Inside South Korea’s 6-Hour Martial Law Chaos & President Yoon's "Political Suicide" | Insight

Описание: On the 3rd of December, South Korea was plunged into chaos. President Yoon Suk Yeol declared martial law in a shock move. Lawmakers scrambled to vote to lift the order, even as soldiers received instructions to stop them. In the end, South Korea was under martial law for six tense hours, before it was lifted. In the two weeks that followed, the country would struggle to deal with what happened.

Why did President Yoon invoke martial law? Were there legitimate reasons, or was this an attempted power grab? Insight explores what led up to the fateful night of 3rd December, how it echoed South Korea’s troubled past, and what happened in the weeks that followed.

00:00 Introduction
01:53 After martial law was declared
07:47 South Korea’s past under military rule
11:22 The rush to lift martial law
13:50 Unions take action against Yoon
15:27 President Yoon came to power on shaky grounds
19:34 S. Korea’s longest strike: Medical Worker Strikes
21:48 How S. Korea’s government became gridlocked
24:14 Why Yoon called for martial law
25:39 Stagnating economy and Yoon’s approval
30:13 A scandal involving the First Lady
32:56 First steps to Yoon's impeachment
35:45 First impeachment vote fails
38:07 Impact on S. Korea with no one at the helm
42:08 Second impeachment vote and what happens next

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