Posted on 12/04/2024 2:27:12 PM PST by McGruff
For Yoon Suk Yeol, the unpopular president of South Korea, things appeared to worsen with each passing day. Thousands of doctors had been on strike for almost a year to resist his health care reforms. The opposition in Parliament repeatedly pushed for investigations into his wife, as well as the impeachment of his cabinet members, accusing them of corruption and abuse of power. And the lawmakers blocked many of Mr. Yoon’s bills and political appointments.
On Tuesday night, Mr. Yoon took a desperate measure, his boldest political gamble, which he said was driven by frustration and crisis. In a surprise, nationally televised address, he declared martial law, the first such decree in the country in decades. The move banned all political activities, civil gatherings and “fake news” in what he called an attempt to save his country from “pro-North Korean” and “anti-state forces.”
...lawmakers who included members of Mr. Yoon’s own People Power Party voted unanimously to strike down his martial law. Six hours after declaring it, Mr. Yoon appeared on television again, this time to retract his decision.
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Because he can’t prevent criminal charges when he’s out of office?
Nervous Breakdown
How did he get elected if he’s so unpopular, and has he changed any of his political stances from the past?
His reasons turn out to be pretty good.
Undermining the nation from within just like Dems and deep state here.
I think he won a very close election because the incumbent was very unpopular, and people just wanted that guy out.
I don’t trust NY Times - nor Korean mainstream media with this. South Korea’s conservative female former president still sits in jail on frivolous charges.
exactly. S. Korea has terrible left leaning establishment as well. Media; academica; the works. i know firsthand.
academia*
South Korean political establishment/media/academia is extremely corrupt. Like here. Like the world. But economic boons, and US military security keeps the worst from going out of hand. Same dynamics as here only they actually jailed the former first female president on frivolous charges.
They owe us 110 Billion.
“exactly. S. Korea has terrible left leaning establishment as well. Media; academica; the works. i know firsthand.”
Yep, trained and controlled by Americans. Sad for the people there, they never had a chance.
I guess Samsung better move to the U.S.
Texas is good.
Evidently, his popularity went downhill and a new political party was formed that gained enough seats so that they can block almost everything that he might want to do. I’m not sure where the justification for declaring martial law comes into it though.
https://thediplomat.com/2023/06/south-koreas-healthcare-sector-is-heading-toward-a-crisis/
There is apparently a deadly shortage of doctors in South Korea.
The doctors want to keep the shortage and the high salaries the shortage supports.
There are some parallels here to that...
It seems that he won by 0.3% or something and his popularity dropped after that
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