Why South Korea's president has actually declared martial law | DW News

[@ProbableCauseBluesBand]

It’s like the whole world is coming unwound. All these world leaders are losing their minds.

[@IdkDropTopLee]

Till they push people past the breaking point it's going to keep happening and get worse

[@SamWilkinsonn]

-It’s like- the whole world is coming unwound. (Fixed it)

[@IdkDropTopLee]

@SamWilkinsonn yeah evil people are in control...for now.

[@sharp_focus]

Trump: "hold my beer". We'll see

[@TheKrouton]

The world is returning to it's more typical state. The U.S. lead order of the post-Cold War era was an anomaly that is coming to an end. The greatest crisis in the near 21st century will be U.S. withdrawal, not U.S. intervention.

[@w87g8765]

Bro woke up and thought this is 1960

[@salam-sl9ob]

😂

[@rhy45bianchi31]

Bro confused the north with the south

[@Onglie]

Why though 😂

[@Dasistrite]

@Dante9Circles Kinda based?

[@Bruce-kx5ku]

@@rhy45bianchi31not really a good comment since he said the martial law, (which he had the power to invoke, and the parliament had the power to revoke, which he then lifted) is legal and constitutional. he claimed the reason was to protect from north korean sympathetic forces. it is not impossible that north korea had a long con gameplan to get their people into office and take over south korea. if that is the case his martial law order is probably necessary. It may even be necessary to continue a special operation to capture. north korean spies within south korean government. if north korea were to take over the south its dangerous fpr the entire world.

[@olganelson2812]

"I am declaring Marshall Law to protect freedom" Worst oxymoron ever.

[@ChalrieD]

@@olganelson2812 like palpating from Star Wars.

[@torokun]

Do you even know the reasons?

[@TheCool_Guy23]

It's actually classic authoritarian speak, straight out of 1984

[@331SVTCobra]

"Martial", not "Marshall"

[@Taecoconut]

@@torokunhe was losing power and was most likely going to get overthrown/impeached cos of some of the stuff he’s done. This was a desperate move from a desperate man

[@Jason-io9zg]

Due to Gallup, only 17% SK peoplo support him while 72% want him to step down.

[@jstandards766]

Link please?! Would love to see this stat and share!! 🤙🤙👍

[@Jason-io9zg]

@@jstandards766 Google "Gallup: Yoon's Approval Rating Hits Fresh Low of 17%"

[@KsenijaHajdu-x3g]

Če ga vojska podpira ima večjo moč!

[@torokun]

You quoted them wrong. That’s an approval rate. It’s not saying 70some % of people are for impeachment. It might change after this martial law stunt though…

[@jovandjuric8102]

Koreans want a unified Korea without foreign soldiers and a president who fulfills NATOs wishes.

[@medusa-j3s]

As a Korean, sharing some context President Yoon, a former prosecutor general, leveraged his control over the prosecution in an attempt to politically eliminate the opposition party leader, who commands a two-thirds majority in Congress. However, his efforts failed, leaving him increasingly isolated, In a last-ditch attempt to retain power, he resorted to declaring martial law, This drastic measure also aimed to deflect attention from mounting corruption scandals involving himself, his family, and his inner circle, Allegations include the First Lady's bribery (luxury handbags and etc), stock manipulation, land speculation, the suppression of investigations into drug smuggling and more.

[@javier.alvarez764]

Bruh all your Presidents are corrupt, have history of bribery, impeachment, or imprisonment. Your country is a failed nation.

[@coom07]

How do you rate the S. Korean special military unit from 1-10 when it comes to handling the situation and the way they threat the civilians around them? It amazes me how quiet they were around all the civilians. Can you shed some light 🕯️ 🙏

[@nino88881]

Thank you for the info.

[@박찬우-k5p5d]

Also, dont forget the said opposition leader makes Yoon's corruption look like child's play in comparison, which is why Yoon was able to beat him in election in the first place. He killed more than 7 people to cover up his tracks, and should be in jail instead of parading as a hero against Yoon's martial law. Its wild that Lee is still the opposition party leader

[@Student17625]

​@@coom07 Their FBI works for people not like USA where they act like they follow a dictator not a democratically elected president

[@JRJdo]

Controlling the media and sending the military to Congress to get a budget passed. Genius move🙄

[@DaniMagnes]

He went Senator Palpatine.

[@roberttroutman7651]

Joe Biden's Rulebook.

[@Nononomoke]

@@roberttroutman7651 When did Biden declared martial law? I'm only aware of Trump trying to declare it after he lost the election. His circle suggested to seize control of poll stations in key swing states that flipped to Biden.

[@LeeFelix-t4q]

​@@roberttroutman7651ever heard of January sixth?

[@ResetIncoming]

Cry me a river

[@neofulcrum5013]

Did not see this in my bingo card either

[@pacepicante6952]

2024 has been a banger for sure.

[@shivakipunia]

The entire year has been out of my bingo card😂 one after another

[@ClimaxChainsaw]

Next year is going to be insane

[@HansChucrute88]

​@@pacepicante6952not 2020 but almost as crazy

[@syq8888]

He sent the entire country into a tail spin, destabilised the region, fear and anxiety for the citizens. All these for his political motivation. He needs to go.

[@Woeisme2]

Thanks God the liberals hold the majority in the government to stop this nonsense. We won't have that for the first 2 years under Trump since repugs control all chambers.

[@b1ngnx33]

North Korea is LAUGHING AT THIS FOOL!!!!!’

[@maximusvaliant8597]

Ivan account obviously

[@okman9684]

​@@maximusvaliant8597bro thinks everyone is a Russian spy

[@samueljohannes4354]

😂😂😂😂

[@Xi_Jinping_is_Pooh]

Nah, you can't really laugh when you are hungry.

[@nambasasarah2725]

He wants to fight nk

[@koonehkun6404]

Sleeping through all this and waking up to this news is crazy. "The president did WHAT?!" -Random Korean

[@thekingsheiress5924]

true 😂

[@Chanel2424-v9d]

Didn’t last long….. It was voted down 190-0 and the Military already withdrew…

[@donacantillo]

THANK GOD and SANE SOUTH KOREANS

[@trava4156]

Is this true?

[@WhiteParrot-x1f]

@@trava4156 true

[@stephendueker9006]

Sunday it will happen again. He fired all ministers that opposed him. Just watch!

[@HerbertWingfield]

Bro woke up and chose Martial Law...

[@daniellowry660]

Dude is asking for the Ceaușescu treatment

[@user-Kova15]

He’s not a communist though

[@daniellowry660]

@user-Kova15 it's not a party specific ending

[@okzoomer5728]

Attempted coup.

[@luis_discovery]

2024 and the only equipment the reporter has is a phone with crappy signal.

[@callamastia]

he’s in a 3rd world military dictatorship lol

[@Casiotron74]

Samsung drools iPhone rules

[@pacepicante6952]

@@Casiotron74 lol have fun paying for your earbud lanyards

[@NootNootMdf]

Have fun charging and using earphones at the same time and a durable screen! Oh wait! I forgot you use iphone lol

[@Siranoxz]

Craziness man, a lot of craziness.

[@creatura_orbis_centuria]

Hmmm have you run a Chat group between you and your wife?

[@SchmerzUndFeuer]

Worry about your own country's craziness.

[@billymadison8574]

​@@SchmerzUndFeuer Maybe just go outside bro

[@stinkymccheese8010]

How exactly is he justifying this?

[@ChalrieD]

Yeah wha’ts the budget issue? Love how the news doesn’t let us know what this is all about but instead just talks up North Korean plot in lieu of opposition party plot.

[@Xi_Jinping_is_Pooh]

@@ChalrieD They just reported it as is. Saying something else will just be opinions, even if it turns out to be true later.

