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[Super Breaking 3 Dec] South Korea President Yoon declares martial law in live TV address!

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South Korea President Yoon declares martial law​

By Reuters
December 3, 20249:57 PM GMT+8Updated 24 min ago



South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol holds a press conference

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol answers a reporter's question during a press conference at the Presidential Office in Seoul, South Korea, November 7, 2024. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji/Pool/File Photo Purchase Licensing Rights, opens new tab


SEOUL, Dec 3 (Reuters) - South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol on Tuesday declared martial law in an unannounced late night address broadcast live on YTN television.

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.

"I declare martial law to protect the free Republic of Korea from the threat of North Korean communist forces, to eradicate the despicable pro-North Korean anti-state forces that are plundering the freedom and happiness of our people, and to protect the free constitutional order," Yoon said.

He did not say in the address what specific measures will be taken.

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.

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Reporting by Jack Kim, Ju-min Park; Editing by Alexandra Hudson
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Looks like sucking Biden cock won't save him.

South Korea's Yoon sings 'American Pie' at White House state dinner​

By Jeff Mason
April 27, 202312:25 PM GMT+8 Updated 2 years ago

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WASHINGTON, April 26 (Reuters) - It turns out South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol can sing.
At the end of a festive dinner at the White House on Wednesday, President Joe Biden, first lady Jill Biden, President Yoon and his wife, Kim Keon Hee, moved from the East Room to the State Dining Room for the entertainment part of the evening, a string of professionally performed Broadway musical numbers.

After Broadway stars Norm Lewis, Lea Salonga and Jessica Vosk sang a handful of soaring pieces, including selections from "Les Miserables" and "Funny Girl," Jill Biden announced a special encore: a serenade by the singers of the pop song "American Pie," a Yoon favorite.

It didn't end there. When the singers finished, President Biden and President Yoon took the stage and Biden invited Yoon, because of his love of the song, to give it a whirl himself.

Yoon did just that, taking a mic and belting out the first stanzas of the song, in English and in tune, while an astounded Biden and a delighted crowd, including actor Angelina Jolie, looked on.

"Something touched me deep inside, the day the music died," he finished, sparking a standing ovation and loud applause from the audience and the Broadway singers, who were still on stage.

Biden told Yoon he had "no damn idea" he could sing, and then presented him with a guitar signed by Don McLean, who wrote the song.
 
Looks like sucking Biden cock won't save him.

South Korea's Yoon sings 'American Pie' at White House state dinner​

By Jeff Mason
April 27, 202312:25 PM GMT+8 Updated 2 years ago

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WASHINGTON, April 26 (Reuters) - It turns out South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol can sing.
At the end of a festive dinner at the White House on Wednesday, President Joe Biden, first lady Jill Biden, President Yoon and his wife, Kim Keon Hee, moved from the East Room to the State Dining Room for the entertainment part of the evening, a string of professionally performed Broadway musical numbers.

After Broadway stars Norm Lewis, Lea Salonga and Jessica Vosk sang a handful of soaring pieces, including selections from "Les Miserables" and "Funny Girl," Jill Biden announced a special encore: a serenade by the singers of the pop song "American Pie," a Yoon favorite.

It didn't end there. When the singers finished, President Biden and President Yoon took the stage and Biden invited Yoon, because of his love of the song, to give it a whirl himself.

Yoon did just that, taking a mic and belting out the first stanzas of the song, in English and in tune, while an astounded Biden and a delighted crowd, including actor Angelina Jolie, looked on.

"Something touched me deep inside, the day the music died," he finished, sparking a standing ovation and loud applause from the audience and the Broadway singers, who were still on stage.

Biden told Yoon he had "no damn idea" he could sing, and then presented him with a guitar signed by Don McLean, who wrote the song.
Wow, and he was gifted a Gibson J-35 signed by Don McLean.
 

And sucking up to a former coloniser and invader is not the best political move

Opposition slams Yoon aide as 'traitor' over Japan remarks​

By Son Ji-hyoung
Published : Aug. 20, 2024 - 15:50

Seoul's presidential office is facing mounting pressure as controversial remarks regarding Japan by President Yoon Suk Yeol's foreign policy aide have prompted criticism from the opposition for bringing humiliation to South Korea.

Labeling the aide's remarks as carrying the intention of a "pro-Japanese traitor" -- or "chinil" in Korean, describing those overly favorable to Japan to the extent of betraying national interests -- the liberal main opposition Democratic Party of Korea pledged Tuesday to propose a bill to prohibit people who had previously praised or justified Japan's 1910-45 colonial rule of the Korean Peninsula from becoming public officials. The main opposition party also pledged to introduce the bill as closely aligned with its core party policy, meaning that party members would all vote for it to counter Yoon's conciliatory approach to Japan.

The latest controversy hails from a media interview with Kim Tae-hyo, the first deputy director of the presidential National Security Office. Kim said in an interview with public broadcaster KBS on Friday evening that Yoon's omission of Japan's wartime wrongdoing from his Liberation Day speech comes from Seoul's forward-looking approach to its bilateral ties with Tokyo.

"If Japan turns a blind eye to its history and fails to say what it should say, we should harshly complain about it and try to change that," Kim said.


"But what matters is Japan's feelings (about apologizing)," Kim added. "When we pressure someone who does not feel inclined to do so to apologize, does that truly help Korea-Japan relations and cooperation? The level of trust between Kishida and Yoon seems very high."

This answer was in response to the interviewer's question about criticism over Seoul's failure to speak up boldly about bilateral issues with Tokyo.

The main opposition, which holds a solid majority of seats at the National Assembly, said in a statement Saturday that Kim's argument about Japan's apology being worthless as long as it does not feel inclined to do so is "appalling," adding this is one example indicating that the presidential office's political philosophy is similar to that of Korean collaborators of Imperial Japan who betrayed their country during Japanese occupation.

Later, a separate comment by a senior official of the presidential office on Sunday added fuel to the controversy, saying Japan's series of apologies "more than a dozen times" since the Korea-Japan normalization treaty in 1965 "left Japan fatigued."

Rep. Lee Jae-myung, the recently reelected chair of the main opposition Democratic Party of Korea, said Monday that the presidential office should "take stern actions" against Kim over his remarks.

Kim added that any public official in the presidential office "must consider the feelings of the South Korean people, not the feelings of the Japanese people," adding Seoul "should not take the feelings of the emperor of the Japanese Empire into account."

It was the first party meeting Lee convened following his resounding election victory at the Democratic Party convention Sunday, through which Lee was able to extend his leadership in South Korea's largest liberal party.

Newly elected Democratic Party Supreme Council member Rep. Kim Byung-joo upped the ante Monday, describing the Yoon administration as "worshippers of Japan."

Kim's remarks have also triggered critique from within the conservative ruling bloc.

Rep. Shin Dong-wook of the ruling People Power Party said in a radio interview Monday that Kim should have avoided using such an expression given the sensitivity of the matter to the South Korean people.

When asked what actions would be taken against Kim, an official of the presidential office on Monday said on condition of anonymity that the liberal parties are taking advantage of the "pro-Japanese traitor" framing for political attacks that "invoke social division."

Criticism of Yoon over his radically amicable approach to Japan has been nothing new, although Washington has often lauded Seoul-Tokyo rapprochement as a cornerstone for trilateral ties between Korea, Japan and the United States.

Throughout Yoon's term, which started in May 2022, his effort to restore Seoul's ties with Tokyo have faced domestic backlash in that it has come without Japan "properly" acknowledging and apologizing for its wrongdoing during the decades of colonial rule of the Korean Peninsula.

Especially in the past month, the Yoon administration has supported the listing of the Sado mines in Japan as a UNESCO World Heritage site in a surprise turnaround despite a historical dispute over Korean forced labor there that critics here argue has not been fully resolved.

Yoon's nomination of controversial figure Kim Hyoung-suk as the new chief of the Independence Hall of Korea also led to a boycott by liberal opposition parties and a civic group of independence activists' bereaved families of Seoul's planned Liberation Day celebration on Thursday. Kim was accused of being a proponent of the New Right political movement known for justifying Imperial Japan's colonial occupation of Korea as the source of its modernization.

