South Korean President Yoon vows to 'fight to the end'

Investigation into the course this saga is revealing some interesting things and bringing the whole puzzle together. Connect the dots on events over the last few months.

Interrogation of military generals and senior police revealed the Defense Minister's original plan was to provoke an attack from North Korea, then use that as an excuse to declare martial law. To that end, South Korean military flew several drones over the Pyongyang sky, spraying propaganda fliers. North Korea did not attack, however.

Now, cast your mind back before that: they started with loudspeakers at the border and drones with leaflets in relative border zones. NK responded with trash ballons, which didn't qualify as a violent response. So, Seoul kept escalating the provocations, sending drones deeper, all the way to the capital - hoping it would get a harsh reply.

Basically, this didn't work out because simply because North Korea did not attack.

I always said Seoul was behind the provocations and is less than the innocent party it was portrayed to be - there was clearly an ulterior motive.

Quite the brave face of a want-to-be autocrat. Good luck. You will need it.

Pres. Yoon ordered commander to break into Nat'l Assembly and drag out lawmakers - Arirang News

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BTAGPQQD9N0

Government officials were behind these provocations and keep in mind the frenzy around supposed NK involvement in Russia/Ukraine was hatched during this period - with this same government pushing the narrative (of which there is no evidence), which other quarters willingly amplified.

Essentially, the plan of martial law and self-coup failed because NK didn't play along. Amazing to consider had Pyongyang taken the bait, where things would stand now.

Just 6 hours. Not a big deal.

Arresting and silencing the opposition using military force, just because they have a different opinion is not defending democracy. Quite the opposite, actually. That's what the dictators in Venezuela, Russia and North Korea have been doing.

The regular JT pro-Yoon crew is silent. I wonder why.

Reading your news and reading my local news, shows many similarities. Currently, I venture a sham democracy, BUT WHY, mmmh u-nose me, how many US bucks have been flowing into south korea, regarding defense arrangements. Which Minister immediately resigned and then tried to avoid? further investigation. It is not finished until the fat lady sings... or is identified. Money flows...same all over?

deanzaZZR

It's not about being pro Yoon, pro Trump, pro whoever. It's about being pro-nation. When politicians or anyone do something good, people should applaud them. And just the same, when they mess up, people should be able to call them out.

In my personal opinion, Yoon have done an ok job until recently and promoted peace among its allies. Sadly, he messed up big time with this.

@Garthgoyle Good for you and the JT crew. Yoon's popularity before the coup attempt was hovering around 20%. Korea for Koreans.

Getem out of office before it's too late. I mean Today while you can.

deanzaZZRToday  02:59 pm JST

The regular JT pro-Yoon crew is silent. I wonder why.

Certain quarters were cheering on the Seoul provocations outlined above (2:22, 2:41), even though it was self-evident they were behind it. Pyongyang got blamed for it as a self-fulfilling prophecy. Then came the lies about NK involvement in the Ukraine conflict.

In fact, it was all part of something far sinister: part of a plot to stage a coup.

Makes one wonder - if things had gone to plan and the provocations worked, the same quarters would be cheering on martial law and Yoon and subscribing to his lies about "anti-state forces".

Larger, more disturbing question is the role of certain foreign governments in amplifying some of the above claims (particularly the second one) and what their motivation was. Their sponsors play dumb like they had no idea what was going to transpire - how cute.

Yoon was more focused on satisfying the Japanese Government rather than prioritizing the Korean people! Time and again whenever he visited Japan ( or met the Japanese delegation elsewhere ), he seemed too eager to please them like a puppet and acted like he was far beneath them. Even the younger generation had started to dislike that behavior and then came the luxury bag scandal done by his wife followed by the martial law mess! South Koreans deserve better than Yoon!