South Korea President Declares Martial Law, National Assembly Votes to Overturn It
But will it stick? Chaos has ensued outside of parliament.
South Korean Yoon Suk Yeol declared martial law, accusing “the opposition of plotting ‘insurgency’ and ‘trying to overthrow the free democracy.'”
The opposition controls the National Assembly.
Yoon denounced the opposition for “using its majority in the National Assembly to impeach members of his cabinet and block the passage of his government’s budget plans.”
In his announcement, Yoon encouraged people to tolerate “some inconveniences.”
NEW: South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol declares emergency martial law, accusing the opposition party of “sympathizing with North Korea and of anti-state activities.” (CNN)
“Through this martial law, I will rebuild and protect the free Republic of Korea, which is falling into… pic.twitter.com/PwzK8N9qxg
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) December 3, 2024
Members of parliament broke through police barriers and windows to get inside.
Parliament has voted against martial law, 190-0. However, parliament has 300 members so not everyone voted.
The vote needs 2/3 of the vote in order for it to stik.
The president has to respect the decision according to the country’s constitution.
South Korea's parliament votes to lift martial law with 190 votes in favour#SouthKorea #Korea pic.twitter.com/rCXB31OqNE
— Швидко та точно (@shvidkotatochno) December 3, 2024
BREAKING:
The South Korean Parliament voted 190-0 in favor of lifting the President's Martial Law.
110 MPs supporting the President boycotted the vote.
It remains to be seen which side the military will follow. pic.twitter.com/Rpegy5qelH
— Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) December 3, 2024
Tanks have been rolling to Parliament, blocking members from entering the building.
BREAKING:
The South Korean Army rolls out onto the streets after Martial Law is declared
— Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) December 3, 2024
Clashes have ensued.
📸 South Korea declares martial law as MPs blocked from parliament pic.twitter.com/XidjKSx9f9
— The Telegraph (@Telegraph) December 3, 2024
Translation:
“South Korean soldiers are standing with guns pointed at civilians”
As soon as they started talking about this on OhmyNews TV, this scene came out. Is that a soldier pointing a gun?????
"대한민국 군인들이 시민을 향해 총을 들고 서있습니다"
오마이뉴스 티비에서 지금 이 얘기 하자마자 이 장면 나오는데 지금 군인이 총을 겨누는거임????? pic.twitter.com/pu1XqnP2MY
— three piece suit (@threepiecesuit) December 3, 2024
South Korea has declared martial law. pic.twitter.com/G6Nn8HeifV
— Jahangeer (@Jahangeer_86) December 3, 2024
BREAKING:
South Korean MPs are trying to break through the expanding line of soldiers sealing off the Parliament building after introduction of Martial Law.
The South Korean Constitution allows MPs to void Martial Law by voting but it seems impossible to vote at the moment. pic.twitter.com/iyMZ0hjXGT
— Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) December 3, 2024
BREAKING:
South Korean forces smash the windows of the Parliament and enter to stop MPs from voting on overturning the President’s Martial Law pic.twitter.com/G6yQXiRHzI
— Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) December 3, 2024
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We live in scary times
Jan 20th can’t come soon enough
This is what happens when America has a weak ineffective and incompetent leader
The song that came to my mind tonight after seeing this story (and what has happened in Israel and what is happening in Syria).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qfZVu0alU0I
Eve of Destruction, Barry McGuire
Or if you prefer the Temptations, Ball of Confusion (which includes “groovy music”).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5P7x4vh_ts
So the backstory on this is that the SK President (and his wife, supposedly) was being investigated for corruption, and there were a lot of rumors he was about to be arrested, so he pulled this nonsense as an absolute last-ditch effort to avoid prison and cling to power.
Desperate corrupt politicians do desperate and stupid things.
So, an option for Jill Biden on Jan 6?
I wonder what kind of a statement
Biden, Kamala the State DepartmentJill will issue.Aren’t all former Korean presidents in prison?
Maybe it’s a good thing the NorKs sent a bunch of their Army to fight in Ukraine right now?
For the Norks, 10K is not really “a bunch.” Ukrainian soldiers up in Kursk Oblast have said they haven’t even seen any of them.
They’re all busy watching internet pr0n in their bunks.
I heard Trump is going to declare Marshall Tucker on day one…
(Heard it in a love song….)
Marshall Tucker was an older piano player that rented out warehouse space to bands so they could practice. At a battle of the bands contest the band was still arguing over a band name when someone suggested “The Marshall Tucker Band” and the name stuck.
I thought he was a Piano tuner
I caught the original band in the 70’s at Summerfest, Milwaukee
The next time was at Mulcahy’s Long Island in ’96, as part of the audio crew
it was the FOH The engineer’s last gig with them and he sabotaged the show
We brought in 8 EAF KF750 tops and subs
After Marshall Tucker, the afterband had two peaveys on sticks which carried only vocals, and a well honed and disciplined backline
Dorian the troll said “we look like shit…”
https://x.com/BNONews/status/1863984221305393429
Have they withdrawn? I’ve seen other places reporting that the military is saying the vote is invalid and its still under martial law.
Tough to know what’s true in real time.
The really scary thing about this is how readily the military rolled out to enforce it.
How is the average N. Korean citizen going to tell the difference?
Whoops my error. Carelessly misread post. Actually rather scary.
And here I thought N. Korea was the crazy one. Does that abominable war need a 2.0?
Maybe the neocon/globalist aficionados can turn their efforts to fixing South Korea.
“The vote needs 2/3 of the vote in order for it to stik.”
A sentence that totally avoids answering everybody’s question.
Does it need 2/3 of the delegates present, or 2/3 of the total delegates?
“The South Korean Constitution allows MPs to void Martial Law by voting but it seems impossible to vote at the moment.”
Who wrote THAT constitution — the lawyer who was last in his class?
It certainly wasn’t anybody who understood the concept of “race conditions.”
IANAL. What is a “race condition” as you are using the term?
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