Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoYoon Suk Yeol: South Korea's ex-president jailed for life over martial law attemptwww.bbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square29fedilinkarrow-up1362file-text
arrow-up1362external-linkYoon Suk Yeol: South Korea's ex-president jailed for life over martial law attemptwww.bbc.comImgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square29fedilinkfile-text
Pay attention America - this is what you do with anti-Democratic leaders if you want to respect and preserve democracy.
minus-squarered_green_black@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·2 months agoI mean before that it was a string of Military Dictators, and before that Japanese Colonialism, and before that a Feudal dynasty. Then of course we have the mega corp oligarchs that also exist in Korea.
minus-squareUnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·2 months agoIt’s been something of a round-robin of oligarch friendly presidents year by year since Park’s assassination in '79. That might be part of the problem.
I mean before that it was a string of Military Dictators, and before that Japanese Colonialism, and before that a Feudal dynasty.
Then of course we have the mega corp oligarchs that also exist in Korea.
It’s been something of a round-robin of oligarch friendly presidents year by year since Park’s assassination in '79.
That might be part of the problem.