What just happened in South Korea? | BBC News

[@hansholbein1047]

You know shit went down when even the BBC is asking wtf happened

[@meteorknight999]

Bbc never knows what's happening being clueless So thats a low bar to give them

[@meteorknight999]

BBC never knows what happening anywhere anyway

[@davidcooper8892]

Bbc are the enemy

[@thiagoaufy4443]

​​​@@meteorknight999 BBC knows what happens in many places. It's their job. They however, intentionally fix narratives to fit their propaganda Edit: this, sometimes, does make them appear clueless. They're not!

[@ricky_pigeon]

BBC never knows whats happening but do you know why you're here? probably not

[@JsJdv]

North Korea: 3 leaders since 1948 South Korea: 3 leaders since 19:48

[@andrewchee9235]

😂

[@pshdsss]

lmaooo

[@nvmtt]

lol. it would have been better if the timestamp actually existed, but this works as well.

[@WhyWorldWet]

1st President: Impeached - Inacted Martial Law (bad) 2nd President: Impeached - Also Bad 3rd President: So...far...so...good (dont jinx it)

[@AzoreanProud]

*The real SK leaders laughing at pleb infighting: Samsung and Hyundai

[@StrategicSalamander]

This is the best title! It's like even whoever posted this video is confused about what's happening in Korea.

[@YouTubeSucks666]

fokall, why try 2 distract ua ?

[@Greenpoloboy3]

So what is happening?

[@StrategicSalamander]

@Greenpoloboy3 beats me. If even the BBC KZbin title guy has no idea what's going on what hope do I have of understanding?

[@philgroves7694]

It's pretty goofy ... my girlfriend and I were having this exact same conversation last night ... what's up with South Korea?! We're baffled. The only thing we could think of was that the guy who was President (who wanted to call martial law) is corrupt as corrupt can be, and got scared ... and now his political faction doesn't want to own up to the fact that they support a completely corrupted dude. Kind of like in the U.S. with Trump ... the Republicans sold their souls to support a known rapist and convicted felon ... while knowing EXACTLY who and what he is ... but he brings them MONEY and POWER.

[@Robespierre-lI]

I think everyone is confused about these events in South Korea. They really don't need this right now. Things like this end up playing into the hands of Pyongyang.

[@totalkim3566]

After the president's impeachment, the prime minister assumed the role of acting president, but there were suspicions that he might have been involved in the president's acts of insurrection. However, given the need to stabilize the chaotic country quickly, the National Assembly decided to cooperate with him for the time being. Nevertheless, he betrayed those expectations by delaying the appointment of the constitutional judges who were to preside over the impeachment trial passed by the National Assembly, and he also refused to authorize the special investigation into the insurrection. As a result, suspicions grew that the prime minister was involved in the insurrection and was obstructing all efforts, leading, regrettably, to his impeachment as well, following the president’s. However, the issue is that this is not the end. Following the prime minister's impeachment, there is not a single cabinet minister who can confidently declare themselves uninvolved in this insurrection. Furthermore, the president has yet to relinquish his ambitions, continuing to evade investigations and delay justice.

[@hlsylsify]

Well said!

[@cristinaximera9663]

Given the need to stabilize the country, Yoon and his stooges have to step down and clear the path to re-election instead of clinging to power. They tried to undo democracy in Korea. They have to go. They have to go.

[@splendore.ngrandeur3599]

Thanks this gives a clearer picture of what's going on in South Korea

[@beregu]

Thanks. Got it the overarching picture

[@jkim76]

This is accurate summary of the situation.

[@BrooklynBwoii]

Elizabeth Truss must be jealous

[@warrenstanford7240]

The Koreans still have the death penalty for treason…… Truss was just deposed in a coup by party turncoats.

[@Emre.55]

I wasn't fully paying attention at first, so I just heard "impeached" and thought, "Why are they reportjng this now, wasn't that weeks ago ?". Then I realised they did it again and honestly, I'm kind of impressed.

[@Blinful]

Oops I did it again

[@FlashRyu]

@@Blinful really Blinful, that's what came to your mind in this serious time 😒

[@GeneRauXxX]

same

[@jiwoos19]

Yoon deserved to be impeached. Han Duck Soo is framed and impeached because he refuses to become a puppet and go against the established process and the country's best interest. The national assembly is majority democrat, making their own definition of everything. Korea is fkd.

[@ranndaia8]

39 law pass. that day. very fast. vote? end? pass. vote? end? pass. vote? end? pass..... wow... Ai is really good made. that guy is a AI, right? and Is this Cartoon??? all politician agree. they dont debate but just push the button. and... someone just say vote? end? pass. every 39 law pass that day all perfect. ...? wtf??? honestly, i laugh. it makes me laugh. yeah. im a idiot and i have low iq and i dont know what happend now. also i can' speak english very well. because im a idiot. and i just say, its a Komedy? and... we are okay???????

