r/InternationalNews • u/BothZookeepergame612 • 17d ago
Asia Kim Yong-hyun: S Korea ex-defence minister attempts to take his life
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4gjelnlrvgo87
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u/OvenFearless 16d ago
I wish this freaking timeline would be juuuust a bit less dramatic and complex… my brain smh
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u/tossthesauce92 16d ago
I find it shocking that people find it shocking that the Samsung Republic, with its long history as an arm of US imperialism, exploited by unfettered capitalism, corruption and repression in the name of fReEdOm AnD dEmOcRaCy, with one of the highest suicide rates in the world…is, in fact, not the dreamy country they’ve been told it was.
Ya’ll really need to take in some non-CIA propagandized history of Korea. I’d recommend starting the Blowback podcast season 3. None of this is even slightly surprising.
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u/kenser99 16d ago
Want to know something funny i learned in my history class
Communism, communists help form workers rights and unions in the united states I believe in the 40s and 50s. This led to an 40 hr week and workers rights , something along the lines of that . It helped inspired a movement of workers right at a time were capitalism was working their workers to death
Seems like we forgot to export that lesson to korea 😅 sorry guys
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u/BrunoTheYeti 16d ago
Literally almost starting a war that could lead to WW3 and completely destroy both Koreas just to kill some liberals and maintain power. This is fucking insanity, i guess this is as far as the right there is willing to go for power instead of the usual "lets just work together with the left" approach
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u/AVGJOE78 16d ago
This is wild. I feel bad for South Korea. WTF? I thought they were really moving up in the world with the phones, the cars, the T.V.’s, and now this clown show bullshit? This is amateur hour stuff. If I were South Korean I would be furious!
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u/lliquidllove 16d ago
Oh, the South Korean government has always been insane.
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u/tossthesauce92 16d ago
Folks on this thread are hilarious. It’s like they don’t realize ROK was basically non democratic until, what, 1999?
“B..b..but, North Korea bad!”
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u/ItWillBeBarbarism 16d ago
87 IIRC, but it has been always dominated by a conglomerate of 3 companies.
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u/AVGJOE78 16d ago
I thought the dictatorship ended in 79. I’m not really familiar. I know they’ve had a history of problems like this.
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u/tossthesauce92 16d ago
Technically yup. But took until the late 90’s until there was a peaceful transfer to a democratically elected opposition party. It’s just extra rich when they’re always squawking about how free and democratic they are.
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u/AVGJOE78 16d ago
Reminds a little of another US ally who claims to be “The only Democracy in the Middle East.” It’s always pick me with our allies, and we just gloss over it all, cause “they’re one of the good ones.” The US will tolerate a lot of abuses from tyrants as long as the money keeps flowing - many would say they even prefer them!
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u/Aggressive_Rent_4344 17d ago
They were under pressure from the US to supply arms to Ukraine.
That's why the US acted like it was no big deal..
This isn't confirmed, but it's the most logical theory atm.
SK law doesn't allow arms sales like this. But if they were under martial law they could empty the stockpiles.
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u/Fun-Anxiety-4088 16d ago
Which sort of arm sales? South koreans have been exporting to russian neighbors like norway before the outbreak of the conflict in ukraine
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u/Aggressive_Rent_4344 16d ago
It's illegal during a conflict.
When they sent 500k 155mm shells to the US everyone knew why and the gov was under a lot of pressure internally not to pull the same trick again.
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u/thefirebrigades 16d ago
South Korea is barely a sovereign country with the occupation troops and the giant corporations that has a vice grip on the society. These politicians are fighting for scraps and leftovers given to them by whatever the US and Samsung cant exploit, like a pack of rabid dogs.
No different than Syria, where the oil fields are controlled and looted by the kurds and the Americans. Wheat production also under 'rebel' control, and Assad had the title, but none of the substance, and the pack of rabid dogs tore the country apart because they wanted the title too. A new flag, and the demise of society.
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