South Korea braces for ruling on president's impeachment over martial law (opens in new tab)

(bbc.com)

8 pointsseungwoolee51811mo ago4 comments

4 comments

duxup11mo ago

Was there ever any good reason given for declaring marital law?

As far as i could tell it was a purely political stunt meant to intimidate a rival political party ... that seems like an absurd use of those powers.

yongjik11mo ago

s/intimate a rival political party/round up and murder political opponents and citizens/

but otherwise... yeah, there was absolutely no good reason.

It seems like it was a straight-up coup attempt.

yongjik11mo ago

...and he's gone!

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duxup11mo ago

Was there ever any good reason given for declaring marital law?

As far as i could tell it was a purely political stunt meant to intimidate a rival political party ... that seems like an absurd use of those powers.

yongjik11mo ago

s/intimate a rival political party/round up and murder political opponents and citizens/

but otherwise... yeah, there was absolutely no good reason.

It seems like it was a straight-up coup attempt.

yongjik11mo ago

...and he's gone!

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse