December was an unprecedented month for South Korea.
As a journalist and filmmaker Kang Hye Yoon On the night of Dec. 3, she was wearing her pajamas and getting ready for bed when, out of nowhere, the country's president, Yoon Seok-yeol, appeared on state television and explained that he had declared martial law. The president argued that it was necessary to save the country from North Korean sympathizers and communists who had infiltrated the opposition.
That's right, journalist Rafael Rashid They argue that this is a tactic from South Korea's past to blame any dissent on imagined enemies within the country. However, this time it failed immediately after starting. Enraged opposition politicians and politicians from Yun's own party arrived at the National Assembly within hours and withdrew the declaration.
Chaos continued, not only Mr. Yoon but his successor was impeached, and then on December 29, the worst plane crash in South Korean history occurred at Muan Airport, killing 179 people.
as Helen Pitt We hear that many South Koreans are having a hard time imagining what will happen next, as Yoon holed up at home trying to avoid arrest and the country still grieves the deaths from the Muan disaster. .