[@danr.5017]

Didn't practically this exact thing just happen in the UK?

[@Alvin-jr9ot]

Nah man- we still have hangovers from our Post Boxing Day celebrations. I’m more worried about getting ready for the New Year’s Eve, Eve Eve Eve celebrations tonight.

[@bruhlandobungus]

South Korea went insane, just wow. At least one country is saving democracy. Impeachment efforts must persist

[@Bulgogi_Haxen]

For what can the impeachment be justified? The counter party is just cooking the whole government as they want by blindly impeaching whoever opposes them with the majority power in the parliament. I don’t know. I think my country is writing a history of the downside of democracy and the majority rule. I have been skeptical of the parliament systems in the US or the UK but now that I am seeing this madness, I think I should reconsider.

[@YoungahKo-yl6gj]

Not really, the conservative president is fighting against the left wing politians who back up and collaborate with North Korea and China. China is paying the Korean left wing politians to make the country to be pro China, and break the Korean USA relations. Korea is fighting between democracy and being under China rule, just like hongkong and Taiwan.

[@prvtlongarm]

How do you save democracy by dissolving democracy? Democracy is mob rule. That’s why in the US we have a Republic.

[@Kevin-ex4mz]

Impeach efforts are against democracy

[@sociolocomtsac]

I'm sorry but you have no idea what's actually going on to have an informed opinion.

[@samt.1369]

Even politics now want to be part of kdrama

[@DGNza]

😅

[@mdzia131]

😅

[@ianhomerpura8937]

You might want to watch "The Whirlwind"

[@tomutt8546]

Treating a cancer takes pain, this is more like a process on which Korea heal itself.

[@waitingforapril]

Dangerous words. Calling people a “cancer”, “subhuman”, etc. Never ends well. I agree that the martial law was outrageous and responsibilities have to be determined, but judge the actual acts and the particular people involved-rather than be sensationalistic/vague. More people have been killed/hurt by “cleansing” attempts than you’d know.

[@tomutt8546]

@waitingforapril sorry to break it to you but, that is exactly whom I address, and why I call it a cancer. I'll ignore the fact you're completely missing the gist of my comment which tries to deliver the holistic perspective. And I'll answer you. This is not an ordinary political 'conflict' you can naively hold your judges and remain prudent. It's an obviously attempted coup, an attemp to demolish the democracy itself, and push the country into a brink of war. Every new confession and admittance from high ranking military officers and currently detained former defense minister is coming out each week, which proves the animosity of this crime, and even more connection among the high ranking officials. So by your logic, I'm exactly calling those accountable a cancer

[@jefflayton153]

@@waitingforapril cry about it

[@김선우-j2p6v]

That sounds like a facist 💀

[@aariyanmahmud301]

@@jefflayton153 got a real laugh out of that one

[@arooputer]

what the hell happened to south korea in the last 3 weeks

[@myungjakim5160]

You can find the answer you wanted on the internet. ‘Full text of South Korean President Yoon Suk Yoel’s address to the nation on Thursday’

[@rtx23]

Some political bullsh!t. The country is fine though.

[@AnishaWade]

I wasn't paying attention at first, so I just heard "impeached" and wondered, "Why are they reporting this now when it happened weeks ago?" Then I realized they did it again, and I'm quite impressed.

[@jayho9609]

As a Korean, I’d say, ‘We are cooked.’

[@Youngpitchi]

shame..

[@bruhlandobungus]

What a mess…

[@burropoco]

samgyeopsal 😋

[@sebastianguerre6868]

I'm not particularly in favour of a monarchy. I have very little interest in our monarchy however I think that it does bring a certain level of stability that countries that have a president as head of state don't have. Plus I would say that people that become president tend to have an unpleasant ruthlessness that is necessary to get to the top. Both systems are imperfect.

[@Tijjain]

🧐🤔 Hmmm which Korean?

[@NossorBillues-l9x]

salutation to the Korean people who wont agree to idiot to step on their freedom and wont take shit from anyone who thinks can turn on their rights ;Kudos Koreans KUDOS

[@stunstar4553]

The problem is that almost all of their presidents are criminals

[@Deepsleep-f3v]

...Thanks for cheering for Korea to become the next communist state in East Asia. The leader of the opposition party is being persecuted for sending $80 million directly to Kim Jung Un. He also sent his own brother to a mental institution. He is charged for violating election law. He called the US troops in Korea "occupying forces." Seven key witnesses to his corruption cases were found dead. He impeached all the judges and persecutors who were on his cases. He has sent civilians who tried to expose him to mental institutions. He openly supports the CCP and voted against the espionage law in Korea. The whole party passed bills to change the constitution in order to protect him. They cut down all the defense budgets and disbanded the National Intelligent Services. If you are Chinese, sure, you would be happy that Korea will soon be a part of China. But if you are neither Korean nor Chinese, please don't say anything.

