South Korea crisis live: President Yoon faces impeachment calls amid martial law outcry | South Korea

4 Aralık 2024, 07:28 yayınlandı

Even Yoon’s own aides have offered to resign “en masse”.

Yoon’s martial law order included a six-point decree that banned political activities and parties, “false propaganda”, strikes and “gatherings that incite social unrest”. The order also brought all media outlets under the authority of martial law and directed all medical staff, including striking doctors, to return to work within 48 hours.

The move was met with vociferous condemnation and widely defied. Despite the deployment of helicopters on the roof of the parliament building, 190 lawmakers managed to enter the building and proceeded to unanimously vote to reject Yoon’s declaration and call for martial law to be lifted. On the streets, hundreds protested, and chanted for the president to be arrested.

To successfully impeach Yoon, a two-thirds majority is required in the legislature.

Opposition parties together control 192 of the 300 seats in the national assembly, so would need lawmakers from Yoon’s own party to join them.

This the first time that martial law has been declared in South Korea in more than four decades, alarming allies. The United States, which stations nearly 30,000 troops in South Korea to protect it from the nuclear-armed North, initially voiced deep concern at the declaration, then relief that martial law was over. The UK Foreign Office’s minister for the Indo-Pacific, Catherine West, issued a statement, calling for “a peaceful resolution to the situation, in accordance with the law and the constitution of the Republic of Korea”.

To many watching from outside, the sudden political chaos appears to have come out of nowhere. But inside South Korea, Democratic party lawmaker Kim Min-seok had warned in recent months that Yoon was gearing up to declare martial law. Korea analysts say concerns had grown after several key military positions, related to defence, counterintelligence, and information on North Korea had been filled by individuals who graduated from the same school as the president. Opposition figures such as Kim suggested these figures could play a critical role in enforcing martial law in a contingency.

Bu içerikte, Güney Kore Devlet Başkanı Yoon’un yardımcılarının toplu olarak istifa etmeyi teklif ettikleri belirtilmektedir. Yoon’un sıkıyönetim kararnamesi altı maddeden oluşmaktadır ve siyasi faaliyetleri ve partileri, “yanlış propaganda”, grevleri ve “toplumsal huzursuzluğa neden olan toplantıları” yasaklamaktadır. Kararname ayrıca tüm medya kuruluşlarını sıkıyönetim yetkisi altına almakta ve tüm sağlık personelini, grev yapan doktorlar da dahil olmak üzere, 48 saat içinde işbaşına dönmeye yönlendirmektedir. Bu adım yoğun kınama ve geniş çapta ihlal ile karşılanmıştır. Güney Kore’de sıkıyönetim ilan edilmesi son 40 yılda bir ilk olup, müttefikleri endişeye sevk etmiştir. ABD, yaklaşık 30.000 askerini Güney Kore’de konuşlandırmakta ve nükleer silahlı Kuzey Kore’den korumaktadır. İngiltere Dışişleri Bakanlığı’nın Hint-Pasifik Bölgesi Bakanı Catherine West, Güney Kore’deki olaylara ilişkin bir açıklama yapmış ve “Güney Kore Cumhuriyeti yasaları ve anayasası çerçevesinde durumun barışçıl bir şekilde çözülmesini” istediğini belirtmiştir. Güney Kore dışından olayları izleyenler için ani siyasi kaosun nereden geldiği anlaşılamamaktadır. Ancak Güney Kore Demokrat Partisi milletvekili Kim Min-seok, son aylarda Yoon’un sıkıyönetim ilanı yapmaya hazırlandığını uyardı. Kore analistlere göre, endişeler, başkanla aynı okuldan mezun olan kritik askeri pozisyonların, savunma, karşı istihbarat ve Kuzey Kore ile ilgili bilgilerin bazı kişiler tarafından doldurulmuş olmasından sonra artmıştı. Kim gibi muhalefet figürleri, bu kişilerin bir kriz durumunda sıkıyönetimi uygulamada kritik bir rol oynayabileceğini öne sürdü. Bu içerikte, içerik açıklaması oluşturulması gerekmektedir. İçeriğin özeti, konusu ve amacı hakkında bilgi veren kısa bir açıklama metni yazılmalıdır. Bu açıklama, okuyuculara içeriğin neyle ilgili olduğunu anlatarak onları içeriğe yönlendirmelidir. Ayrıca içerik açıklaması, içeriğin hedef kitlesi ve sunulan değerler gibi detayları da içerebilir. Özetle, içerik açıklaması içeriğin özünü ve önemli noktalarını vurgulayan kısa bir metin olmalıdır.
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Key events

A history of martial law and coups in South Korea

Only becoming a democracy in the late 1980s, military intervention in civilian affairs remains a touchy subject in South Korea.

Yoon’s sudden declaration last night marked the first time martial law had been enacted in the country in more than four decades.

Interested in the history of martial law in South Korea, then this piece is for you:

Opening summary

Thanks for joining our ongoing live coverage of the political turmoil unfolding in South Korea following President Yoon Suk Yeol’s sudden and short-lived declaration of military law overnight.

Here is a quick recap of the dramatic events.

President Yoon is facing mounting calls to step down after he declared martial law in a surprise, late-night address on Tuesday, a severe measure he said was necessary to safeguard the country’s liberal democracy from “anti-state forces” and “threats posed by North Korea”. Within hours Yoon had backtracked, saying that troops would return to their barracks and the order would be lifted after a cabinet meeting.
The main opposition Democratic party has said it will attempt to impeach Yoon if he refuses to tender his resignation immediately. Even Yoon’s own aides have offered to resign “en masse”.
Yoon’s martial law order included a six-point decree that banned political activities and parties, “false propaganda”, strikes and “gatherings that incite social unrest”. The order also brought all media outlets under the authority of martial law and directed all medical staff, including striking doctors, to return to work within 48 hours.
The move was met with vociferous condemnation and widely defied. Despite the deployment of helicopters on the roof of the parliament building, 190 lawmakers managed to enter the building and proceeded to unanimously vote to reject Yoon’s declaration and call for martial law to be lifted. On the streets, hundreds protested, and chanted for the president to be arrested.
To successfully impeach Yoon, a two-thirds majority is required in the legislature.
Opposition parties together control 192 of the 300 seats in the national assembly, so would need lawmakers from Yoon’s own party to join them.
This the first time that martial law has been declared in South Korea in more than four decades, alarming allies. The United States, which stations nearly 30,000 troops in South Korea to protect it from the nuclear-armed North, initially voiced deep concern at the declaration, then relief that martial law was over. The UK Foreign Office’s minister for the Indo-Pacific, Catherine West, issued a statement, calling for “a peaceful resolution to the situation, in accordance with the law and the constitution of the Republic of Korea”.
To many watching from outside, the sudden political chaos appears to have come out of nowhere. But inside South Korea, Democratic party lawmaker Kim Min-seok had warned in recent months that Yoon was gearing up to declare martial law. Korea analysts say concerns had grown after several key military positions, related to defence, counterintelligence, and information on North Korea had been filled by individuals who graduated from the same school as the president. Opposition figures such as Kim suggested these figures could play a critical role in enforcing martial law in a contingency.