🇰🇷 SOUTH KOREA
🔴 Court Shakes Up Presidential Race

🔸 Ex-president Yoon removed; education minister Lee Ju-ho becomes acting head of state.
🔸 Top court reopens opposition leader Lee Jae-myung’s case, risking 5-year political ban.
🔸 PM Han resigns; successor Choi quits amid impeachment.
🔸 June 3 election now clouded by deep legal and political chaos.

#SouthKorea #LeeJaeMyung #Election2025 #HanDuckSoo #YoonSukYeol #KoreaPolitics

Well, it's nice to know that at least one democratic nation has a spine.

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This is what badass civic duty looks like.

https://amp-theguardian-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/amp.theguardian.com/world/2024/dec/05/south-korean-woman-who-grabbed-soldiers-gun-says-i-just-needed-to-stop-them?amp_js_v=0.1&amp_gsa=1#webview=1

#southkorea #coupattempt #koreanews #koreapolitics

“As dawn approaches on Wednesday morning, it is reasonable to expect that Korea will likely see one of the largest protests since its Candlelight Revolution. The Korean Confederation of Trade Unions has called for a general strike, and the opposition parties have announced that they are preparing a motion for impeachment.”

#Politics #KoreaPolitics #KoreanCoup #GeneralStrike #ThreeHourCoup

https://jacobin.com/2024/12/yoon-suk-yeol-korea-coup/