[@HRC294]

Why has South Korea all of a sudden decided to go nuts?

[@braxtondamico3599]

You could ask that of the USA as well

[@SweetSassyBull]

I think it's the new pandemic.

[@jayz-y4m]

It's 4 corporations in a military uniform

[@twofortydrifter]

What do you mean, "all of a sudden"? They've been this way since the 50s. They have frickin judo fights in the chambers sometimes.

[@danielwhyatt3278]

This’s just absolutely INSAAANE.

[@Mjmj33700]

Well, knew the president was going to announce the martial law but kept pretending he didn’t know anything about it.

[@vernelledouglas1801]

This is a very serious question and if any person from Korea can answer please aid my understanding. How can the opposition have a majority yet another party have rulership?

[@lioveally]

There are three important elections in Korea: presidential elections, parliamentary elections, and local elections. The party to which the president belongs becomes the ruling party, but it may not receive public support in parliamentary elections. This is a characteristic of a presidential system similar to the United States.

[@bartrebe]

Look at France, the very same has been happening since the summer elections

[@Rydh37xj3kwos]

Imagine Lizz Truss elected as a president and David Cameron appointed as PM by mrs truss

[@웅이-o2m6i]

Its possible because we vote the president and the national assembly members seperately the president dont necessarily have to come from the ruling party

[@cea6770]

As others have said, it is possible because the assembly elections and presidential elections are separate. To provide more detailed context, during Yoon's presidential election, the now 'ruling party' was already pretty unpopular and a minority party (less so than now), largely due to the corruption scandals and subsequent impeachment of their former party leader and ex-President Park GH. So they brought it a Yoon SY as an 'untainted' political outsider, a prosecutor who led the charge in Park GH's corruption investigations, as their candidate for the presidential election. Even then they only won by less than 1%. In the subsequent assembly election, the 'ruling party' lost even more seats. Which isn't surprising given that Yoon has been the most unpopular president in recent history even before the self-coup.

[@rtx23]

This “crisis” is temporary. The lady reporter was fearmongering. SK is fine and will bounce back.

[@EggBastion]

Fearmongering? The MSM? Tell me it ian't so! *_; )_*

[@Huirou_]

As the prime minister is delaying the appointment of three constitutional judges and stalling for the impeached president’s return, he should also be impeached. Additionally, he is likely involved in the martial law plan. Even the ruling party is defending the president, which is utterly absurd. As a Korean, I fully support the opposition party

[@namenotfound8747]

Shorting the Korean stock markets has never been easier.

[@lioveally]

I'm sure that a good president will be elected again when the cherry blossoms bloom next year, and Korea will become a healthier society.

[@aaaaaaaard9586]

The last time this happened Moon got elected mostly because he was from the opposition party, and then he started the stupid anti japan spiel while kaotaoing to the chinese emperor and the kim in the north. My concern is that the current op. Party leader Lee, is no better if not far worse than Moon…

[@ck4797]

@@aaaaaaaard9586 They will ping pong back and forth from both inept extremes, thus hurting society and citizens. No wonder ppl do not have children... not only are they expensive, society is so stressful and chaotic that it is not conducive to family well being

[@asjfeijfo9djkhlkfh34]

Next president Candidate of opposition party is criminer who wants to avoid jail by being a president...

[@ASTEROID-7777]

See this, world. It shows how hard it is to contain self-coup once it ever happens, yet can be contained once the people rise.

[@TimLee356]

why stop now, let's go for a record. how about 5 impeachments in a month!

[@신노동당]

THEY ALREADY DID

[@idealogy1004]

So what?

[@다다-m4y]

못할것도 없지ㅋㅋ

[@spearmint_0918]

If they keep blocking Yoon's trial, yeah. I'm not scared.

[@민지-k2q]

let`s do 500 impeachments in a month

[@ccw_create]

It seems that many journalists might not be aware that the law requires a case to be judged by nine justices. There are economic concerns, but it's important to adhere to the legal system. To clarify, before the declaration of martial law, there was an agreement to appoint three additional judges to the court. However, Han Duck-soo was impeached because he did not make these appointments. If Choi follows in Han's footsteps, he too might need to be replaced. It's essential for Korea to run according to its laws and systems. It's heartening to see that people in Korea can hold peaceful protests involving millions without any incidents.

[@Deepsleep-f3v]

Those three seats for the Constitutional Court were empty for months before the Martial Law, because the opposition party impeached all of them. The same people who are impeaching Han for not appointing the justices are the ones who didn't want to appoint the justices. The court demanded for new justices, but they refused. Plus, you just can't impeach everyone just because someone refuses to cooperate with the bigger party. The Korean constitution clearly says that there needs to be more than 200 votes in order to impeach the acting president. There were 192 people voted for the impeachment of Han. Han will be the 29th official to be impeached for the last 2 years. The opposition party has been impeaching everyone including the judges. So stop spreading left wing propaganda.

