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SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol declared martial law late Tuesday, vowing to eliminate “anti-state” forces as he struggles against an opposition that controls the country’s parliament and that he accuses of sympathizing with communist North Korea.

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[–] PlasticLove 19 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

So President Yoon argues he had to do it because they’ve impeached 22 government workers to take, and plan to impeach 10 more?

I know he said it was unprecedented globally to impeach so many, but were they legitimate?

[–] jerakor@startrek.website 10 points 2 weeks ago

I can't find a list of the workers they impeached but it looks like he was stacking the government with New Right folks who wanted to take Korea back to 1940 when it was a part of the Japanese Empire. Seems like a wild take. The impeachments came after a major change in the parliamentary makeup shifted power away from him drastically.