South Korean President Rolls Worst Coup, Asked To Leave

Written by Daniel Mercado | Edited by Sasha

In the whirlwind series of events that transpired Tuesday Night, President Yoon declared in a late-night address, a return to martial law.

In the address, President Yoon labeled the Democratic Party of South Korea, which is in reality a lukewarm social liberal opposition party, a “shameful pro-North Korea anti-state group”.

The South Korean Parliament overruled the martial law decry by 190-0 uniting both the Democrats and Yoon’s own conservative People’s Power Party.

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