I think that the strength of the Korean people's interest in their democracy, the rule of law, and getting the facts straight, that's been very reasonable and measured, we have seen in South Korea is the protection of a vibrant democracy.

I think in the long term we're going to see a stronger South Korea. Hey, South Korea, stop giving Trump ideas; right, he didn't know you could do that.

I think that the strength of the Korean people's interest in their democracy, in the rule of law, in getting the facts straight...

I think the more important issue here is what is going on and what has been the reaction of the Korean people, and they're saying, 'We don't want to turn back the clock to the authoritarian days. We don't have any nostalgia for that time.'

I have seen, day after day, a response from the Korean people that's been very reasonable and measured.

Colonel Maxwell, the United States has highly valued South Korea as a beacon of democracy.

What we have seen in South Korea is the protection of a vibrant democracy; the response by the people, by the legislature, and by the military, and in particular the Korean Special Forces—uh, they acted to protect democracy and protect the Korean people's ability to determine their own government and protect their own government.

They should be proud of the fact that they protected their democracy. I think in the long term we're going to see a stronger South Korea, uh, one which we are really proud to be allied with.

The political upheaval in South Korea, as President Yoon Suk Yeol is impeached after his disastrous attempt to declare martial law last week...

Let's get the latest from ABC's Patrick Reevell. Patrick, good morning to you.

the political upheaval in South Korea as President Yoon Suk Yeol is impeached after his disastrous attempt to declare martial law last week.

Let's get the latest out from ABC's Patrick Reevell. Patrick, good morning to you. Good morning, Jay. Thousands...

Celebrated on the streets in South Korea's capital, Seoul, after its Parliament voted to impeach President

Yoon Suk-yeol over a failed coup. Lawmakers voted yesterday that Yoon had committed insurrection.

The constitutional court now has up to 6 months to rule whether to uphold the impeachment. Yoon is also facing a

criminal investigation. President Joe Biden overnight called the acting president, praising the resilience of South Korea's democracy and reaffirming

the US alliance. We start with breaking news from South Korea, where lawmakers have voted to impeach President Yoon. What

does today's vote mean for South Korea's democracy? Perhaps you could remind us how this situation

evolved in the first place. Yeah, I mean it all started with the decision to impose martial law, and you know, when I

talked to young students here, the young generation in South Korea, they said when they saw the news they couldn't believe

it. They thought it was fake news, that it was like in a movie. Some people even told me that they thought, wow,

this could happen in North Korea, but not in South Korea. So for them, it was really very surreal. But you know, their parents'

generation still remembers when South Korea was not yet a democracy, and when actually military rulers imposed martial law and brutally suppressed

the democracy movement here. So that is really a thing of the past, and now that decision by Yoon to again

impose martial law has evoked those dark memories, and that has been really very controversial and that has united a lot

of Koreans. And I would say this crisis has shown that the population here is quite alert, that

they stand up for democracy, and that they have also stood the test. Civil society was very quickly mobilizing.

Uh, the people and demonstrations have formed, and I think that was really quite impressive how active, yeah, the

population here has been and how politically alert they have been. Outlets in the West are already celebrating uh, these protests as a

victory for democracy in Korea, or celebrating the defense of [Applause] democracy. Oh, there was some big

political drama overseas yesterday when the president of South Korea declared surprise martial law. That's actually really impressive, you know how hard it

is to throw a surprise martial law. You have to get the entire military to hide behind the couch and then be quiet at

the same time. Turn off the tank, turn off the tank, so to catch his critics off guard. To catch his critics off guard. Oh,

stop, stop it, don't reward me. So to catch his critics off guard, President Yoon Suk Yeol issued a martial law

decree at 11:00 p.m. on a Tuesday night. You never make a good decision at 11:00

p.m. on a Tuesday. You're either starting a third glass of Chardonnay and a new

season of Bake Off, or you're declaring martial law. But guess what, jokes on Yoon, jokes on Yoon, because by South Korean

law, Parliament can vote to overturn martial law, and just two hours after he issued his decree, lawmakers made their

way past armed guards to enter the country's National Assembly to vote against it. One of them even live

streamed himself climbing over a fence to get back in. Oh no, if Trump ever declares martial law, we're

screwed. We're screwed. Our Congress is way too old to climb fences. I mean,

it's a nail-biter. It's a nail-biter. Every time they get into a bathtub, we're going to have to make the Senate

Walk in now. Bear in mind, bear in mind, bear in mind lawmakers were doing this as armed soldiers were breaking

windows to get into Parliament and stop the assembly. That is very... [beeping] bad Korean food pun. [Laughter]

In the end, in the end... See, no, you see, you encourage me and you get jokes like that. In the end, lawmakers voted against

the decree, 190 to zero. And by 4:30 a.m., Yun withdrew martial law, meaning in

total, his entire coup lasted six hours, making it the shortest attempted coup since... well, you know, let's get into the big

international story. Breaking news this morning out of South Korea, where the president there just declared martial law. Okay, South Korea, stop giving Trump

ideas, right? He didn't know you could do that. Unfortunately for South Korea, uh, this looks like the beginning of a long

and slow descent into dictatorship; a descent into dictatorship, a dark period which may last years or even decades. Breaking news from overseas:

South Korea's Parliament just voted to nullify the declaration of martial law; nullify the declaration of martial

law that was made by the country's president just a few hours earlier. Oh, that's great! Good old Asian

efficiency! Good old Asian efficiency. The president went nuts, declared martial law; the assembly overruled him. Martial law over, and they

did it all in a lunch break! All right, everybody, get back to doing K-pop, chop chop!

Damn... But I'm glad this didn't get out of hand, because I don't even

know what martial law in South Korea looks like. I mean, do they wheel this doll out and whoever moves gets shot?

But uh, let's turn to a country just beginning its fascism period in another edition of 'Trump 2.0 coming for the'

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