Furthermore, Yoon in his Liberation Day speech last week omitted any call for an apology from Japan over its wartime atrocities -- from the euphemistically labeled "comfort women" to forced labor -- or its territorial claims to the Dokdo islets about 217 kilometers off the east coast of the Korean Peninsula, unlike his predecessors including former President Moon Jae-in.
 
watch this event closely....we have GE hotting up after CNY . PAP may replicate this martial law move if they sense heavy or total losses.
 
Parliament can do this??

South Korea parliament rejects president's martial law declaration​

By Jack Kim and Ju-min Park
December 4, 20241:01 AM GMT+8 Updated a min ago

  • Summary
  • Martial law declared in surprise late-night broadcast
  • Yoon said opposition parties have taken parliament hostage
  • Troops make brief attempt to enter parliament
  • Won currency falls against the dollar
SEOUL, Dec 4 (Reuters) - President Yoon Suk Yeol declared martial law on Tuesday night in a move that stunned South Koreans and triggered a short-lived attempt by troops to enter parliament, as lawmakers and protesters quickly voiced opposition to the most serious challenge to the country's democracy since the 1980s.

The speaker of parliament declared the martial law announcement invalid and lawmakers early on Wednesday voted to reject it.

Yoon's move, which he cast as aimed at his political foes, was vocally opposed even by the leader of his own party, Han Dong-hoon, who was present for the vote in parliament and who has clashed with Yoon over the president's handling of recent scandals.

Earlier, live television footage showed helmeted troops apparently tasked with imposing martial law attempting to enter the assembly building, and parliamentary aides were seen trying to push the soldiers back by spraying fire extinguishers.

Yoon said on Tuesday night that opposition parties had taken the parliamentary process hostage. He vowed to eradicate "shameless pro-North Korean anti-state forces" and said he had no choice but to take the measure to safeguard constitutional order.

Shortly after Yoon made his announcement on live TV, people began gathering outside the parliament building, some of them shouting: "Withdraw emergency martial law!"

"Arrest Yoon Suk Yeol" shouted others.
Soldiers advance to the main building of the National Assembly after South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol declared martial law in Seoul


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Soldiers advance to the main building of the National Assembly after South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol declared martial law in Seoul, South Korea, December 3. Yonhap via REUTERS Purchase Licensing Rights, opens new tab

The military said activities by parliament and political parties would be banned, and that media and publishers would be under the control of the martial law command.

Yoon did not cite any specific threat from the nuclear-armed North, instead focusing on his domestic political opponents. It is the first time since 1980 that martial law has been declared in South Korea.

South Korea has had a series of authoritarian leaders early in its history but has been considered democratic since the 1980s.

The Korean won was down sharply against the U.S. dollar. A central bank official said it was preparing measures to stabilise the market if needed. Finance Minister Choi Sang-mok has convened an emergency meeting among top economic officials, his spokesman said in a text message.

Yoon's predecessor, Moon Jae-in of the Democratic Party, said in a post on X that the country's democracy is in crisis. "I hope that the National Assembly will act quickly to protect our democracy from crumbling," he wrote in a post.

"I ask the people to join forces to protect and save democracy and to help the National Assembly function normally."

The United States is in contact with the South Korean government and is monitoring the situation closely, a White House spokesperson said.
Some 28,500 U.S. troops are stationed in South Korea to guard against the North. A spokesman for the U.S. military command did not answer repeated phone calls.

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Reporting by Jack Kim, Ju-min Park, Hyunsu Yim and Josh Smith; Writing by Alexandra Hudson and William Maclean; Editing by Alistair Bell
 
Martial law lasted 6 hours

Looks like the president will face impeachment
 
Big deal…,SG is also under martial law.

A six-point decree from the new martial law commander, the army chief Gen Park An-su, swiftly followed: banning political activities and parties, “false propaganda”, strikes and “gatherings that incite social unrest”.
 
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