Summary
South Korea’s main opposition party has called for President Yoon Suk Yeol to resign or face impeachment after his six-hour martial law declaration, deemed unconstitutional.
Yoon’s move, the first martial law since the 1980s, involved deploying troops to encircle parliament but was swiftly overturned by a 190-0 vote in the opposition-controlled legislature.
Critics, including U.S. officials, condemned the action as a democratic setback.
The Democratic Party, holding 192 seats with allies, may pursue impeachment, recalling South Korea’s history of ousting presidents through public and legislative pressure.
Yoon has yet to publicly respond.
I think the Brazilian coup was actually more viable than you might think, he probably could have pulled it off if it wasn’t for a small handful of military members who refused to take part.
Jan 6th was pathetic fr though
I’ve been baffled by this south Korean attempt, too, though. The consensus seems to be that he’d assumed his own party would back him (which presumably would have been enough that the opposition couldn’t form a majority against his declaration). I suppose he must have had strong military support to be so (overly) confident.