[@dl6840]

박근혜때는 민주당이 임명하면 위헌이라고 막았는데 이전에는 왜 임명이 가능함?

[@DannyWhang]

​@Deepsleep-f3v the 3 were not impeached but finished their terms. Why lie about this?

[@Isl33p]

​@@dl6840 그건 대통령몫 재판관이고 국회몫과 대법원몫 재판관은 가능함.

[@cea6770]

@@Deepsleep-f3v You really think people are idiots don't you. (1) The opposition party did not impeach Constitutional Court justices. There isn't even a way to impeach a Constitutional Court justice unless they do so themselves. They simply ended their 5 year term. Why would they even impeach them. The Democratic Party appointed 2 of the 3 former holders of the currently empty seats. (2) The Korean constitution does not say an acting president has to have 200 votes. The reason the president requires 200 votes (technically, more or equal to 2/3 of assembly members of which there are currently 300 but the number is not fixed) is because it is a democratically elected position, whereas PM (who only acts as President in case of impeachment) is unilaterally appointed by the President, under non-binding advisement of the Assembly. The division of the Assembly which provides preliminary interpretation of laws have stated only a simple majority is necessary. If PM Han wants to oppose this decision, he can go to the Constitutional Court.

[@tcho8838]

This is happening because the remnants of the pro-regime coup have yet to be eradicated. Recently, even the acting president was one of them, and most of the ministers are no exception. Therefore, the situation will remain tumultuous for the time being, but it is hoped and believed by many that this crisis will soon be resolved through democratic procedures. When this settles, it will be recorded/remembered not only as a very rare failed pro-regime coup but also as a great victory for the citizens. Fingers crossed!

[@CloudPark-to3jb]

Yes, I agree strongly with you

[@spointz8936]

“Eradicated” lol sounds VERY democratic and liberal

[@Walcingham509]

Your people threatening violence and getting in the face of current leadership is not democracy friend.. looking on from the US, you all look petty and stupid..

[@jayj9366]

Lies from chinese

[@Deepsleep-f3v]

This is happening because the opposition party leader who has been under investigations for many criminal allegations are delaying his trials, and the thugs in the opposition party is protecting him at the expense of Korean people. This is happening because they already impeached all 3 consitutional court justices that were appointed by the president and refused to appoint anyone for moths. They are the ones who didn't want to appoint anyone in Constitutional Court for months. They already impeached 29 key officials who refuse to cooperate with them. Lee Jae Myung is dodging trials by impeaching every single judges and prosecutors who were on his cases. There are 7 different key witnesses to his cases were found dead. He has sent $80 million in cash to North Korea, and it is confirmed by his collaborators who are already serving time. He is already sentenced 1 year in prison for violation of election law. Now he is doing his best to expedite the presidential election, again, in order to avoid prison sentence!! Stop telling the one sided left wing propaganda online! What they did to the acting president was unconstitutional. Han himself voted against the Martial Law!

[@TihetrisWeathersby]

If you think American politics is crazy, you haven't seen South Korea

[@FrankJ-o9m]

The best comment ever

[@BookAndLace]

I say SK has far more clear headed democracy. They wouldn't have elected a known felon in the first place & got rid of the attempted dictatorship folks right quick. Here they just are given a 2nd chance. **Looks over a "never have to vote again" trump** yikes.

[@Breakfastststst]

nice cope America is just delusional

[@SunKim-u4q]

Give me a MAGA hat

[@codykeane6107]

​@@BookAndLaceclear headed democracy? 😂 Your not aware what this entire impeachment is about are you? The parliament were meeting to vote as a democratically elected parliment does, the president sent in the military to physically stop them telling them to break down the door and drag them out, shoot them if need be. The military did break into parliament and try stop them but fortunately they 6 kill anyone. Anything Trump did isn't anywhere close to this - it would be like Trump ordering the military to go into the house and drag Nancy Pelosi out, if she resists shoot her, not on the same level as being mean. This new impeachment is about the 2nd in command blocking the trial of the president who's his friend, so they got rid of him too.

[@wolfswinkel8906]

Chaos is a ladder.

[@juliasgarden6968]

It's going be fine. Don't assume the worst. Koreans are strong people who have created a miracle of Han River. We'll figure out our ways through this and it's not a big deal having a few people acting as a president in the meanwhile.

[@JN-xb6pq]

"Korean people" didn't create the miracle of the Han River - Park Chung Hee did. If it was just the people, why didn't it happen under Rhee Syngman? Everything comes down to your leaders, whatever country it is. And Korea's leadership right now is a mess.

