South Korea

In South Korea, President Jun Sok-yol declared martial law on Tuesday, citing alleged sympathies of the opposition with North Korea. The attempted coup failed, but the shock in Seoul remains. Why did these events unfold? And what consequences will the failed coup have? Tereza Novotná, an Associate Research Fellow at EUROPEUM Institute, commented the events on 5:59 podcast of Seznam Zprávy.

Martial law declared by the President of South Korea lasted six hours. However, President Yoon Suk-yeol did not present any evidence to accuse the opposition of collaborating with North Korea. South Korean MPs and citizens, who, like the police, gathered at Parliament, created such pressure that the head of state backed down from his decision after a few hours. Tereza Novotná, an Associate Research Fellow at EUROPEUM Institute, commented on the situation in the podcast Výtah of Respekt magazine.