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What about all the US troops stationed there?
I hate to make the jump, but... Is this because of the US election? Is Yoon thinking Trump will be friendly to a dictatorship? I can't imagine Harris letting this slide, and Biden had a month and tends to be conservative in responses anyway.
The universe does not revolve around trump. Korea seems to have it's own asshole.
Indeed, I meant to say I hate to sound so american centric.
But I thought US bases were pretty essential to SK's security against NK?
Just watched the chilling footage of Hussein's power grab the other day and this looks oddly familiar.
can't they have a no-confidence vote?
He's president, not prime minister. Removing him would require an impeachment, which usually has a higher barrier then a no confidence vote, though I'm not familiar with Korean government.
Yoon cited a motion by the country's opposition Democratic Party, which has a majority in parliament
hol up, just how this happens
He’s using the military to block legislators from making any vote to end this
It's honestly insane that these sorts of technicalities are even possible to block the vote. "I called dictatorshipsies and you weren't in the parliament building when you clearly, overwhelmingly said 'no', so I guess no takesies backsies." There probably ought to be some sort of provision in Korean law going forward that if it isn't possible to enter the parliament building, they can hold the vote elsewhere.
Worth noting is that the unanimous vote includes members of the president's party (as far as I can see from skimming headlines. They're dropping fast...)
Yonhap news agency cited the military as saying activities by parliament and political parties would be banned, and that media and publishers would be under the control of the martial law command.
i see now, article was updated
I declare forest law the king of iron fist tournament
Should.. we be alarmed by this?
Not just yet. It sounds like it's him against the rest of the government. Hopefully he can be removed swiftly.
It's not their first time descending into a dictatorship.
Yoon said he had no choice but to resort to such a measure in order to safeguard free and constitutional order, saying opposition parties have taken hostage of the parliamentary process to throw the country into a crisis.
Not very familiar with the political situation in Seoul, but saying your political opponents are supporting North Korea sounds like a pretty serious accusation.
On the one hand calling your opponents commies has been around since we had commies to compare them to, but on the other Russian influence is on the rise and surprisingly effective.
Russian influence is on the rise and surprisingly effective.
...Do you think Russia is communist?
Not in the slightest.
Basically, anyone who does not agree with him now is being labelled a North Korea sympathizer
Taking inspiration from Netanyahu I see.
Standard authoritarian playbook, disgusting
Yoon cited a motion by the country's opposition Democratic Party, which has a majority in parliament, this week to impeach some of the country's top prosecutors and its rejection of a government budget proposal.
They declared martial law over a budget proposal??
Yes. This possibility has been discussed for months now. Yoon framed the cuts to his proposed budget as an "act of sympathy to the North" in his speech.
Going full fascist to enforce austerity.
Maybe, keep in mind that reporting is going off the information they have. It might be deeper than that. Only time will tell.
Yoon cited a motion by the country's opposition Democratic Party, which has a majority in parliament, this week to impeach some of the country's top prosecutors and its rejection of a government budget proposal.
Imagine declaring martial law, and these were the only concrete reasons you could come up with.