[@maximusvaliant8597]

none of your business Ivan

[@AntoineWilliams7118]

His bank account is full with money from China. That’s all the justification needed

[@AlacrityTW]

​@@ChalrieD he just doesn't want to be charged with corruption he and his wife were involved in

[@bradowen8862]

This is absurd

[@billymadison8574]

Outrageous, even 🧐

[@TuxBearlux]

North Korea Secret Agent 007 ... Mission Accomplished

[@krasenyanakiev705]

More likely russian 007, since SK announced they could deliver weapons to Ukraine, after NK troops joined the russians. Putin and probably Xi are activating all manchurian candidates they have in their pocket

[@gigibenea3529]

😂😂😂

[@킴킴버리]

+ China

[@icingcake]

Fr 🤦🏻‍♀️

[@yuluoxianjun]

😂democracy party try not to blame communism failed again

[@JanBruunAndersen]

What I noticed in this report was a total lack of legal analysis of the situation. So the President declared martial law. What does the South Korean Constitution say about this? Why and when can the President declare martial law? For how long? Will he need to have the decision confirmed after 3 months? 100 days? How can the Parliament intervene? When? Does it require 3/4 of the votes to do so?

[@mimikrya8794]

It seems that martial law has been declared on DW as well 😂

[@kennarajora6532]

They discussed parliament intervening. They talked about the National Assembly vetoing the martial law which the president imposed, which they have a right to do constitutionally. Not sure why they didn't talk about the other points you brought up though. I agree, it lacks a lot of legal analysis.

[@uncommon_name9337]

You mean there's no constitutional safeguards against abuse ?

[@Isl33p]

Parliament can vote to remove martial law with a simple majority, and the president cannot veto it.

[@garylee7528]

​@uncommon_name9337 There actually is. So when the half of members of the national assembly passes the resolution to prevent from this kinda abused law, the president must comply with the resolution, which has been made early in the morning. Currently, there is no further action what he actually can but we will see what happens next

[@hslee3583]

Because there were people among the police commanders who opposed it, the lawmakers were able to enter, and because the military commanders did not agree with each other, the lawmakers were able to vote.

[@331SVTCobra]

The population should always demand that a wannabe dictator resign from office. ... even if the wannabe dictator promises he will only be a dictator for a day. If he really tries that, then protest till he's gone.

[@speakupyt4900]

Pro-North Korea anti-state forces??? Lol ✔Yoon Seok-yeol's declaration of martial law is a completely false pretext! He is fabricating a ridiculous pro-North Korea anti-state force that does not exist outside of his own delusions to cover up his crimes, wife, and impeachment. ✔I am Korean~80% of the people have been protesting against the impeachment and resignation of President Yoon for the past year because he and his wife are involved in numerous corruptions and are exercising dictatorial power, The majority of Korean people 'DESPISE'' this immature and incompetent president and are trying to remove the president who is corrupting the advanced country of Korea!!!

[@Caeruleum_girl]

I really have to say it is quite devastating to see, not only in this comment section but also in other videos / live streams regarding the situation in South Korea, how many people don't understand the seriousness about this situation, and clearly don't understand what is going on in north korea and south korea and what happend in the past....so many trolls it is quite disappointing how many people don't take this serious...

[@olganelson2812]

Taking this very seriously, praying for South Korea 🙏.

[@debjh8983]

Unfortunately people are so uneducated! This could easily be the aUnited States in a few months! Elect someone into power who may be corrupt and see what they can do in a matter of hours! Wake up America!

[@callamastia]

@@Caeruleum_girl no more or less serious than ukraine, or gaza, or syria, or lebanon, or sudan, or georgia. ww3 already started but people just too scared to get it over with and it’s really annoying.

[@carlosmunoz3089]

how can they understand when u explained nothing?

[@Kalas4321]

Sorry US is more serious..

[@donnyleeisfree]

United States - This is a test run.

[@ariesaraya1822]

The US is going through something much worse. A complete ripping up of legal governance by the incoming administration.

[@pacepicante6952]

would never happen Trump is much too smart

[@michaeldwyer9656]

Ha?

[@GatorNick]

You're off your rocker if you think so.

[@yuluoxianjun]

😂trump tried same,but he won

[@kayskreed]

What was the president's strategy in doing this I wonder.

[@AntoineWilliams7118]

China

[@Heighdaro]

To keep his wife out of prison

[@mafloramontoya2813]

😢😢😢

[@Helania12]

@@AntoineWilliams7118Not everything is China. They surely are not unhappy with the news but this was a rushed coup attempt by a person that only has an approval rating of 17%.

[@billymadison8574]

Well, while this chaos ensued, 55 tons of the Bank of Korea's gold reserve was quietly smuggled onto the president's wife's fleet of yachts. He Oceans Eleven'd a whole country

[@tenone7726]

South Korea getting more points in democracy Index. Good for them.

