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guys the South Korea situation is crazy
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okay the president's life's absolutely
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ruined after one of the dumbest
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decisions I've seen in my life the dude
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tried to pull an Emperor Palpatine but
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absolutely failed miserably not even
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half an hour after he stated what he was
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going to do the South Koreans all went
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to the streets and protested even though
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the weather was extremely cold and there
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was a snowstorm going on they were not
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going to deal with his Antics but this
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wasn't even close to the craziest thing
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that happened throughout this incident
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you had the leader of the opposing party
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live stream himself trying to go against
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the orders of the president okay this
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was absolutely wild what essentially
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happened was that the South Korean
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president enacted martial law hoping to
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seize full unquestionable power
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mobilizing the military and seeking to
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disrupt the entire country in the end
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though he ended up completely
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underestimating his own citizens and
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made a grave miscalculation make no
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mistake this will be in the history
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books of your children so I figured we
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should probably talk about it let's do
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it on December 3rd around 10:27 p.m.
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South Korean time the South Korean
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president with no prior announcement or
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warning declared martial law emergency
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martial law saying that he had to reign
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in the country because too many
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politicians were corrupt and working
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with the Enemy which is North Korea he
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said he wanted to fix the country now
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under the constitution of South Korea
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the president can by himself actually
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declare martial law what he was doing
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was fully within his rights but for
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South Koreans especially the ones from
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older Generations martial law was bad
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news no matter how you worded it the
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last time a martial law was imposed was
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in the year of 1980 a rogue General had
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taken over the country and imposed
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martial law on it closed down all
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newspapers silenced anyone who was
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against them arrested politicians and
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put the country under dictatorship many
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South Koreans tried to go up against
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them but unfortunately left this planet
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doing so let's just say the martial law
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order only ended up being lifted in 1981
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after
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456 days of suffering and it was only in
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1987 that the 6th Republic of Korea was
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written and then put into place in 1988
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ever since then it's been a democracy
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and there hasn't been any martial law
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order imposed so what the hell led us
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here how are we here today well yunu has
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been the president of South Korea since
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2022 but very shortly after taking
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office he became very disliked by his
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population South Koreans were seeing him
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as ineffective someone who couldn't put
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into place impactful policies to advance
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the country forward and by 2024 his
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approval rating is as low as
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20% this means that eight out of 10
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South Koreans don't like him and want
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him out of the office I mean I think
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it's safe to say that even Kim Jong-un
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has a higher approval rating and he
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wasn't even voted in by his population
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he is deeply unpopular this unpopularity
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stretches even to the National Assembly
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where the party that has the majority of
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votes is the opposing party the one who
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is against the president they're called
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the Democratic party so he hasn't really
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had much luck there either not able to
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pass the bills he wants to pass very
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recently on November 29th 2024 the
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budget that the president wants to pass
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for 2025 was cut by $2.9 billion this
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was done by the opposition party the
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Democratic party the same party who's
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been trying to investigate the wife of
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the president multiple times now over
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corruption charges and just very
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recently started the process to impeach
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The Head of the State audit agency and
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three prosecutors involved in those
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scandals so as you can see the president
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has a bit of a rivalry with the
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Democratic party this led many to
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theorize that all these things
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accumulated LED him to take the decision
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of Martial law with the budget cut being
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the final nail in the coffin he saw his
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political career ending with shame and
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decided to take a huge risk but it's a
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risk that stank miles away it simply
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didn't smell like the best of intentions
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look there's two different kinds of
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Martial laws emergency martial law and
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security martial law okay the most
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drastic one is emergency martial law
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which is the one he had imposed the same
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one that was used in 19 80 so he could
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essentially close any media publication
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he wants to arrest any person on South
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Korean soil without any arrest warrant
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needed impose curfews and straight up
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confiscate someone's bank account if you
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wanted to and the list goes on he can do
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pretty much anything he wants to with no
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approval needed the only thing that can
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stop him is the National Assembly voting
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to lift the martial law that's the only
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threat he faces while having absolute
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power Panic was starting to set in
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whether you were a normal citizen
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someone in the military a police officer
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it didn't matter something like this
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hadn't happened in over 40 years and
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they had no warning prior the whole
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thing was extremely unorganized now
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unfortunately the initial reaction in
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the west to this was K-pop stands being
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worried that their favorite K-pop groups
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were not going to perform anymore
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because after the martial law was
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imposed major entertainment companies
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were cancelling events but hey I guess
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they helped spread the world
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around as the news was starting to reach
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the West we received more updates from
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South Korea the martial law Commander
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was announced it was going to be a man
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by the name of Park and Sue he then
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proceeded to shock the world with his
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first announcement after taking over
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this position that all activities
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related to the National Assembly and
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political parties are now banned I think
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you're starting to understand why this
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was such a big deal right the only
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people who can stop the martial law have
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effectively been banned
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well from being able to stop it it was
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very clear now why the president was so
