History of martial law repeats itself
Date
12/5/2024 7:54:25 AM
(MENAFN) In the previous year, a popular movie grabbed South Korea with a dramatization of a harmful experience from its authoritarian history, when the murder of Leader Park Chung-hee in 1979 caused an army coup and left the nation in an tight grip of martial law.
So when South Koreans saw their current leader declaring martial law on live TV last night, some of them where afraid that their Democratic nation was heading toward a dark chapter as happened in 1979.
Yoon was obligated to back down and reversed the martial law order just hours after the announcement, after all legislatives voted to remove the decree among a violent national outcry.
The night of bizarre events has shocked the whole the nation. A former army Lt. Gen. Chun In-bum said to the news agency, “Who would have thought that in this day and age that martial law would be declared? But it happened. And it was a surprise for all of us,” however, the political shock is not over yet.
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