South Korea braces for ruling on president's impeachment over martial law (bbc.com) 8 points by seungwoolee518 1y ago ↗ HN
[–] duxup 1y ago ↗ Was there ever any good reason given for declaring marital law?As far as i could tell it was a purely political stunt meant to intimidate a rival political party ... that seems like an absurd use of those powers. [–] MattGaiser 1y ago ↗ It seems like it was a straight-up coup attempt. [–] yongjik 1y ago ↗ s/intimate a rival political party/round up and murder political opponents and citizens/but otherwise... yeah, there was absolutely no good reason.
[–] yongjik 1y ago ↗ s/intimate a rival political party/round up and murder political opponents and citizens/but otherwise... yeah, there was absolutely no good reason.
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[ 3.3 ms ] story [ 19.1 ms ] threadAs far as i could tell it was a purely political stunt meant to intimidate a rival political party ... that seems like an absurd use of those powers.
but otherwise... yeah, there was absolutely no good reason.