[@ThePulsinater]

lies

[@jcvillecho]

Ladies and gentlemen. This is what becomes of voting for the wrong person as the leader of a country.

[@WhyWorldWet]

America bout to get a rude awakening when Humpty-Trumpty takes office

[@grandcanyon-d4d]

​@@WhyWorldWetnot that kamala was better

[@BookAndLace]

@@grandcanyon-d4d I wasn't a "huge" fan, but she would have at least appointed people with actual experience and qualifications to the various leadership positions. And she's not a convicted felon with a history of S.Aing people. The hypocrisy of religious folks picking a crazy old man that's the "poster child" of the 7 sins speaks volumes.

[@steveh5307]

@@WhyWorldWet why? Just because your airhead cackling kamela wasn't elected? Trump actually has concrete plans for the country than kamela ever did in her 4 years. You're spewing ridiculous nonsense that's based on your utter hatred rather than facts. MAGA

[@kehindedurowade5029]

​@grandcanyon-d4d yes she was. By miles.

[@dr.davidenglish778]

I've lived in Korea for over 20 and love this shit. The old joke, "I went to a fight and a National Assembly session broke out".

[@DamanLSun]

Where it ends? Lady it ends with new elections. Jees

[@TihetrisWeathersby]

South Korea is wild

[@Joedirt3349]

Reality Show

[@oneseeker2]

At least.ppl are standing against, UNLIKE Americans against trump!

[@Mr.Universe]

@@oneseeker2 America is on schizo mode right now.

[@Joedirt3349]

@@oneseeker2 youse is wrong, my son

[@NoWindNoSunNoPower]

@oneseeker2 Americans stood against Kackala. Big time.

[@7evenMusic]

Season 3 of Squid games

[@edward2364]

😂

[@Chonk-rl8go]

😂😂

[@SevenBee-q2j]

If anyone imagines that N Korea with it's newly battle hardened troops from the Ukrainian conflict, is not viewing an invasion of S Korea whilst this turmoil is afoot … They are really not thinking or understanding. This is all extremely dangerous as the US is sworn to protect the South.

[@삭제된계정-z9c]

South Korea's Democratic Party stated that if Acting Prime Minister Choi Sang-mok behaves in the same manner as former Acting Prime Minister Han Duck-soo, they will immediately proceed with impeachment. If such a situation arises, the required number of members to hold a Cabinet meeting will not be met, effectively leaving South Korea in a state of anarchy.

[@cea6770]

Impeaching (Acting President & PM) (Vice PM & Minister) Choi Sang Mok does not mean the government is in a state of anarchy. (1) For each Minister who is impeached, each Ministry still operates as usual under the Vice Minister, who are, specific to this government, far more qualified than the purely-political and unqualified Ministers of Yoon's government. (2) I assume you mean if we drop to less than 10 State Council members, it is impossible to have a State Council Meeting. That would require 5 more impeachments, not just Vice PM & Minister Choi. Next in line after Choi is Vice PM & Minister Lee Ju Ho, who to our knowledge, was not in the State Council Meeting which lead to martial law. Perhaps he will be more likely to comply with investigations into the coup. We will see. (3) Even if the State Council Meetings are no longer in session, that only means they cannot make significant changes on government policies outlined in Artice 89 of the constitution, which include veto laws instated by the National Assembly. A few weeks without a State Council is not unmanageable. Furthermore, the President and Prime Minister (for which Vice PM Choi now takes both roles), can just appoint new members to the State Council if the need truly arises. Anyone who is not actively serving in the military can be a State Council member and appointing a new State Council member does not require a National Assembly hearing or State Council meeting. With Vice PM & Minister Choi having both acting President and PM roles, he can appoint new State Council members by himself without counsel. It has just become common practice to have all State Council members be Ministers during and after DJ's presidency as Ministers require an Assembly hearing and having all State Council members *de facto* go through an Assembly is more democratic. It's likely if it truly goes to 5+ impeachments and an urgent need for a State Council arises, the Acting President & PM will just appoint the Vice Ministers as State Council members.

[@besuhof9360]

In this case, we Koreans say Jik-Jin (직진, go straight forward,) to the complete democracy.

[@PositiveMan5018]

.....😅

[@aaaaaaaard9586]

No we’re turning left. left, right, right, left, right jump, jail, jail, thankyoukids, jail We don’t do jikjin.

[@besuhof9360]

@aaaaaaaard9586 Seems like navigating the way to find missing THAAD black team. Please come back home and eat home meal.

[@nigel8499]

What a mess.

[@samhunt7653]

Why couldn’t the U.S. be this intelligent!!!

[@oo0Spyder0oo]

Because they’re not.