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secretive why there were no prior
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announcements he had announced the
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martial law order at 10:30 p.m. so that
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the National Assembly members could not
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make it to the National Assembly he
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wanted to catch them all off guard and
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take control while they were sleeping
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all of this was confirmed when a big
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problem had revealed itself the military
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had been mobilized to block all access
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to the National Assembly
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the stakes at this point could not have
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been any higher the South Koreans were
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essentially seeing their democracy slip
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through their fingers and the older
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generation was having terrible
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flashbacks back to the year of 1980
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but South Korean men are obligated to
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serve in the South Korean military
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through conscription and while women are
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not obligated to they can still
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voluntarily join this meant that they
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didn't really fear the military as much
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as a regular person would and they
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weren't just going to back down even
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after fully understanding the situation
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the opposition Democratic party urgently
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summoned its members of the National
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Assembly they were going to go and lift
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that martial law even if the entire Army
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was standing in their way the South
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Korean people were aware of these
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efforts so they made their way to the
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National Assembly to help them there's
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this clip right here that went
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absolutely viral of a woman holding a
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rifle in front of her and not giving a
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single [ __ ] about what would happen if
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it was shot
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watch the president was not going
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against the opposition party here he was
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going against these regular people and
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he had grossly miscalculated just how
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strong these people were he had sent the
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military he had sent helicopters flying
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over the National Assembly trying to
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dissuade people from even approaching it
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but nothing was working the leader of
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the opposition Party Live streamed
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himself okay sneaking into the National
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Assembly by hopping over offense like
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this is something that you don't see at
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all this is crazy people were in full
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Defiance here this is such an incredible
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image that really shows you how the
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South Korean people came together very
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quickly to make sure that all the
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Parliament members get through to the
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National Assembly this picture looks
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like a Renaissance painting I mean
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they're over here lifting the parliament
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member up the fence so that he can go
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and vote on nullifying this crazy
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martial law order you truly don't see
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this every day the members were able to
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sneak into the National Assembly and
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start the vote however the military was
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still trying to stop them they were
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breaking windows and trying to get to
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the National Assembly to stop whatever
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was going on because under martial law
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this was illegal but again the South
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Korean people showed incredible
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resilience they put up barricades from
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inside the National Assembly I mean look
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at this this is crazy look at all this
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furniture in front of the doors good
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luck getting through that okay it's not
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happening unless you have a bulldozzer
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this is what happens when your citizens
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go through conscription they were using
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the military's tactics against them and
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thanks to their efforts 190 members of
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the National Assembly were able to make
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it and vote Yes to lift the martial law
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order completely defying the president
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now of course this was a great moment
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but it didn't mean much just yet the
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president had to acknowledge this and
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actually order the military to leave if
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he didn't things would have gotten very
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complicated and he would have been
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accused of treason thankfully though 6
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hours after declaring the martial law
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order he did another speech
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acknowledging the national assembly's
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vote and completely lifting it as soon
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as he did that the soldiers started
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leaving the National Assembly retreating
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and getting back to their normal lives
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the South Korean people pretty much won
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making sure to not repeat the same
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events that had happened in 1980 and all
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the other martial laws that were abused
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by people who wanted to stay in power
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when things started to calm down the
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Democratic party revealed that the
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military planed to arrest the assembly
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speaker and party leaders under martial
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law which made them review possible
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Insurrection charges I think it's common
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sense to say that if you want to arrest
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your political opponents that is pretty
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much against what democracy stands for
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that's a very serious accusation shortly
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after the Democratic party floor leader
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Park chandai called for president Yun to
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step down immediately saying president
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Yun cannot avoid the charge of treason
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he must step down immediately as this
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was all happening the senior AIDS and
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secretaries of the president have
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started resigning in droves this was a
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complete failed coup okay he had turned
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from dictator to clown in the span of
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like 4S hour even his own senior
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officials can't back him up anymore the
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dude screwed up royally at this point
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it's almost guaranteed that he's going
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to get impeached and most likely also
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probably thrown into jail this was a
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massive wakeup call to South Korea
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because they haven't had to deal with
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something like this for over 40 years
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thankfully they were able to avert the
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crisis but still one has to think what
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if it did end up working what would have
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happened then but I think the funniest
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thing in all this is that there are
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people who slept early and woke up and
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had no idea this had happened protests
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and fights in the country with an
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imminent dictatorship and are just now
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finding out like this person right here
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who commented on my YouTube post saying
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I'm literally in Korea right now for a
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visit and this [ __ ] happens while I was
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asleep from jet lag LMO my whole Korean
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family is hella pissed at him and
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calling him a clown I saw a lot of
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confusion about this topic with many
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people not knowing what happened so I
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thought I'd make a quick video
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explaining it hope it helped thank you
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for watching till the end and I'll see
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you in the next video Love youah
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