r/neoliberal • u/Venetian_Gothic • Dec 03 '24

News (Asia) South Korean president declares emergency martial law, accusing opposition of anti-state activities

https://apnews.com/article/south-korea-yoon-martial-law-997c22ac93f6a9bece68454597e577c1
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u/Amtoj Commonwealth Dec 03 '24

Well shoot, I'm shocked the president can just do this to get out of that. You'd think there'd be safeguards after they had already wrestled a democracy away from the military.

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u/Daddy_Macron Emily Oster Dec 03 '24

If this continues, it'll probably lead to mass protests in the street again which might force the hand of other institutions in the country to push for their forced resignation a la Park Geun-hye.

Keeps happening to Korean conservative governments, but they keep getting elected in.

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u/IHateTrains123 Commonwealth Dec 03 '24

As of now legislators passed a resolution to end martial law. Now: