South Korea's Yoon resists arrest over martial law bid

Yoon is going to wreck the Indo Pacific strategy as he is causing South Korea to become a very unstable country !

claims the opposition was in league with South Korea's communist enemies.

Are there many communists in South Korea ? His remarks was interesting !

South Korean politics may look ugly and get the wobbles from time to time but in the end they come good because of a number of factors. Support from the US, danger from North Korea and China being ready to swoop in if it see's an opportunity.

Some push and some pull gets them back on track. lets hope they can weather this storm and come out stronger. The region needs a stable South Korea.

Yoon is both delusional and dangerous. This is a danger to the South Korean nation and an embarrassment which will damage ROK's reputation for years to come.

"The Republic of Korea is currently in danger due to internal and external forces threatening its sovereignty, and the activities of anti-state elements," he said in a statement passed around to protesters, his lawyer Yoon Kab-keun confirmed to AFP.

"I vow to fight alongside you to the very end to protect this nation

danger from North Korea and China being ready to swoop in if it see's an opportunity

North Korea certainly. Please provide evidence that China has threatened ROK or made military threats to the ROK one of China's most important trading partner and a civilization it has been a neighbor to for 2,000 years.

These false neo-con talking points must be challenged.

@deanza No worries, Yoon will be gone, the longer he is struggling, the more damages he done to the rightist camp of SouthKorea. After the chaos, a new and pro- China leftist president will takeover South Korea, just like those days of "Moon JaeIn" was the president.

I think Mr. Kishida is crying now, the efforts he done with Yoon and their reconciliation were in vain !

A protester holds a placard reading "Stop the Steal" during a rally to support impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol

Also a slogan used by the supporters of a certain incoming President to deny an election.

And attempt an insurrection.

I wonder if they are using it unironically and they hope for similar outcomes?

Good on the SK state for going after the anti-democratic Yoon.

Impeached President Yoon apparently instructing his supporters to "Fight like hell!"

A DICTATOR in the making, just what most of us anticipated he is not going down PEACEFULLY .

"" Heavily armed troops stormed the building, scaling fences, smashing windows and landing by helicopter, but Yoon was quickly forced into a U-turn after a night of protests.""

This is how it always starts S. Korea came that close to being taken by this Dictator.

Ha! Some Australians and Americans here complaining about some instability in their 'backyard'. Instability caused by the west, in particular the USA, might I add. The Koreans, north and south, are one people, and it's in the west's interests to see them remain divided. The US puppet Yoon's latest attempts to force the north into starting a war has failed. His behaviour is a metaphor for the imperialist neo-cons of the western power's latest attempt to cling onto dear life.

Pukey2Today 04:14 pm JST

The Koreans, north and south, are one people, and it's in the west's interests to see them remain divided.

They will never be unified under the control of the Kims. That is a Chinese fever dream.

Please continue Prof. TINC. How so?

That is a Chinese fever dream.

deanzaZZRToday 05:26 pm JST

Please continue Prof. TINC. How so?

That is a Chinese fever dream.

South Korea is the 11th largest military spender and has a mutual defense treaty with the United States. Also no one voluntarily signs up to live in a police state.

Which says nothing about this supposed "Chinese fever dream".

My take is that a future unified Korea would likely have the DPRK Worker's Party on the outside looking in. Still a Yoon lackey type is unlikely to be at the helm. A stronger, unified Korea will largely be focused on integration and economic development putting a premium on peace with enough confidence to chart a truly independent course without USA military bases or security agreements with an ever unpopular Japan.

This development will be positive for the region as a whole.

Amateurs. If SK can't take one man into custody, North Korea don't have anything to worry about.

deanzaZZRJan. 2 06:15 pm JST

Which says nothing about this supposed "Chinese fever dream".

A unified Korea under the Kims is an outlandish assertion. I guess it comes from reading too much of the People's Daily and not understanding that real democracies want China as far away as possible. You can't even tell us who would be in charge.

https://thediplomat.com/2022/12/south-koreans-have-the-worlds-most-negative-views-of-china-why/

This development will be positive for the region as a whole.

No, China stooges getting larger would not be positive for the region.

deanzaZZRJan. 2 06:15 pm JS

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2018/05/02/is-kim-jong-un-trustworthy-78-percent-of-south-koreans-think-so-poll-finds/

I guess there are a lot of nutters who will put on a smile when diplomacy is conducted with the North for show, but that doesn't mean they won't fall right back in line when push comes to shove and their lives are at stake.

What's with the police there? Cuff him and stuff him.

My take is that a future unified Korea would likely have the DPRK Worker's Party on the outside looking in. Still a Yoon lackey type is unlikely to be at the helm. A stronger, unified Korea will largely be focused on integration and economic development putting a premium on peace with enough confidence to chart a truly independent course without USA military bases or security agreements with an ever unpopular Japan.

Sigh. China under CCP rule will never, ever, under any circumstances permit a unified Korea with an elected representative government, a free press and religious freedom on their border. China will go to war using every weapon and all the manpower at its disposal to prevent that.

deanzaZZRJan. 2 05:24 pm JST

Citing something that happened 70 years ago? That's rather unconvincing @Peter14

You asked for proof and stated China has been a neighbor for 2000 years but mentioning the war just 70 years ago is unconvincing?

sending troops to defend the Chinese/Korean border with MacArthur threatening air strikes in Manchuria including nukes.

It didnt, China sent troops to aid North Korea's invasion because it looked like NK might lose, leaving a free and democratic Korea on its border. Something China is willing to go to war to prevent, then and now.

I guess resisting arrest was successful. The warrant expired today at 15:00.

Why no updates?

https://x.com/visegrad24/status/1877362116656570433