[@YellewBhee]

True Korea…reunification

[@Xi_Jinping_is_Pooh]

Yup. Hungry North Koreans should embrace democracy. Being stuck in 1900s is not good for them.

[@samueljohannes4354]

Indeed

[@mercedeswolf9473]

Without the kim.

[@eddieaie7]

Chairman Kim : nuh uhh

[@sfguzmani]

That's no longer a possibility.

[@dominus.8923]

Thanks Sir but be careful with tve.

[@ethimself5064]

What is - tve?

[@Azad_ca]

Poor guy probably saw a nightmare while taking a nap and immediately acted on it

[@yuneifique]

Nah, I am pretty sure he was shitfaced.

[@SaddamHossain-td1lc]

Democracy become overloop by when dictator come by election.

[@zeusprophet7305]

Electoral politics create totalitarianism.

[@yuluoxianjun]

every dictatorship is voted out by people,including every facist

[@FloridaMan-q2h]

I don’t know anything about Korean politics but this sounds like the dumbest power-play ever when your own party and people turn on you

[@SengpoSatbang]

Yoon: "I declare martial law to protect SK from dictatorship.. except if the dictator is myself"

[@Deconblues2379]

I've been studying this matter for over a year. While I can't explain every reason in detail, here are the key points: he feels threatened about losing power and is trying to prevent his wife from going to prison. Other than that many of us find him guilty in - Media manipulation - Responsibility evasion for Itaewon tragedy - Stock market manipulation - Preferential treatment in Seoul-Yangpyeong Highway route change - Kim Keon-hee's luxury goods scandal and anti-corruption violations - Corruption in presidential office and residence construction - Abuse of legislative veto power - Suppression of Marine Corporal Chae’s case investigation - Interference in customs drug investigations - Party nomination manipulation - Civilian involvement in national administration - Misconduct in industrial complex site selection - Illegal polling and political funding violations - Abuse of executive orders undermining the National Assembly - Denial of Korean Provisional Government legitimacy - Historical distortion - Support for Japan's Fukushima water release - Allowed Sado Mine's UNESCO listing.. There are more but these are main points.. He does not have right people around him to advise him what is good things to do because nobody wants to work with him due to his toxic alpha male attitude.

[@kennarajora6532]

What's the Sado Mine UNESCO listing and why is that controversial?

[@jaek8029]

@@kennarajora6532 Basically, politically left leaning people don't want Japan to list Sado Mine as a UNESCO site due to historical issues with Japan. I'm sure some right wingers and normal people oppose it too, but usually it's almost always the left. Just know, South Korea is basically divided into: Pro-USA Pro-China/Russia/NK Pro-Japan Anti-USA Anti-China/Russia/NK Anti-Japan And people who don't care about any of these things.

[@Deconblues2379]

​@@kennarajora6532 It fails to acknowledge the forced labour of around 2,000 Koreans during Japan's colonial era, as Japan has not appropriately recognised this history. for example, they describe the Korean miners as workers who came voluntarily to earn money, when in reality, they were forced to labour under horrible conditions. Families of victims and many of us are also disappointed with the Korean government’s lack of strong opposition to the listing of UNESCO.

[@buzztheblocker89]

Thanks! I'm unaware of what's going on and everything so far is just "he declared martial law" and not the lead up or legality of the action.

[@jellekastelein7316]

See now this is helpful. Why is this context so hard to find in the western media sphere?

[@taxibaanyoutube9156]

'The atack on my life has left me scarred and deformed.' - Emperor Sheev Palpetine,

[@JJJJJ-123-m3f]

I'm Korean, but I feel sorry for the soldiers. I also apologized.

[@schiang]

No need for apologies. Take a good rest. You people had a rough day.

[@AbhimanyuGuleria-f7v]

Did he take permission from Samsung😅😅😅

[@DaniMagnes]

you guys obviously don't know much about SK other than what you hear on TV. The country has a long history of martial law, coups, consecutive presidents being impeached and sent to jail one after another, military junta lead governments, right wing dictators, dissidents being rounded up by the military at night never to be heard of again. They are basically the Thailand, Pakistan and Turkey of North East Asia. The country is ungovernable. A few years ago they had consecutive presidents being impeached and sent to jail one after another. They even sent one of the princes of the Samsung family to jail. Watch this president being impeached and him and his wife ending up in jail. The next president after him is going to have the same fate too. That is SK, a very developed country that looks really well maintained and stable in the surface but is very unstable and very unpredictable. This is what happens when you have a country that had almost 1000 years of monarchy while being run by a merit based civil servant administration and then you switch to a political system of liberal democracy where leaders get chosen by the people through a popularity contest.

[@stephenprice5882]

Completely agree. This is fundamentally the problem. Where you from? Very insightful

[@KS-es5fc]

But all those incidents unlike in Thailand, Turkey, Parkistan happend more than 40 years ago except the impeachment and imprisonment of former presidents. And the impeachment and legal punishments of the past presidents all took place without any violence or significant political instability. I think that's more of a sign of political and institutional stability

[@real_ty03]

Everything is agreeable beside that thai turkey parkistan comparison. Sk is well out of their league in many different aspects.

[@авс-ф4й]

It was resolved peacefully within 6 hours. This is democracy. Democracy is alive.

[@alohatigers1199]

Democracy destroys the Middle East. Never forget what happened to Libya. Their situation is so bad. Gaddafi saved Libya. Westerners come in and destroy it.

[@loelds4817]

South koreans went to bed in a democracy and almost woke up in a dictatorship.

[@user-Kova15]

Democracy doesn’t work

[@0MG.N0]

Seeing this, I realised I'd totally expect such a move in the US, but never in a place like South Korea...

[@Nathan-jh1ho]

Really? This just shows uneducated you are. SK has had mutiple coups, and military dicatorships. But I guess you've been brainwashed into thinking J6 is more of a coup

[@DaniMagnes]

you obviously don't know much about SK other than what you hear on TV. The country has a long history of martial law, coups, consecutive presidents being impeached and sent to jail one after another, military junta lead governments, right wing dictators, dissidents being rounded up by the military at night never to be heard of again. They are basically the Thailand, Pakistan and Turkey of North East Asia. The country is ungovernable. A few years ago they had consecutive presidents being impeached and sent to jail one after another. They even sent one of the princes of the Samsung family to jail. Watch this president being impeached and him and his wife ending up in jail. The next president after him is going to have the same fate too. That is SK, a very developed country that looks really well maintained and stable in the surface but is very unstable and very unpredictable.

[@cellgeist6889]

@@DaniMagnes Both South Korea political parties give me no hope. Some of the decisions and things they say is just mind boggling. They need to start finding the middle ground and stabilize their views before their country really collapses even faster.

[@KS-es5fc]

It is really just an individual idiocy - the attempt collapsed in 90 minutes and it was supposed to be shock move announced past midnight. How could an intelligent, sane person attempt such a comic coup?

[@bryantan492]

That has got to be one of the dumbest move done by a smart person. What happens now? He gets arrested and his legacy tarsnished even further. Its over for him

[@hritik25m19]

CIA behind this

[@carmenlove78]

Freedom only

[@crushnevnikita8575]

North korea is being popular now.. 😂

[@Xi_Jinping_is_Pooh]

Popular 1900's reenactment.

[@jorgej5916]

The real -take-away in the recent FAILED South Korea's Martial Law incident is that PEOPLE of the State should not easily let the government control them rather the PEOPLE should be telling what the government what to do Praises and Bravery to the South Korean Citizens for stand up and coming out in the street to do their part stopping the Tyranny and good job on the Military not taking one step further to their brothers and sisters protesting......... The develop world should learn from this.

[@mjK-q5g]

비상 계엄 해제했다

[@RooneyMac]

Lol y'all been claiming that all day, but we ain't seen it lifted 🤣

[@MariaMaria-jr8cc]

Just announcing it is a huge mistake...a funny country...

[@Gadl-pq5ey]

Marshmallow Law

[@Judy_Haejung_Jung]

😂😂😂

[@Geniemagiclamp]

What a shame…

[@viralone6010]

Not a shame.

