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Hello America and happy Tuesday. We woke up this morning to an unexpected crisis in the world

in South Korea, one of the most stable democracies and constitutional republics in the Asia

Pacific, one of our great allies. But for the last few years, Japan in South Korea,

along our best allies, have not gotten

a lot of attention for Joe Biden. Their economies have suffered. There's been some political

strife, and China has tried to meddle internally in their policies and in their politics.

And as a result of a lack of U.S. leadership, they have grown more and more uncomfortable

and desperate in the

Pacific region. And today, we saw that play out. Like we have currently in Washington, for at least

a few more weeks, South Korea's government is divided. Its president, President Yun,

belongs to the Conservative Party in South Korea. Its legislature overwhelmingly is run by the Democrat Socialist sort of wing, the liberal

wing of South Korea.

So divided government, and this morning it had one of its most awkward moments in recent

years.

The president, President Yun, declared martial law out of the blue, saying that there were

anti-state

activities going on that were in danger, destabilizing the republic, and therefore he needed

to impose martial law. A few hours after that, the liberal-controlled parliament overruled

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