{"id":43724,"date":"2024-12-11T03:19:42","date_gmt":"2024-12-11T03:19:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/?p=43724"},"modified":"2024-12-11T03:20:16","modified_gmt":"2024-12-11T03:20:16","slug":"n-korea-mocks-dictator-yoons-insane-martial-law-try","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/?p=43724","title":{"rendered":"N Korea mocks ‘dictator’ Yoon’s ‘insane’ martial law try"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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North Korea has responded to South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol’s failed attempt to impose martial law, likening it to a military coup, and accusing him of running a fascist dictatorship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yoon made the shock declaration last week<\/a>, accusing North Korea sympathisers of trying to undermine his government. His political future is still uncertain, with members of his own party so far refusing to impeach him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In an article on page six of its state newspaper Rodong Sinmun on Wednesday, North Korea described Yoon’s decision as “insane”, and likened his behaviour to that of past military dictators.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“He brazenly brandished guns at his own people,” the article stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The developments have “revealed the weakness in South Korean society, that Yoon’s sudden martial law declaration is an expression of desperation, and that Yoon’s political life can end early”, it read.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The article on Rodong Sinmum had photos of the protests in Seoul, including those of young South Koreans carrying banners and K-pop light sticks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yoon’s short-lived martial law<\/a> plunged the country into political turmoil. He remains in office but has been banned from leaving the country while being investigated for treason. Though it is unclear what, if any, authority he still has.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There were fears North Korea might choose to exploit this crisis, and provoke Seoul, while there are doubts over the President’s command of his army.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

An attempt to impeach the President over the weekend had failed, after Yoon’s ruling People Power Party chose to boycott the anonymous vote<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But the opposition Democratic Party, which holds the majority in parliament, has vowed to keep trying to impeach Yoon, with another vote expected on Saturday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It needs at least eight members of Yoon’s party to cross over and vote to impeach the president with a two-thirds majority of the 300-seat parliament.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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