Seoul Sonagi

In dubio, pro reo?

More like - in dubio, pro ego!

#우인성 #김건희

Meaning, of course, that it'll be in the news cycle when the elections come around.

방금 생각난 것 - 윤석열 항소심은 3개월 안에 끝나도록 법에 규정되어 있다. 즉, 높은 확률로 6월 지방선거 직전에 항소심 결과가 나올 것이다.

meeting), otherwise why go through all this trouble? And clearly Cho had nothing to do with the military decision to send soldiers (duh!) and had everything to do with creating the legal framework for a post-declaration Korea under Yoon's authoritarian rule.

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in the Martial Law plan.

There are several lines of evidence suggesting that this may have been the case - the blatant effort to prevent Lee from becoming president being one.

If Cho was a coconspirator, there must be some pretty clear evidence out there (e.g. minutes of the post-declaration

In other words, Cho wants (or is willing) to send Yoon to jail - given that anything less than that would enrage the public and probably undermine the foundations of the judiciary itself - and yet needs to maintain the legality of the Martial Law Declaration because the Cho court was a coconspirator

in order to send Yoon to jail.

In other words:

1) Yoon goes to jail (for sending soldiers in)
2) Declaration of Martial Law is valid (i.e. not a matter for the courts)

Were I to speculate (and with no evidence whatsoever), I would say that Cho Hee-dae's fingerprints are all over this.

What this leaves hanging is the question of whether the ABUSE of martial law powers of the presidency is a matter for the judiciary.

What I find interesting, and I'm no lawyer (Korean or otherwise), is the extent to which Ji is searching for reasons other than possible illegality of martial law

as long as he doesn't send soldiers in - and the judiciary cannot get involved. So, potentially, a future president could declare martial law and arrest politicians in their homes etc, as long as soldiers aren't sent to the NA.

Hence, Yoon got a life sentence for the sin of sending soldiers in, and not for declaring martial law itself.

Korean political commentators are up in arms about this, because this seems to imply that a president has the right to declare martial law with impunity...

So, in short, what Judge Ji Gwi-yun is arguing is that what Yoon did wrong was not so much declaring martial law under the conditions in which he did so. What Yoon did wrong (argues Ji) was send soldiers to the National Assembly and hence put people in harm's way.

"원칙적으로는 대통령의 비상계엄 선포 자체는 내란죄에 해당할 수 없고, 사법 심사 대상이 된다고 보기도 어렵다"

Rough translation:

"In principle, the president's emergency martial law declaration cannot, in and of itself, constitute (apply) insurrection, and it is difficult to argue that it can serve as a subject of the judiciary's scrutiny."

No doubt that's what he's counting on. Look at Lee Sang Min's smile. I don't think he believes he'll spend 7 years in jail.

My hot take is that this has Cho Hee-dae's fingerprints all over it.

Looks like you were spot on.

So Yoon gets life without parole, Kim Yong hyun gets 30 years.

Did you see Lee Sang-min gloating after he got 7 years?

Who knows what Cho Hee-dae and Ji Gwi-hyun have cooked up...

Experts are saying he won't get less than life. At least at this stage. But... I hope they're right. But with all of these awful recent decisions...

Apparently, Yoon thinks this will be his moment of great victory, that will rally and troops and return him to the presidency.

Deluded till the end.

Verdict on Yoon's insurrection charges will happen in about an hour.

Whatever decision will, of course, be appealed.

But, I don't feel great about this...

It's the usual, garbage, ignorant commentary made by the usual hacks.

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South Korean women win short track relay gold.
Here's the video, with the requisite, hateful, commentary from NBC.

"controversial decisions" lol
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5NhG...

I'm currently on a strict #diet. It turns out that watching mukbang videos actually helps. Rather than wanting to eat food, vicarious eating is making me feel full.

Ji Gwe-yun (지귀연) has yet to prove he's not an obsequious weasel, and I'm not sure why he would suddenly grow a pair.

I'm preparing myself to be disappointed.

The #Yoon insurrection verdict will happen on Feb 19 (Thurs) starting at 11 am (that is Feb 18 Wed at 6 pm Pacific Time).

More knowledgeable people than me are predicting a guilty verdict and either a life sentence or the death penalty. I'm less sanguine.

오늘 짜장면이 땡기네...

It's H-mart time!

#짜장면

Naengmyun or soba in gazpacho soup.

Kongnamulguk (콩나물 국) risotto using Arborio rice.

Here are some fusion cuisine ideas that I think someone should try making (not me, I'm too lazy).

Jicama chicken moo (치킨 무). Those are the little radish squares you get at Korean fried chicken restaurants. But made with jicama, which are more interesting in taste than 무.

#fusioncuisine #food

The difference between the British legal system and the Korean legal system is that British judges look like death warmed up, and Korean judges look like children.