An attempt to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol of South Korea ended in failure on Saturday, prolonging the political upheaval and uncertainty that has roiled the country since his short imposition of martial law this week.
The opposition’s impeachment effort was foiled by the president’s People Power Party, which said shortly before the assembly session that they had agreed to oppose the bill. To impeach, the assembly needed a two-thirds vote from the 300-member assembly, requiring at least eight defections from Yoon’s party.
All but three of the 108 members of Mr. Yoon’s party sat out the vote, which meant the assembly did not have the minimum number of legislators required for the impeachment vote to be valid.Opposition lawmakers stretched out the session for several hours while they urged members of the ruling party to return to the chamber and support the ouster, but ultimately called off the session around 9:20 p.m.Han Dong-hoon, the leader of Mr. Yoon’s party, said earlier in the day that it was impossible for the president to carry out his normal duties, and that he would need to leave office before the end of his term. What that looks like, short of impeachment, he did not specify.
During the day, Mr. Han held closed-door meetings with Prime Minister Han Duck-soo, who would be in line to take over if Mr. Yoon steps down.
On Saturday morning, Mr. Yoon apologized to the South Korean people for the extraordinary move he said was enacted out of “desperation.” Even as he bowed his head in remorse, though, he made no mention of resigning or impeachment, saying he would leave it up to his party.
Outside the National Assembly building, tens of thousands of protesters filled the streets, demanding Mr. Yoon’s ouster well into the night. Even as temperatures dipped below freezing, the protesters were energetic, with crowds singing along to K-pop songs and wielding neon batons.
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South Koreans are waking up. They are realizing that western intervention in their nation has produced dynamics where they are made to hate their own people - the North Koreans. They have seen how the west has done that between China and Taiwan/HK. And elsewhere.
So a large part of South Korea is seeking freedom from the tyranny of the west imposed upon them. They don’t want western sponsored wars - like in Ukraine. They want to coexist with their brothers and sisters on the other side of the border. They can see through the artificial hatred induced by the west based upon ideologies.… Read more
These views are still useful because they are often in line with the narrative which the Party tries to promote – not the one in Moscow, but the one in Beijing
No they’re not. I am sure Xi hates sanctions. And Humanity hopes the U.S. imposed strong sanctions on everything that helps China in its AI, quantum, or space program. Humanity thinks decoupling will be necessary and will help the U.S. And Humanity is of the opinion that the U.S. should not allow EU to move in China’s direction or to have its own defense program. The EU must stay within the U.S. power sphere.
Here is what Humanity doesn’t like: winning by deceit, by creating civil wars, by ideological conflicts, by regime changes, creating terrorist organizations, and by starting unnecessary wars - because all of that leads to suffering of the masses. This formula has failed. We have seen that since post 9/11.
We can do better. In fact we must change. An adversary like China requires a change in strategy.
Not enough support for the coup, but also not enough to be impeached. In no man's land or what?
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Sounds like a despotic dictator, luckily, they’re an ally so no coup cookies will be handed out
Ok now do martial law for real this time
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