My daughter, my wife and I took a trip to Gwangju last autumn.
One stop was of course the May 18th National Cemetery, a memorial for those killed in the deadly attacks on citizens in 1980 ordered by then-president Chun Doo-Hwan to suppress dissent. This was the previous time South Korea was under martial law.
I'm watching closely after today's shocking executive order of emergency martial law by President Yoon and subsequent vetoing by parliament.
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@psc just saw the reporting on this - do you have any insight on what triggered this? It seems out of the blue but I have very little awareness of the political situation
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@Conornash Most reports I've seen seem to agree that it's a frustrated response to constantly feeling like progress is being blocked by the opposition party. Good thing they blocked this order too, which the president legally needs to respect
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