unrealcosima]

This drunk Korean journalist is reporting on whats going on in South Korea on Bluesky and its pretty amazing tbh

[thashining]

#SouthKorea just provided Americans a blueprint for how to respond if #Trump tries to pull the same illegal and unconstitutional move that #yoon tried to pull on South Koreans. #Union workers, citizens, and elected leaders united in opposition and defeated Yoon at an absolutely critical moment in global politics.

@ohthatsrich