Our Democrat party’s dark mirror Korean copycat party’s attempted dismantlement of the South Korean government appears to have quickened it’s pace since the American People’s victory in November…
South Korean Opposition Leader Found Guilty of Election Crime
Nov 14, 2024 … A South Korean court on Friday convicted the country’s opposition leader of violating election laws, casting a shadow over the political …
South Korean opposition leader gets suspended jail term … – AP News
Nov 15, 2024 … If it stands, the ruling could significantly shake up the country’s politics by potentially unseating Lee Jae–myung as a lawmaker and…
If I understand The Diplomat’s account correctly the South Korean politicians are modeling the posture that could contribute to the further exposure of the discord at the ‘High Table’.
With the entry of North Korean troops into the Ukraine, if the South Korean Democrats lose their play it could even lead to Zelensky fleeing to whoever would take him; which might have to be a neutral to avoid exposing the obvious skid marks that would be embarrassing to his former criminal political partners governments.
That is, UNless the high table works out a deal that keeps Zelensky in power until Biden and Netanyahu exit the scene.
One thing that takes this South Korean parlay to a higher level for Lee is his daddy can’t cover for him if things don’t go his way.
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Jae-myung
In March 2023, Lee was indicted on bribery, corruption, breach of trust and conflict of interests charges. He was accused of colliding with a group of private property developers when he was mayor of Seongnam, to help them make more than 800 billion won from the project, whilst simultaneously inflicting enormous losses of nearly 490 million won on the city. He was also accused of receiving or demanding more than 18 billion won from four companies in bribes to fund a football club in the city, in return for favours in his capacity as the Mayor. Lee said the indictment was “not surprising at all” and denied the accusations. He claimed the investigation was politically motivated and led by the Yoon Administration to take down a political opponent.[43][44]
In September 2023, Seoul prosecutors sought another motion to arrest Lee on corruption charges for giving special favours to a land developer in the Baekhyeon-dong neighbourhood and sending 8 million dollars to North Korea through the Ssangbangwool Group. On 21 September, the Democratic-majority National Assembly approved the motion, with a 149–136 vote, with dozens of his own party members voting to arrest him.[45] On that day, Justice Minister Han Dong-hoon issued an arrest warrant for Lee, marking a historic first, as the motion passed during a heated plenary session with 136 lawmakers opposing it.[46][47] He was released after the Seoul Central District Court rejected the arrest warrant on 27 September.[48]
In June 2024, Lee was indicted again, on bribery charges in an alleged scheme to transfer funds to North Korea and facilitate a visit to Pyongyang. He was accused of asking an underwear company to illegally transfer $8 million to North Korea between 2019 and 2020, during his tenure as governor of Gyeonggi Province, to facilitate a visit. Lee denied the charges.[49][50]
Then again stranger things have rolled off the high table in the past…
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/12/03/world/south-korea-martial-law
UPDATE: Timeout Called
Yoon pushing too hard. Fallback, regroup and remember who put you there.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rEiDUn1hu0k
Fury in South Korea After President Imposes Martial Law
President Yoon Suk Yeol’s top aides offered to resign hours after he rescinded his extraordinary order. Protesters are calling for his resignation as lawmakers prepare to meet.
UPDATE: 12/11/2024 The Plot Thickens
In South Korea, it ain’t over ’til it’s over.
From https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/12/11/south-koreas-ex-defence-chief-police-heads-arrested
South Korean police have raided the presidential office as part of an investigation into Yoon Suk-yeol’s martial law declaration, while officials told parliament the country’s former defence chief attempted suicide in custody.
The dramatic developments on Wednesday came after authorities earlier arrested former Defence Minister Kim Yong-hyun and the heads of the national and Seoul metropolitan police agencies over their alleged involvement in President Yoon’s short-lived decree, which has plunged Asia’s fourth-largest economy into its biggest political crisis in decades…
..Kim was arrested on insurrection charges on Wednesday after Seoul Central District Court issued a warrant at the request of prosecutors.
“We considered the degree to which the charges are supported, the gravity of the crime and concerns he will destroy evidence,” the court said in issuing the warrant, the state-funded Yonhap news agency reported.
Cho Ji-ho, the commissioner-general of the Korean National Police Agency, and Kim Bong-sik, the head of the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency, were also arrested on insurrection charges.
Cho and Kim, who were detained without warrant, can be held for up to 48 hours before they are formally arrested.
The latest developments come as the main liberal opposition Democratic Party is preparing to make a second bid to impeach Yoon over his brief declaration of martial law, which has plunged Asia’s fourth-largest economy into its biggest political crisis in decades.
The opposition’s initial attempt to impeach Yoon failed after all but three members of Yoon’s People Power Party boycotted the vote at the 300-member National Assembly on Saturday, depriving the motion of the necessary two-thirds quorum.
The People Power Party has said that it has secured Yoon’s agreement to stay out of state affairs and resign in an orderly manner in exchange for not supporting his impeachment, an agreement the opposition has likened to a “second coup”.
Yoon, who has been slapped with an overseas travel ban by prosecutors, is also under criminal investigation for alleged treason…
Stay Tuned.
UPDATE: Korea Has Spoken
Hours after the parliament voted to remove him from office, South Korea’s impeached president Yoon Suk Yeol on Saturday said he would “step aside”.
Yoon, however, vowed not to give up and said he would do his best for the country until the last minute.
“Though I must now step aside for a while, the journey toward the future… must never come to a stop,” he said in a televised address, according to AFP.
Jeez, when Koreans chant ‘Lock him up”Lock him up’Lock him up’ or in this case ‘impeach him’ ‘impeach him’ ‘impeach him’ they just don’t give up, do they?
South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol has been impeached by the National Assembly over his short-lived attempt to impose martial law, a move that plunged South Korea into political turmoil halfway through his presidency.
The unicameral National Assembly voted 204 to 85 on Saturday to impeach Yoon, the second such vote in eight days. Three members abstained and eight votes were declared invalid.