[@MajorSeventh]

No point in impeaching Biden now since he has less than a month before he's gone, and no one wants a President Harris as the last election proved.

[@irishpizza2823]

US bad, irrelevant shithole good.

[@kailynn4483]

They'll get their chance. They've had some time since the elections to prepare, so maybe they were able to figure out some way to legally get rid of Trump.

[@DoxieMini]

I am just happy how powerful the people of South Korea is. ❤ Meanwhile in the Philippines: Let us have this corrupted budget for 2025 approved!!!

[@stunstar4553]

no difference. Look at their history, SK people will elect the next criminal president

[@karinahernandez3297]

They better get a new MP soon or Trump is gonna want to take over like Canadá, Greenland and the Panama canal😂

[@smithjam2006]

😅😂😅😂 this so funny .

[@dodoeury5771]

😂😂😂

[@heinedenmark]

Crazy 😮

[@gabrielszeremeta5784]

Godamn even the national media source is using click bait. What a joke

[@thombue6968]

this is more journalistic hysteria over a somehow messy but eventually healthy democratic process.

[@geemo4284]

It doesn’t seem hysterical to me at all - they appear to be just reporting what is going on, and giving some detail, which is their job as a news channel.

[@lpquagmire3621]

Trump just found another country to add to his list for "empire expansion..."

[@jamin-r4k]

proof of a full democracy. cannot be said for many other countries

[@stone-hand]

To be fair, the prospective of our "dude" being reinstated in order to try Grand Theft Democracy again would be a bit unsettling for all of us.

[@NOURINHO-rv5fk]

🤚+ 🦆 + 🍜 someone named themselves hand duck soup what a name.😂😂😂😂

[@andygrenn680]

Impeachment always draws a friendly crowd…Parking is never a problem for people impeaching…

[@MilankaMilosevic-l4u]

The currency is on the slide ? The russien roublle , is , on the slide , 45 roubles for one euro in 2012 , 110 roubles now

[@EA-ck4so]

That is democracy in action! Not like in Canada where Trudeau invoked Martial Law but is still in power.

[@TheWebstaff]

Trudeau didn't just do it randomly one day. Or invoke the army to enforce it. He will be gone soon, then you can have the right in ooeet for a decade.

[@TomCotton-p6y]

No one has said why he declared Martial law? Why did he do this? 😮

[@israelforreal]

When he first declared it He said something along the lines about the "cabinet" being full of dissidences etc... and he needed to take control of the government.

[@junejune84]

He wanted to be a king not a president.

[@myungjakim5160]

You can find the answer you wanted on the internet. ‘Full text of South Korean President Yoon Suk Yoel’s address to the nation on Thursday’

[@solar6120]

U.S.A needs NK rare earth minerals

[@cea6770]

Yoon's personal claims is that the main opposition party, the Democratic Party, as well as various other people like the then leader of the ruling party, the leader of the secondary opposition party, the entire election comission, various members of the judiciary, a KZbinr, leadership of major labor unions, etc., are "North Korean anti-state forces". And in particular, that the opposition parties only got a majority by rigging the election with help from the election comission. Despite investigations by both the election commission (who he appointed an unqualified personal friend to head) and the NIS (National Intelligence Service, Korean equivalent of the CIA) both confirming no such rigging has occured and is literally impossible. Korean elections are done with paper ballots and counted by hand. Subsequent invenstigations have shown this claim is bogus and he just wanted to be a dictator, with him planning a coup long before the most recent assembly election. The main players seem to be former head of military intelligence, Noh Sang Won, who was fired during the previous president's term for rape charges, but which he views as a political witchhunt due to feminism. Noh Sang Won is close friends with his successor as head of miilitary intelligence Moon Sang Ho, and previous head of presidential security, Kim Yong Hyun, and saw the opportunity to return to the military in a major capacity if a self-coup were to happen, and started planning a coup since early 2023. Yoon - Kim - Noh - Moon actively started to organize a coup around March 2024, hoping to trigger a new Korean War with North Korea to justify martial law. This lead to the seeming escalation of tensions with North Korea we have seen in 2024 (the Mongolian embassy incident, surveillence drones in Pyeongyang, propaganda and feces balloons, etc.). North Korea has not acted on these provocations. Then minister of national defence, Shin Won Sik, seems to have been at least partially aware of this coup attempt and privately opposed the self-coup, but did not go public with this knowledge, and did not deter these provocations. After a major intelligence hack, ex-Minister Shin publicly stated he was firing Moon Sang-Ho, and restructuring military intelligence, possibly as a self-coup deterent, in September 2024. Yoon then fired Shin and appointed Kim as the minister of national defence. With their attempts to provoke North Korea not being successful, they seem to have shifted strategies around November 2024 to (1) claim the election was rigged by North Korea, then (2) use military intelligence black ops to fake a North Korean invasion and/or terrorist attacks pretending to stop the investigations into the election. Three locations of such faked terrorist attacks have been identified (Chengju airport, Daeju airport, and the THAAD joint US-Korean military base), and Noh's private notes also reveal Baengnyeongdo (the closest island in South Korea to North Korea) as a potential target. They failed at step (1) of the plan.