[@ShivamSingh-nq8iq]

Democracy at peak ❤

[@claudettes9697]

Thank you! Because no one is talking about this! Holy moly! 😮

[@Redcliff123]

This could jeopardise my Christmas holiday season in SK.

[@tomsriver2838]

Why? Yes, the theme will be a bit different: instead of red and white, it will be camouflage. Other than that...

[@skodamann]

nobody cares

[@SchmerzUndFeuer]

Like the world revolves around your holiday season.

[@yuluoxianjun]

😂now try travel to china

[@Eleazar888]

Thank you. Its about 8 votes away from impeachment. Votes Needed from yoon's party. 10 of them voted against martial law. But is uncertain if they will also vote for impeachment. I want to see if the president will resign with dignity or will just wait for impeachment. Based on his moves. The latter seems more likely. What are your thoughts?

[@gheorghefalcaru]

No problems Kim will show you! where the cabinet should be

[@hugokim2244]

With the exception of people in certain regions, 80 percent of S.Koreans are concerned about his dictatorship and extreme right.

[@michaelnuttall5896]

Are 80% of the people living in the cities?

[@jaek8029]

South Koreans better wake tf up before their economy collapses even further.

[@patrickkaiserliew3691]

The president has officially made himself a clown.

[@yesufeshetie2098]

Let as ask why the media keep silent until the peoples anger boils over and now reporting the regime panicking to survive

[@funghi2606]

?

[@major_kukri2430]

?

[@shieh.4743]

The government of South Korea isn't a "regime". It is a, ostensibly and until this week, a full democracy with elected officials. Martial law is an outrage.

[@mashucha]

What?

[@catc8927]

I am sad that the world seems to have taken the peace and prosperity brought by democracy for granted, not even 100 years after people around the world united to defeat authoritarianism in WWII. You’d think that the huge difference in prosperity and human flourishing between the two Koreas would be the best example of why democracy is the best form of government we’ve found so far. I hope martial law is revoked and the rights of all Korean citizens are restored, including the right to hold former leaders to account for their corruption in the justice system.

[@kennarajora6532]

I'm sorry but this comment's really pushing my buttons the wrong way. "I am sad that the world seems to have taken the peace and prosperity brought by democracy for granted" The 'world'? What world are you referring to? Most of the world is still undemocratic. They never took anything for granted. "100 years after people around the world united to defeat authoritarianism in WWII" 80 years not 100 and it wasn't against authoritarianism, it was against fascism, which is a strain of authoritarianism but they aren't the same thing. Fascism combined authoritarianism with militarism, social conservatism, ultranationalism, capitalism with state-interventionism, strong man leadership and an ideology which believes in a national social hierarchy (among other things). It's usually also territorially expansionist and seeks to invade other nations. WWII wasn't fought against authoritarianism because a lot of the allies at the time were authoritarian (the Soviet Union was an authoritarian dictatorship under Stalin, China was too but under Chiang, some of the other allies were monarchies, etc). "You’d think that the huge difference in prosperity and human flourishing between the two Koreas would be the best example of why democracy is the best form of government we’ve found so far." South Korea's economic boom started in the 80s when it was still a military dictatorship under Chun. Democratisation occurred after the economy flourished, not the other way around. South Korea isn't in this situation because the people could no longer see how great democracy is, it's in this situation because some guy appears to want to get out of the consequences of his own bad leadership. "I hope martial law is revoked and the rights of all Korean citizens are restored, including the right to hold former leaders to account for their corruption in the justice system. " That I agree with.

[@somerandomfella]

This is very dangerous. Remember when Russia said it needed to denazzify?

[@Meem_Begorski]

There is no martial law in Russia? Actually there is but only in 4 new regions

[@shimazutakuma1031]

Martial Law for what? To deflect all the hate his wife was getting towards him? What ?

[@bubb-ht6hh]

Endless Lunacy

[@NestorAvance]

Good day! Many political strategists might take advantage of conflicts so to gain more power by revealing true identities or political influences. They can tell the reaction of whoever fell prey to anxiety. God bless!

[@AndresNostos]

Terrible timing, considering how the North is emboldened by Russian support.

[@n_asmo]

What does this have to do with anything?

[@gtaraya]

The Zelenskyy curse struck again. SUNAK, BIDEN, SCHOLZ, YOON

[@andyyyj731]

Oh, is his wife the one who was caught on cam regarding a luxury bag?

