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blogslug

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Tue Dec 3, 2024, 11:53 AM Dec 3

Verge reporter Sarah Jeong is on Bluesky, updating the situation in South Korea

She's physically in the country.

https://bsky.app/profile/sarahjeong.bsky.social/post/3lcfxvft4u22g

sarah jeong @sarahjeong.bsky.social

I'm at the National Assembly building. The army is here. And I just saw two soldiers in fatigues getting pushed around by belligerent ajusshis. and they looked legit scared.

December 3, 2024 at 9:39 AM


the soldiers look scared. not the old men.

a lot of riot police have arrived.

the opposition party is here in force and shouting for the president's impeachment

I heard tanks were here but I haven't seen one yet. old men swearing "how dare the military come here"

the crowd is a pretty even mix of young people and the older folks (mostly men) who would have been young during the dictatorship

unidentified man on loudspeaker announced national assembly voted to block martial law. everyone cheered and then the loudspeaker played the worst music imaginable. just the most based korean energy...


Anyway, here's her Bluesky account: https://bsky.app/profile/sarahjeong.bsky.social
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Verge reporter Sarah Jeong is on Bluesky, updating the situation in South Korea (Original Post) blogslug Dec 3 OP
SUMMARY OF THE CRAZY EVENTS IN SOUTH KOREA: LetMyPeopleVote Dec 3 #1

LetMyPeopleVote

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1. SUMMARY OF THE CRAZY EVENTS IN SOUTH KOREA:
Tue Dec 3, 2024, 08:20 PM
Dec 3

This incident is truly strange




1) The president of South Korea expected an impeachment from the opposition.

2) To prevent that, he declared martial law banning all political activity!

3) The Korean army came and closed off the parliament to prevent MPs to come in and vote!

4) Korean MPs climbed over the fence and made their way to the parliament, breaching the block!

5) The special forces tried to storm the parliament, to stop the “political activity”

6) The parliament was as able to vote, and they voted unanimously to lift the martial law and lift all restrictions!

7) The army not know what to do first, decided to abide by the parliament and left!

8) Martial law will remain in place in South Korea until the president issues a decree to lift it.

The president is constitutionally obliged to lift martial law after a decision by parliament.

9) The South Korean president is expected to be arrested and impeached, according to media reports.

-> The opposition and the people won, by sneaking into the parliament and voting!
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