“It feels like Yoon just got drunk and suddenly announced this late at night,” quipped one protester.
[Yoon’s move goes] ‘far beyond the bounds of normal political activity in democratic South Korea, evoking the tactics of Park Chung Hee, a military dictator who ruled the country in the 1960s and 1970s.’
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https://www.economist.com/asia/2024/12/03/martial-law-in-south-korea-and-then-not-next-constitutional-crisis
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Wow. Yoon impeached. 204:85. Swiftly, and by members of both parties.
The NYT declares “South Korea in turmoil” but I see a functioning democratic process, and I’m jealous.
“This is the happiest moment in my life,” said Kim Myoung-sook, 60. “Martial law is a declaration of war on the people, and I was so depressed over the past week.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/14/world/asia/south-korea-president-impeached-martial-law.html?unlocked_article_code=1.hU4.ywre.3vbeX9pWZtP5&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
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