[@badazzmaro]

I didn't know I needed to hear the words shouting slogans in a German accent until now @1:22

[@TheBebel10]

0:55 TV Host had the same face as we all did after hearing the President's reasons for Martial Law.

[@VeronicaCelaya-xe6fb]

Indeed. Nonsense.

[@williammartin1954]

Military and the President.. do not see eye to eye..... Political Career................ZERO

[@uoohknk6881]

All the "first world countries" are in turmoil. Izzy, South Korea, Canada, Europe

[@theox73]

even a 3rd world country like the banana republic philippines is in chaos.

[@rokko_fable]

What is the common denominator?

[@uoohknk6881]

@@rokko_fable ?

[@rokko_fable]

@@uoohknk6881 all of these independent countries didn’t suddenly to decide to ruin themselves via the same methods, at the same time. The “leaders” are merely puppets

[@sylvierenaud2435]

This is so confusing.

[@workinbirthcanal]

Exactly what he did in hindsight

[@ihorperec4990]

Judging by the numerous comments from Russian trolls making fun of the South Korean president, Moscow c,early supports the opposition in South Korean parliament. I wonder why.

[@Gingerhead29]

i didnt expect this from South Korea

[@MrSensei007]

Democracy rank 21!😂😂

[@Fatboy53]

All them beautiful women and food just turn on the k pop get up n dance

[@Mlmv266]

I pray for calm in SK right now .

[@mockingbird542]

A country that is always in difficulty,

[@echooscar5241]

Free watermellon

[@EuroTravChannel]

Will her beauty Kim Keon Hee declare herself empress of South Korea?

[@lindafarrell8250]

My American grandson is in the army and is deployed there,I hope he is safe!

[@YOBAN-K]

As a Korean, I'm so ashamed

[@cashed-out2192]

Why is there "grave concern?" and what could this all lead to?

[@big.atom37]

What's interesting is that the US instead of condemning the attempted coup only expressed concerns. It seems that Americans at least did not oppose this if not backed it directly

[@vishalramesh2307]

there was an alleged movie in US made stating martial law will be in effect in future and that director died unnaturally... this was in 2015

[@araara4746]

Declaring martial law because of budget cuts is simply beyond my imagination.

[@jayjayomalin6037]

He better learn first from Ferdinand Marcos on how to declare martial law. Haha. Kidding aside. 😂

[@btspavedthewaythefact157]

Korea divided teo because of USA Russia Japan Never forget it!! South Koreans are smart educated people , active for policy They never let happen

[@Epicuregarden]

Background music playing Shin Jung-Hyunn's song "Beautiful Rivers and Mountains".

[@rainbowtractor]

Brother tried to pull an Order 66

[@akiru300]

I wil remove your freedom to protect it What??

[@Prem-f4p6i]

Definition of complete democracy from the western point of view 😮

[@vladzîîîî]

Plot twist : he's trying to catch Johnny Somali

[@mumarvillariasa]

1.what if someone told the president there’s a coup/terrorist coming and declaring martial law is to be done. 2.what if someone is boycotting the president to make him impeached by telling him to declare martial law because there’s a coup/terrorist coming.

[@BelloAlhassan-p4t]

Warmongers !!! .

[@restushlogic5794]

So sad that 81% foregn that planning to take new year holiday in SK are cancelling.

[@rachlync]

What is happening? I can’t wrap my head around this. Thank goodness the interviewer asked what the forces were. Communist forces, where? Are they in the room with us Mr. President?

[@gigibenea3529]

This is not the guy who sang for Biden😂😂😂?

[@susanthomas5445]

I think it is.

[@callamastia]

the true face of western “democracy”

[@todd-617]

It happens when you elect a dictator

[@rs1357]

@@todd-617 how could "dEmOcRaCY" elect a dictator then😂

[@RalphDavis-qk2xy]

Go to North Korea, and enjoy your freedoms.

[@DetectiveRackham]

Both Trump and Putin were elected…

[@DSan-kl2yc]

No it's not. that's nonsense.

[@An_dong_ni_]

Good evening Charon

[@destructive_bringer9672]

Local police infiltrated a bit too much