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Today, what on earth is going on in South Korea?

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On the evening of the 3rd of December, journalist and filmmaker Harry Un Kang was at home in Seoul,

getting ready to go to sleep when she turned on the TV.

I was in bed already in my pajamas at 10.30 in the evening, and President Yunso Gare came on national television.

To announce that he was putting the country under a state of martial law.

He said that he was doing that he was doing that because he wants to protect South Korean democracy from, quote, anti-state pro-North Korean forces.

And to supplement his claims, he cited the main liberal opposition parties' various antics to hinder his own budget bills and other political activities.

At first I thought, what the beep is going on?

I think this was a similar reaction all across the country where everyone was exchanging

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