North Korean state newspaper Rodong Sinmun describes Yoon’s shock martial law declaration as “insane”
BBC NEWS | Published December 11, 2024
North Korea has responded to South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol’s failed attempt to impose martial law, likening it to a military coup and accusing him of trying to run a “fascist dictatorship”.
Yoon made the shock declaration last week, accusing North Korea sympathisers of trying to undermine his government. His political future is still uncertain, with members of his own party so far refusing to impeach him.
An article on page six of North Korean state newspaper Rodong Sinmun on Wednesday said that Yoon’s “insane act” was “akin to the coup d’etat of the decades-ago military dictatorship era”.
“He brazenly brandished blades and guns of fascist dictatorship at his own people,” the article stated.
North Korea is led by Kim Jong Un, who is considered a dictator by the international community. His family has ruled the reclusive nation for decades by cultivating a personality cult that portrays the Kims as semi-divine.
The Rodong Sinmun said the developments in Seoul have “revealed the weakness in South Korean society, that Yoon’s sudden martial law declaration is an expression of desperation, and that Yoon’s political life can end early”.
The article had photos of the protests in Seoul, including those of young South Koreans carrying banners and K-pop light sticks.
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People gather outside the National Assembly in Seoul on Dec. 4, 2024, after South Korea President Yoon Suk Yeol declared martial law. South Korea’s President Yoon Suk Yeol on Dec. 3 declared martial law, accusing the opposition of being “anti-state forces” and saying he was acting to protect the country from “threats” posed by the North. Anthony Wallace, AFP
ABS-CBN NEWS| Published December 11, 2024
SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea is in “chaos” after President Yoon Suk Yeol’s brief imposition of martial law, North Korean state media said on Wednesday in its first comments on the political upheaval.
Yoon suspended civilian rule on Tuesday last week and sent special forces and helicopters to parliament before lawmakers forced him to rescind the decree in a country assumed to be a stable democracy.
“The shocking incident of the puppet Yoon Suk Yeol, who is facing impeachment and a governance crisis, suddenly declaring a martial law decree and unhesitatingly wielding the guns and knives of its fascist dictatorship wrought chaos across South Korea,” North Korean state media said in a commentary.
“The international community is sternly watching, with assessments that the martial law incident exposed vulnerabilities in South Korean society,” it added.
“Commentators described Yoon’s abrupt declaration of martial law as a desperate move and that Yoon Suk Yeol’s political life could face an early end.”
In declaring martial law on December 3, Yoon said it would safeguard South Korea “from the threats posed by North Korea’s communist forces and eliminate anti-state elements plundering people’s freedom and happiness”.
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SOURCE: www.abs-cbn.com
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