South Korean President declares martial law, accuses opposition | Martial law lifted

[Scandi Red]

Two of their last three Presidents (before this one) were recently in prison for abuse of power and corruption, and the one before that was suspected of bribery when he committed suicide.

Korea is... Korea.

5 families (chaebols) are behind more than 60% of the country's GDP. That's just asking for corrupt politicians.

 

[nimic]

5 families (chaebols) are behind more than 60% of the country's GDP. That's just asking for corrupt politicians.

Yep. It's commendable that they've managed to convict former Presidents of corruption, but probably there's a whole lot of corruption that is being missed.

 

[G3079]

Are they trying to spare Yoon the executioner or prison and instead have him put into a mental asylum, or what's the angle there? No way can they think that reasoning like "he was lonely" or "he wanted to send a message even if he knew the martial law state wouldn't last" does in any way excuse his actions.

 

[George Owen]

5 families (chaebols) are behind more than 60% of the country's GDP. That's just asking for corrupt politicians.

People need to watch the movie "New World" to understand how these korean corporate families operate.

 

[VorZakone]

His party opposes impeachment...

 

[Krakenzero]

His party opposes impeachment...

What's the party's angle here? "yes, our guy declared martial law without telling us and tried to stage a coup trying to stop investigations on his wife's corruption, but the other guy's worse"