South Korea lifts president's martial law decree after lawmakers reject military rule
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The president of South Korea has lifted the martial law he imposed on the country, bending to political pressure after a tense night in which troops surrounded parliament and lawmakers voted to reject military rule.

Summary (updated)

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol declared martial law late Tuesday to counter “anti-state” forces, accusing opposition lawmakers of pro-North Korean sympathies.

Parliament, controlled by the opposition, quickly voted to nullify the declaration, calling it unconstitutional.

Protesters and lawmakers denounced Yoon’s move as authoritarian, echoing South Korea’s pre-democracy era.

Military personnel withdrew following the vote, and Yoon promised to lift martial law after a Cabinet meeting.

Critics warned of democratic backsliding. This marks South Korea’s first martial law declaration since democratization in 1987.

  • doctorskull@lemmy.worldEnglish
    37·
    22 days ago

    Trump would certainly never abuse his power for personal political gain, that’s very true, as long as we ignore * squints at phone * all of the evidence

    • x00z@lemmy.worldEnglish
      222·
      22 days ago

      No. I’m saying the US has no neighboring country threatening them every day and undermining their government.

      If you compare it to the US it would look more like Biden invoking martial law because he thinks Trump is a Russian puppet.

      So Trump threatening with martial law for immigrants (and probably lgbt+ communities) is quite different.

      • catloaf@lemm.eeEnglish
        142·
        21 days ago

        We don’t need geographic neighbors to undermine us when they can do it over the Internet.

        • bamboo@lemm.eeEnglish
          3·
          21 days ago

          Even then I think we’ve been proving a foreign government can fuck up another country from the other side of the world since at least 1492.