Conservative South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol on Tuesday declared an “emergency martial law,” and accused the country’s opposition Democratic Party of sympathizing with North Korea and undermining the rule of law in the nation amid a drive the impeach the fucker, the AP reports.
Yoon vowed to “eradicate pro-North Korean forces and protect the constitutional democratic order,” and to “rebuild and protect the free Republic of Korea, which is falling into the depths of national ruin… I will eliminate anti-state forces as quickly as possible and normalize the country,” while asking citizens to stand with him and tolerate “some inconveniences,” during martial law. Oh fuck.
The leader of Yoon’s own conservative party, Han Dong-hoon, called the decision “wrong” and vowed to “stop it with the people.” Oh extra fuck. Opposition leader Lee Jae-myung, who narrowly lost to Yoon in the 2022 election, called Yoon’s announcement “illegal and unconstitutional.”