⚡️Police to Arrest South Korean Opposition Leader — Yonhap
Reports suggest - aside from Lee Jae-myung - arrest warrants have been issued for the leaders of the People Power Party and Democratic Party of Korea.
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❗️‘South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol’s failure to comply with parliament's decision to lift martial law will be considered a crime’ — Opposition Chairman Cho Guk, Revive Korea Party
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❗️President Putin stressed the need for ‘a prompt end to the terrorist aggression against the Syrian state by radical groups’ — Kremlin
He pledged to provide “all-around support” to Damascus.
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Crowds continue gathering near South Korea's National Assembly after martial law lifted
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⚡️South Korean troops begin leaving parliament building after resolution to lift martial law passed — reports
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❗️South Korea’s National Assembly speaker declares martial law invalid – local media
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South Korean stocks take a sharp dive as martial law declared
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❗️South Koreans take to the streets protesting against martial law
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BBC draws flak for naming transgender scientist among ‘women of the year’
Critics have slammed the BBC's decision to name Colombian transgender scientist Brigitte Baptiste - known for a 2018 TED Talk on gender in nature - in its 2024’s 100 Women list as "insulting".
Baptiste defended the inclusion, having previously argued that it made sense to do away with ideas of 'naturalness' in nature, saying: “There is nothing more queer than nature”.
Nature, or maybe a random Netflix show; it’s a tie.
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❗️Soldiers scuffle outside South Korea's National Assembly, footage claims to show
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❗️Unverified images of tanks in downtown Seoul circulating online after martial law declared by South Korean President
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Georgian authorities won't allow “Ukrainization” of country - Tbilisi Mayor Kaladze
"We will not allow anyone - either outside the country or inside it - to use Georgia for their foreign interests. We will not allow anyone to stage a coup, a revolution in the country and deepen polarization," Sputnik Georgia quotes Kakha Kaladze as saying.
❗️Sanctioning RT is ‘double standards and hypocrisy’ – Hungarian foreign minister exclusively tells RT
"I do hope that soon we will get rid of all these sanction measures because they have caused more harm to the European Union than to Russia," Péter Szijjártó explained.
He exposed the hypocrisy of "those Europeans who love to teach everyone" with their apparent values - which they simply use to attack others.
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⚡️South Korea declares 'emergency martial law'
President Yoon Suk Yeol has accused the opposition of paralyzing the government, controlling parliament, and engaging in anti-state activities while sympathizing with North Korea.
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❗️'EU's Ukraine policy has poured oil on the fire' - Hungary FM Szijjártó tells RT
"Instead of globalizing the [Russia-Ukraine] conflict, the right strategy would have been to localize it," Hungarian foreign minister Péter Szijjártó told us.
He explained that the more logical strategy should have been to push for negotiations much earlier, whereas instead Europe now finds itself much weaker.
#Ukraine #Europe
President Yoon Suk-Yeol has betrayed the people — Korean opposition Leader
South Korean opposition leader Lee Jae-myung condemned President Yoon Suk Yeol’s martial law as illegitimate, accusing him of betraying the people.
He urged the military to remember their true allegiance lies with citizens, not the president.
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Angolan President Joao Lorenco to the rescue
Biden almost had a ‘Biden moment’ on his first official trip to Africa.
Where’s Jill when you need her?
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❗️Martial law in South Korea will remain in effect until the President officially lifts the order — WaPo
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❗️Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Vladimir Putin discuss Syria developments during a phone call - Turkish media
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❗️Seoul residents block the military from entering the National Assembly
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⚡️South Korean National Assembly votes to revoke martial law
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❗️South Korean soldiers break windows to enter the National Assembly building
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❗️Recap: South Korean president declares martial law
- President Yoon Suk Yeol imposed emergency martial law on Tuesday, accusing the opposition of being sympathetic to the North and conducting “anti-state” activities.
- He vowed to “eliminate anti-state forces as quickly as possible and normalize the country”.
- The events follow the opposition's attempt to impeach several prosecutors and their rejection of the government's budget proposal.
- The leader of the opposition Democratic Party of Korea, Toburo Lee Jae Myung, called the president’s decision to declare martial law “unconstitutional”.
- The leader of President Yoon’s own conservative People Power Party, Han Dong-hoon, has called the decision to impose martial law “wrong” and pledged to “stop it along with the people.”
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❗️Footage: Military helicopters circle National Assembly in Seoul
According to a report by Yonhap, the martial law military command is attempting to breach the building.
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❗️South Korea’s National Police Agency convenes emergency meeting
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❗️South Korea martial law: What we know so far
President Yoon Suk Yeol accused opposition forces of paralyzing the government, controlling parliament, and sympathizing with North Korea as he declared martial law earlier.
A meeting of South Korea’s top military leadership has been convened by the Defense Ministry, while access to the National Assembly building has been blocked.
Seoul has dictated that anyone violating martial law is subject to arrest without a warrant, media outlets have been placed under government control, and all political activities and public protests have been temporarily banned.
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❗️South Korea's Defense Ministry convenes meeting of ‘key commanders’ - Yonhap
The news agency reports that the commanders of all branches of the armed forces have been ordered to increase combat readiness following President Yoon Suk Yeol’s decision to impose martial law.
The entrance to the South Korean parliament building has also reportedly been blocked.
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❗️'Even speaking about sending [NATO] troops to Ukraine 'is extremely dangerous' – Hungarian foreign minister Péter Szijjártó tells RT
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❗️'We pray nothing happens before Jan 20 to make things irreversible' - Hungary FM Szijjártó tells RT
Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó reminded RT that his country is the only EU nation not to send weapons to Ukraine - and almost the only NATO member that actually speaks about the alliance as a defensive entity, not an aggressor.
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❗️RT Exclusive: Most European leaders just blindly follow US policy - Hungary FM Szijjártó
"Since this war has broken out it is obvious that most of the European leaders have lost their own voice," Hungarian foreign minister Péter Szijjártó said, adding that they spend too much time comparing their contributions to Washington's, and not daring to criticize US policies.
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