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South Korea. Does anyone have a granular understanding of current events that they’d care to share please?
What I’ve read in the news is that the president tried to declare martial law alleging North Korea was behind SK parliamentarians who wished to topple the government. His attempt at martial law wasn’t successful as Parliament voted to suspend him later that week, and arrest warrants were issued for collaborators, including his highly loyal minister of the armed forces who was previously head of the presidential security forces.
This week, prosecutors and police tried to action an arrest warrant against the (suspended but still sitting) president at his compound, but were thwarted by hundreds of soldiers and presidential guards. Additionally, thousands of pro and anti presidential protestors have set up camp near the presidential coumpound.
Both sides claim the other is acting unlawfully to assume extraordinary control over the country. In most other countries this would look like things were on the verge of civil war or severe political disruption, but the markets are steady(ish) and political commentators aren’t panicking.
What’s actually going on??