#south korean protest

[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

[news4nose]

South Korea has expressed reservations, asserting that a comprehensive examination of potential impacts has not been conducted, a stance echoed by environmental activists.

[aminotvxq]

I'm so proud I was part of this crowd😍😍

Yesterday on 8 December 2024, Koreans had the biggest ever protest since a series of impeachment vigils 8 years ago. Reports say around 1 to 1.4 million gathered. I'd never thought we got to do this again. But here we are. All the crowds vowed together in our hearts that we won't stop until not-my-president, not-our-president, and botched coup d'etat leader Yoon Suk-yeol is taken down in the most miserable way possible.

The protest was more than just a solemn and serious action for the greater good. It was also about festivity for democracy we all love. Hundreds of thousands of korean pop music fans, mostly in their 10s to 30s, brought their lightsticks they use for concerts and other music events. I would dare to say a club scene was there at the parliament plaza💜🩷💙🩵💚💛🧡❤️🤎

Get a taste of what it felt like from this short footage I took:

Some close fellow TVXQ fans and I also brought our lightsticks to "join the party"💋❤️🍓🍑 I mean literally.

In just a couple of days, we've been bombarded by strings of frustrating and terrifying news. Emotional pain and distress, and coup-induced sleepless nights ensued. I got a beautifully sound sleep last night. The protest was where we all could heal our souls via solidarity.

I'm joining even more protests next week, and the next, and the next💋 until the lunatic pig Yoon gets politically slaughtered💋💋❤️

[gacha-incels]

[poetry-protest-pornography]

[fuckyeahmarxismleninism]

Los Angeles: Yoon Must Resign protest at the South Korean Consulate, December 4, 2024.

The Korean community and supporters turned out against S. Korean Pres. Yoon's short-lived decree of martial law. 

Photo by Scott Scheffer

[memento-mariii]

Happy Yoon got impeached day!!!🎉🎉🎉

The National Assembly voted to impeach Yoon Suk Yeol with 204 for, 85 against, 3 abstention and 8 invalid votes.

(Fyi Yoon isn't impeached just quite yet, his case needs to go through the Constitutional Court of Korea (think like the american Supreme Court) first, but I still think this warrants celebrating.)

[gwydionmisha]

South Koreans protest against military drills after accidental bombing

[californiannostalgia]

if you're ever in south korea, do not trust korean protestant christians. they're nearly a cult of homophobia and authoritarianism. they've been campaigning to free the alt-right president who tried to place the country under military dictatorship.

and some moronic judge just declared yeah the coup-stirring criminal can just go home. now prosecution needs to immediately appeal this decision and take the matter to a higher court, otherwise the fucker walks free. really hoping the fragmented supreme court can pull through and declare him an ex-president very soon, otherwise we may be fucked.

my stomach can't fucking take this bullshit again. this is fucking nuts.

[latestnews-now]

South Korea faces political turmoil as President Yoon Suk Yeol faces a travel ban following his controversial martial law declaration. Discover the key events, the role of opposition parties, and the public's reaction.

[gacha-incels]

this protest will be held very soon and it has 3,000+ attendants already registered!

[poetry-protest-pornography]

[fuckyeahmarxismleninism]

Korean community in U.S. stands up against martial law

By Struggle-La Lucha Los Angeles bureau

In nearly back-to-back rallies, the Los Angeles Korean community turned out to protest the decree of martial law by White House-backed South Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol. Nodutdol, the youth activist organization based in the Korean diaspora in the U.S., held an emergency rally on Dec. 4 at the South Korean Consulate. Rallies were also held in the Bay Area and in New York City.

[head-post]

South Korean farmers protest dog meat ban

More than 200 South Korean farmers who breed and raise dogs for food held a rally outside the presidential office in the capital Seoul on Thursday, demanding the government cancel a plan to ban the controversial centuries-old practice.

President Yoon Suk Yeol’s ruling party has introduced a bill that would ban the breeding and sale of dogs for food. Under the bill, those who are forced to close their businesses during the three-year grace period will receive monetary compensation.

Currently, more than 6 million South Korean families in a country of about 51 million people keep dogs as pets, and Yoon and his wife Kim Keon Hee are the owners of six dogs, including a retired guide dog and a rescue dog.

According to a Gallup Korea poll, nearly two-thirds of respondents oppose eating dog meat, and only 8 per cent said they had eaten it in the past year, up from 27 per cent in 2015. Joo Yeong-bong, who represents an industry group and led Thursday’s rally, said politicians had no right to shut down an industry or decide what people should eat.

Read more HERE

[brehaaorgana]

Martial law in a temper tantrum over things like these protestors:

(second guy intentionally stopped and posed for me to take a picture of the sign and him. His hand is doing the "cut it out" gesture, hence the blur. He checked to make sure I agreed so I gave him a thumbs up.)

imagine being a Korean person awake at like one in the morning trying to accept that the president of South Korea actually just tried to go full dictatorship by way of an emergency martial law because he was basically having a political temper tantrum and every agency and corporation in the country is all hands on deck, code red mode on everything and the military is being deployed and then the assembly revokes the martial law and then the president is like lol nevermind and now you have to get ready to work at your shitty job on a Wednesday

[narrative-theory]

Trump: Martial law enthusiast

Donald Trump is a great fan of martial law. But will it be easy for him to impose martial law in the United States when he becomes president?

"Trump Cannot Stay In Power By Declaring Martial Law" By Walter Olson "Trump has repeatedly outlined plans to militarize law enforcement" By Rebecca Jacobs