Political Turmoil: What Led to This Classic Korean Drama?

After becoming the President of South Korea, Yoon Suk-yeol firmly refused to live in the Blue House and took over the former Ministry of National Defense, turning it into the Presidential Office. However, fate has brought him back to this place.

Was this a carefully Korean drama orchestrated by the president?

Yoon had previously tried to remove his political rival, Lee Jae-myung, by convicting him, but the court eventually declared Lee innocent. Then Lee started launching fierce counterattacks.

The trigger for this incident was the opposition party focusing on the bribery case involving Yoon's wife.

Kim Keon-hee received Dior bags as bribes, and the opposition has latched onto this, not ruling out the possibility of Kim being jailed. This led Yoon to a breaking point, acting out a dramatic scene of "For you, I declare war on the world."

Why did Yoon declare martial law? What does it mean?

Yoon Suk-yeol accused Lee Jae-myung of having ties with North Korea, saying that in order to protect the democracy of South Korea, he had no choice but to take this "necessary action."

Then, he initiated martial law. The emergency martial law in South Korea is typically issued in times of national crisis, such as during wartime.

Because the president declared martial law directly without the vote of Assembly. So the National Assembly could convene and revoke the martial law. If more than half of the National Assembly members agreed to cancel it, the president's orders would be nullified, and the military would not have to follow the president's martial law order.

In this 1-hour political turmoil, the opposition party leader climbed over a wall to enter the National Assembly.

A large number of National Assembly members rushed to the National Assembly gates, and Lee Jae-myung livestreamed himself climbing over the wall to enter.

Out of the 300 National Assembly members, 190 voted in National Assembly, and since that was over half, the decision was effective, and martial law was lifted, with the military and police forces withdrawing. Formerly bitter political enemies, the ruling and opposition parties shook hands and agreed that Yoon's martial law was invalid. The president had lost all support.

Will the Blue House Curse strike again?

Yoon Suk-yeol now faces the choice of either resigning voluntarily or waiting to be impeached and removed from office.

In any case, no South Korean president, except for Moon Jae-in, has had a peaceful end—imprisonment, exile, suicide? This is what the outside world calls the "Blue House Curse."

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Would Blue House curse come true again?

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