Occupied Korea's Yoon Suk Yeol declares emergency martial law (www.cbc.ca)

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[-] SpaceDogs@lemmygrad.ml 20 points 7 months ago

Okay, so I don’t want to be dramatic, but it looks like steps towards WWIII are progressing incredibly steadily. Martial law in a country that is not in distress… I don’t think this bodes well for the world. Any refutations to my paranoia is highly welcome at this point.

[-] yogthos@lemmygrad.ml 14 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

It's definitely not a good sign, although it does look like the coup failed https://x.com/gerashchenko_en/status/1863977695912096093

edit: looks like I spoke to soon https://www.barrons.com/articles/south-korean-military-says-martial-law-will-remain-until-lifted-by-president-a482dbc4

[-] Ozriel@lemmygrad.ml 7 points 7 months ago

Doesn't look too bad now

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