[@aeso3555]

Wow, we're already at Season 3 of the Impeachment saga.

[@스카테오]

Feel it good for as are acting/impeaching in procedure not sitting. Think acting or sitting which will come for next years.

[@dr.davidenglish778]

I remember when the Korean Won was the weakest against the dollar. It was June 2007. The exchange rate was 800=$1. Now it is 1473=$1.

[@FugazStar]

haha, now even News outlets are doing the click-bait titles. Somehow this feels like a new low

[@solar6120]

😆 🤣

[@PeaceLoveWorld-om4zx]

Freedom!!❤

[@nathanbrownell1036]

WTAF is going on ?!?

[@najsh2]

Its a shame the head of coup is still a freeman and has power over his puppets instead of starting his rot in jail.

[@user-ns2um5pf9v]

Not very intelligent men ruling South Korea. I’m Korean American and this is very embarrassing.

[@hyun8519]

Are there intelligent politicians in the USA or anywhere

[@aaaaaaaard9586]

Unlike the super intelligent US president am i right

[@MajorSeventh]

@@aaaaaaaard9586 Biden is as sentient as a potted plant.

[@NOAMB-h2p]

What about Park Geun-hye? She screwed up too, so it won't matter if the president is a man or a woman.

[@Bantrybay-s8o]

What a shame

[@boris8787]

I have been to Korea three times - I wish that country was exactly like my town. 💔💔💔

[@Alexis25470]

I just realised K-Drama was real

[@yemiks]

Korea has always had politics problems. It's just so true of all their historic movies (series) we see today.

[@MG-iy1oh]

That's what you call a DEMOcracy; power in the hands of the people!

[@Rydonattelo]

Remember, South Korea has only had democracy since the 80s. Democracy is not the norm, for thousands of years up to the 80s these people had kings, emperors, foreign powers, military dictatorships. For some reason people today imagine the world is set, history is over and everything is the way it is forever. The world has not and never will be like that. There governments and countries of the world will look nothing like today in 40 years.

[@rtx23]

Based South Korean democracy.

[@deviritter5232]

Why did they establish martial law?

[@bollocks5724]

He believes north korea agents were im amongst the korea government.

[@spearmint_0918]

Ruling Party: We wont accept a ruling of 6 judges. Bring 3 more 🤨 Opposition Party: Acting President, appoint these three judges!🔥 Acting President: Nope.

[@oliverhughes610]

The BBC's 'Seoul correspondent' can't correctly pronounce the name of the former president. Who is Yoon Sung Yeol? What happened to the standards of journalism?

[@mismanaged02]

To be fair the former president himself prefers his name to be pronounced that way (yoon sung nyeol to be precise but close enough)

[@oliverhughes610]

@mismanaged02 really? Where did you hear that?

[@mismanaged02]

@oliverhughes610 oop maybe I should have clarified, I'm korean! It's actually a common grammatical error that's related to something called 비음화(nasalization). Basically it's a rule where when certain letters meet their pronunciation change! Typically when ㄱ(the k in seok) and ㄹ meets we pronounce it as ㅇ (the ng in seong) and ㄴ(the n in nyeol). Even though in the former president's case it's ㄱ meeting ㅇ, since ㅇ and ㄹ sound pretty similar people mistakenly nasalize when pronouncing his name, including the president himself. But he openly said he preferred that pronunciation multiple times, so koreans tend to respect his preference, including news outlets. Hope this helps ;)

[@oliverhughes610]

@@mismanaged02 I'm familiar with the concept; I live in Korea myself. In that case, I stand corrected, even if it is on the basis of a mistaken yet accepted pronounciation. Still don't like MacKenzie, though.

[@oigioioivn]

American style doesn't work in Asia. Korea enjoy their best development during a less polarised politics.

[@xMarvin732]

Honestly, i still hope that whoever comes into power next, is able to investigate into the Sewol Ferry disaster.

[@beachybird1251]

This gives me hope to get rid of DT.

[@NoWindNoSunNoPower]

Don’t drink so much alcohol.

[@galacticdino]

Like Peru! 3 presidents in less of a week (2020)

[@Tee95145]

The country is a weird one.

[@WQCAO-w3m]

I know that South Korean presidents are said to be cursed, and they don't end well. Has the current acting president been affected by it as well?

[@Gman-kx9dr]

What would North Korea do? Why are they concerned about it?

[@jayho9609]

They suddenly can’t say a word because a truly crazy person has emerged from the South.

