Asian Political Junkie here with the second and hopefully last update on the martial law/coup attempt situation in South Korea.
As you may have already heard, the President has revoked martial law (full statement).
The Prime Minister’s Office said the Cabinet voted to pass the withdrawal motion at 4:30 a.m. Earlier at 1:01 a.m., a total of 190 attending lawmakers, including 18 ruling party members, had unanimously voted against Yoon’s decision, as citizens flocked in front of the Assembly to protest the martial law, some calling on the president’s impeachment. Police barricaded the gate of the Assembly as martial law forces entered the main parliament building, causing chaotic scene against protesting officials.
Due to getting blown the fuck out 190-0, everybody has resigned in shame and they’re going to begin impeaching Yoon Suk Yeol.
Presidential Chief of Staff Jeong Jin-seok and all senior presidential secretaries resigned. https://t.co/fZM4SW5oAl
— The Blue Roof (@BluRoofPolitics) December 4, 2024
Opposition parties, including the Democratic Party of Korea, hinted at proceeding with an immediate impeachment of President Yoon Suk Yeol shortly after he agreed to the parliament's request to lift martial law.https://t.co/025bd8ka6b
— The Korea Herald 코리아헤럴드 (@TheKoreaHerald) December 3, 2024
The protests are going to be massive.
As far as the entertainment industry goes (relevant to the blog!), it seems while some events have been cancelled or postponed in the short-term, most will go on as the rest of this unfolds.
Again, hopefully this is the end (on this site at least).
2024/12/04 1:00 (KST) https://t.co/VaxIv9XNQ8
— Asian Junkie (@asianjunkiecom) December 4, 2024
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🎶 National Assembly – (First) https://t.co/Zgp2KC6tL3 pic.twitter.com/00KO8HuTkr
Korean netizens have been saying the popular and successful movie “12.12: The Day” was actually a documentary of Yoon’s martial law attempt. Now, there’s even a movie poster pic.twitter.com/NIaSxA35UQ
— Joseph Kim (@josungkim) December 3, 2024
Bluesky is getting there with the shitposts, ngl. https://t.co/W99j4iLyTe pic.twitter.com/DBKE1fxauv
— Asian Junkie (@asianjunkiecom) December 4, 2024