It's slightly irritating how quite a few historians have written great history books on the second half of the 20th century, but *nobody* has written one focusing on the first half with a global coverage.
Maybe it is time to take the blue pill, after all.
That's all then! Finally.
Martial law has just been lifted. It's official.
It is now basically a military coup.
Plot twist: S. KOREA MILITARY SAYS MARTIAL LAW REMAINS IN PLACE UNTIL PRESIDENT LIFTS IT — WAPO
Welp, that's all the coverage you're getting from me! Since the coup is over, you know. Honestly, it's good for democracies to face situations like this every once in a while. Reminds them of just how fragile their systems are, and makes them get alert again. Otherwise, they get complacent.
19. It’s the first time in 45 years that martial law was declared in South Korea. The pro-democratic movement overcame the country’s long history of dictatorial rule but today South Korea almost saw a backsliding, “I can’t believe there were armed soldiers in the middle of Seoul”
18. Local reporters are still in shock because of tonight’s events. While they commend the South Korean people who were able to mobilize and protect the country so quickly, they also keep repeating that they couldn’t have imagined that this would have ever happened
17. BREAKING: South Korea's parliament votes 190-0 to lift martial law. The military is leaving the assembly hall.
Worst coup attempt ever, lol.
16. Left from @TheHankyoreh and right from @kyunghyang. Military forces are advancing toward the National Assembly building while helicopters have been spotted over the assembly area.
15. Outlets are reporting lawmakers have jumped over the barricades to get into the National Assembly. There is now apparently a sizable amount of parliament members inside the building
13. Cheers erupt as soldiers are pulling back from the building. For now, the South Korean people have successfully stopped soldiers from entering parliament.
12. YTN report: South Korean special forces are storming the National Assembly building
They already released a statement
11. SOUTH KOREA'S YOON SAYS THROUGH MARTIAL LAW HE WILL REBUILD FREE AND DEMOCRATIC COUNTRY. Incel coup happening with the president having an approval rating of 19% lol, this is not gonna last
10. KOREAN ARMY PLACES ALL BATTALION COMMANDERS AND ABOVE ON EMERGENCY ALERT
9. MILITARY TROOPS HAVE ENTERED NATIONAL ASSEMBLY - YONHAP NEWS
8. Martial law can be lifted by a majority vote in parliament. But am hearing the police is barricading the entrance to the building with buses
7. It was following the Yeosu-Suncheon Incident. Since then, it has been misused as a means to seize and maintain power by dictatorial regimes. There were 12 emergency martial law declarations from 1948 to 1979, all under the dictatorship. Today, Yoon declared the country's 13th.
You'd think after 12 times of this authority being misused, they would remove this from the constitution. But ig ppl are too stupid to change when they need to
6. Under the Constitution of the Republic of Korea, the president has the authority to declare martial law and prescribes its scope, rights, procedures, and duties of martial law commander through the Martial Law Act. The first martial law was declared on October 21, 1948.
5. President Yoon Suk Yeol of South Korea has declared martial law Tuesday in an emergency briefing. Yoon said it was made to prevent "anti-state forces," specifically citing the opposition party and its followers as pro-North Korean leftist groups.
4. The ruling party has also called its representatives for an emergency caucus, its leader criticizing the declaration of martial law as inappropriate.
3. The opposition Democratic Party has urgently summoned its members of the National Assembly. The National Assembly speaker is heading to the assembly building, but it has already been closed off by the police.
2. President Yoon of South Korea declared emergency martial law today. This is the first declaration of martial law since 1979, which was followed by the Gwangju Uprising the following year. President Yoon ordered a complete shutdown of the National Assembly.
Aleppo actually fell, wow...
I'm surprised once an eagle isn't here, considering how popular it is. Is it not good enough? (I haven't read it)
Too many people haven’t touched a book since they graduated high school and it shows.