[@hlsylsify]

​@@jayho9609So true. The North Korean leader doesn't behave recklessly.

[@solar6120]

​@@jayho9609😂😂😂

[@hungchoonghow5857]

Even Kim Jung-un is confused.

[@kevinkevin5644]

They are silent now

[@annabelrichardson2970]

All we need now are the 4 Horsemen bolting through the sky.

[@buzz5969]

Up there with that dead dude Jesus?😊

[@deanbrander8460]

“The Republic will be reorganised into….” (Wtf is going on?)

[@luckyyou774]

Samsung S25 Ultra

[@maxavery9963]

Ahh yes, they’re learning from the UK

[@sillybilly8028]

Chaos.

[@celisachoo7900]

Next in line, also looks like same crooked groups. Where are decent ones???

[@김성민-l9m]

Korea is doomed

[@jeongminyoun5388]

Yeah.. i wonder does this count as a threat of liberty? If so i want to apply refugee status to other countries. This place is ruined

[@GrandpaVince]

Vince is a former British ambassador to china and basically what's happening is Godzilla may be reawakening

[@sokiuwu]

1:46 South Korea unlocks one of Minecraft's hardest achievements

[@denkk4282]

Премьер Грузии назвал санкции США наградой за защиту интересов страны Премьер Грузии Ираклий Кобахидзе назвал санкции США, введенные против основателя партии «Грузинская мечта» Бидзины Иванишвили, наградой за защиту интересов страны. p.s. как шутили в мое время в народе - добро пожаловать в клуб.да. это данность. они уже коллективно давно зарвались от собственной безнаказанности. у нас в России в этом случае что то говорят про суп из рыбы на обед...

[@JordanMcCaughey]

BBC got those juicy titles

[@wesleyrodgers886]

Chinese fingers are in this particular pie. 😮😮

[@tuannguyenable]

The crocks started to protect the crocks

[@jessica4170]

박찬대 박지원 민주당 are engaging in civil war politics. The country is in trouble due to civil war politics.Since 문재인 , My self employment went bankrupt of populism .is financially embarrassed.Everyweekend pastor 전광훈 campaign against impeachment at 광화문 (kwang hwa mun) People want to come back the president YOON SUK YEOL .People hope it gets dismissed impeachment for liberal democracy.The media play is harsh.

[@andrew2324g]

Can't wait for another new Season K Drama with this

[@mango-pf4qo]

The acting president refused to appoint Constitutional Court justices properly selected by the National Assembly in accordance with legal procedures. Additionally, the acting president rejected the special prosecutor law, passed by the National Assembly, which was intended to investigate the president's role in the insurrection. Right now, the Korean people have lost trust in the ministers who make up the cabinet. They have either actively participated in or silently enabled the treason committed by a deranged president. The Korean people no longer want ministers or vice ministers who undermine constitutional order. These individuals were not elected by the people-they are opportunists eager to assist a reckless president. They, too, are complicit. But Don't worry, everyone. Korea's constitution is well-designed to handle situations like this, shaped by our history of military dictatorships and numerous declarations of martial law. Currently, the National Assembly is the only institution in Korea with authority granted directly by the people through democratic elections. This crisis will pass soon. It’s just the final hurdle. For reference, according to the prosecution's announcement yesterday, the president ordered special forces and other military personnel to break down doors, use firearms if necessary, and drag out and arrest members of the National Assembly. This included the opposition leader, the Speaker of the National Assembly, and even the ruling party leader who had clashed with the president. The president explicitly commanded them to storm the Assembly immediately, stating, "Even if they pass a resolution to lift martial law, I can just impose it again, once, twice, or as many times as needed. Break down the doors and pull them out right now

[@fandyllic1975]

This doesn’t cause more uncertainty and is eerily similar to France, but almost no news outlets are making the connection. The SK Democratic Party needs to get Yoon out and letting various interim presidents block judge appointments could return Yoon to power.

[@reginaldmorton2162]

The fall is speeding up to a rapid pace...2025 the bubble could really pop..

[@아크나이트유튜브채널]

옛날은 옛날일뿐

[@enriquehartmann8642]

South Korea is pulling an England.

[@ResolverResolver]

The cause and foundation of the problem is italy and France Paris,Rome,Napolitano,Napoli,America, Rome,Taranto,Torino,Sardegna;,,,

[@AzadBus-h1h]

What just happened ? It may sound off topic but I chanced on this cool translator that does everything and more of what a translator should have, name is Immersive Translate and one thing that can really help is it’s new feature, which lets you create a custom AI expert for translating anything. Thank me later, it's gold.

[@lazerblu]

The lettuce must be thinking, Not another one!

[@wisdoms.apreku61]

When you blindly adopt any dogma, a religion, a political system, you become automatons, you seize to grow A philosopher once said