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Ousted South Korean president faces death penalty in insurrection case
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Puddinghelmet lemmy.world Puddinghelmet@lemmy.world
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Same article but no paywall: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/ousted-south-korean-president-faces-death-penalty-in-insurrection-case/ar-AA1WB1sO

South Korea, the country of K-pop, Kia and Samsung, a stable democracy for decades. More than a year ago, on 3 december 2024 the conservative president Yoon announced a state of siege live on television and plunged South Korea into chaos for 6 hours. Yoon seemed to be radicalized by the idea that North-Korea was on the break of attacking South-Korea and he wanted to save South Korea himself from this.

Yoon's seizure of power eventually ended in prison. And for the first time, a democratically elected president is now facing the death penalty. Yoon never showed remorse.

The documentary 'The Seoul Guardians' about the coup just premiered by a South-Korean filmmaker at the International Rotterdam Film Festival:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4IetUt0yPQ

Short clip of a woman trying to grab a soldiers gun during the coup:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhxnvVn0IVw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbzIULf6Im8

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phutatorius lemmy.zip phutatorius@lemmy.zip
Joined: 2025-06-04
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And that's how it should be done.

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