South Korea Coup 2024

[MisterBobbyPin]

Why South Korea's president suddenly declared martial law

Yoon Suk-yeol's move was spurred not by external threats but by his own desperate political troubles.

www.bbc.com

Lasted for around 8 hours I believe. It thankfully failed badly within the first hour and so far I've heard little of anyone actually fighting but this could have badly if the president actually had a brain.

 

[Demon_Skeith]

I saw it in the news, but am I blind but not seeing a reason why martial law was declared?

 

[MisterBobbyPin]

I saw it in the news, but am I blind but not seeing a reason why martial law was declared?

Basically the president accused people of being North Korean spys.

 

[Demon_Skeith]

Basically the president accused people of being North Korean spys.

He lose his mind or something?

 

[MisterBobbyPin]

He lose his mind or something?

Well he's incredibly unpopular so I guess his damn ego couldn't take the hit and tried to take control of the country.

Either that or he got drunk and made a fool of himself.

 

[Demon_Skeith]

Well he's incredibly unpopular so I guess his damn ego couldn't take the hit and tried to take control of the country.

Either that or he got drunk and made a fool of himself.

Sounds like he tried to pull a Putin.

 

[froggyboy604]

Thankfully, there dont seem to be many news reports of many South Korean people getting seriously injured during martial law.

 

[Demon_Skeith]

It did seem mostly peaceful thankfully.

 

[MisterBobbyPin]

It did seem mostly peaceful thankfully.

Yeah the military didn't really seen happy with the president honestly. From what I heard they barely did anything and didn't really attack people.

 

[Dead2009]

They apparently tried to impeach him and failed

MSN

 

[froggyboy604]

I read on the news that a lot of workers at Hyundai Korea plan to go on strike because they want the President to be impeached.

 

[Dead2009]

I read on the news that a lot of workers at Hyundai Korea plan to go on strike because they want the President to be impeached.

They tried. It didnt work.

 

[Demon_Skeith]

Yeah the military didn't really seen happy with the president honestly. From what I heard they barely did anything and didn't really attack people.

I tell people we are screwed if the military ever gets a mind of its own, and they never believe me. This is an example of what I mean lol.

 

[Grungie]

I wonder if Samsung is keeping him in charge

 

[Artisan Vistra]

So I thought this was over something serious. Guess I needed to read at least one news source. On another note, the male population of SK is pretty conservative right now.

 

[Dead2009]

I dunno, declaring martial law seems pretty serious on its own merits