Won Youngsu revisits the historic mobilisations that led to South Korea’s Constitutional Court finally ratifying former president Yoon Suk Yeol’s impeachment, 111 days after parliament voted to remove him for his attempted self-coup.
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When martial law was declared in South Korea, Melbourne resident Seona Cho immediately booked a flight back to Seoul, where she joined impeachment rallies and labour protests, standing in solidarity with workers fighting for democracy and justice. This is her account.
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Despite his failed December 3 self-coup, South Korea's President Yoon Suk-yeol remains in his post after MPs from the conservative ruling People Power Party (PPP) boycotted a impeachment vote on December 7, reports Won Youngsu.
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The rapid mass response to South Korea president Yoon Suk-yeol’s declaration of martial law, which stopped the president’s coup in its tracks, is explained by South Korea’s history of military regimes, writes Barry Sheppard.
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Yoon Suk-yeol, South Korea’s right-wing president, attempted to maintain his power through the implementation of martial law, but was defeated within six hours by a people’s uprising, reports Chon Kai Choon.
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Filipino community groups organised a moving commemoration, “Never Again, Never Forget, Never Again To Martial Law” to mark resistance to ongoing martial law. Tracy Cabrera reports.
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Mariza Sollano talks about a new film portraying the lives and tribulations of student activists during martial law in the Philippines, which will be screening around the country in October.
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