Tag: protests

Picture of the Day: Impeachment Rally

Rally calling for Yoon's impeachment
Rally calling for Yoon’s impeachment
People stage a rally to call for President Yoon Suk Yeol’s impeachment by the Constitutional Court in Gangneung, about 170 kilometers east of Seoul, on Feb. 15, 2025. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Rally for Yoon’s Resignation

Calls for Yoon's resignation
Calls for Yoon’s resignation
Protesters attend a rally near Gyeongbokgung Station in Seoul on Feb. 8, 2025, to call for impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol’s immediate resignation. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Yoon Supporters Hold a Rally

Rally of Yoon's supporters
Rally of Yoon’s supporters
Supporters of impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol shout slogans during a rally near the Constitutional Court in Seoul on Jan. 25, 2025, to express their objection to Yoon’s impeachment. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Damaged Court Building in Seoul

Recovery work at court attacked by protesters
Recovery work at court attacked by protesters
People clean up destroyed equipment at the Seoul Western District Court in the capital on Jan. 19, 2025, after angry supporters of detained President Yoon Suk Yeol stormed into the court in an act of violent vandalism following the court’s decision to formally arrest Yoon over his failed martial law bid. (Yonhap)

Law Enforcement Condemns Violence at Pro-Yoon Protests Outside of Seoul Western District Court House

Anyone caught harming the police or damaging property is hopefully punished according to law. I did not like seeing mandatory service policemen getting assaulted by violent leftists over the years and the Korean right should not be doing the same thing:

Law enforcement agencies on Sunday condemned the violent protests at the Seoul Western District Court, the first-ever riot targeting the judiciary in South Korea, vowing to restore order and hold those responsible accountable. Sparked by the formal arrest of President Yoon Suk Yeol earlier in the day, the attacks have sent shockwaves through the country.

After the court granted a warrant for Yoon’s extended detention at 2:50 a.m. Sunday, protesters forcefully entered the court by climbing over walls and smashing windows with ashtrays, stones, plastic chairs and trash at around 3:10 a.m.

The protesters also assaulted police officials stationed around the building by spraying fire extinguishers and striking them with shields and batons seized from the police. Around 30 police officials were injured in the process of restraining the protesters, according to police.

Korea Herald

You can read more at the link, but the article says that 89 people were arrested. Now compare this to the massively more violent U.S. beef protests where only 13 people were arrested and President Moon ended up giving them a pardon.

Tweet of the Day: Party Vibes?

https://twitter.com/hyunsuinseoul/status/1870402444662067609

Farmers on Tractors Clog Traffic in Seoul in Order to Protest Against President Yoon

Yoon has already been impeached there is is no need for this protest. Wait until the Constitutional Court renders its final decision on the impeachment before deciding to protest:

Tractors driven by a farmers' group calling for President Yoon Suk Yeol's arrest are stopped by police in southern Seoul on Dec. 21. [NEWS1]

Tractors driven by a farmers’ group calling for President Yoon Suk Yeol’s arrest are stopped by police in southern Seoul on Dec. 21. [NEWS1]

A group of farmers headed into central Seoul aboard tractors to stage a protest for President Yoon Suk Yeol’s arrest were stopped by police on Saturday on the outskirts of the capital, causing severe traffic congestion. 
  
Some 30 tractors and approximately 50 cargo trucks affiliated with the Korean Peasants League were prevented by police from traveling north of the Namtaeryeong pass in southern Seoul at 12 p.m., according to the farmer’s group and police. 
  
The group had planned to stage a protest using tractors in front of Yoon’s residence in Yongsan District and Gwanghwamun Square in central Seoul, but the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency restricted their entry, citing their demonstration’s potential impact on traffic.

Joong Ang Ilbo

You can read more at the link, but according to the article these protesters with their tractors were clogging up traffic in Seoul. Traffic is bad enough in Seoul without these idiots making it worse.

Picture of the Day: Protest in Support of President Yoon

Rally against Yoon's parliamentary impeachment
Rally against Yoon’s parliamentary impeachment
Members of conservative organizations hold a rally near the Constitutional Court in Seoul on Dec. 17, 2024, claiming the National Assembly’s impeachment of President Yoon Suk Yeol is invalid. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: KCTU Calls for Break Up of PPP

Umbrella union calls for ruling party's breakup
Umbrella union calls for ruling party’s breakup
Members of the progressive Korean Confederation of Trade Unions tear papers bearing the names of lawmakers from the ruling People Power Party during a news conference in front of the PPP headquarters in Seoul on Dec. 9, 2024. They demanded the party’s dissolution, holding it accountable for boycotting a parliamentary vote on an impeachment bill against President Yoon Suk Yeol. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: DP Street Rally

DP stages street rally in protest of Yoon gov't
DP stages street rally in protest of Yoon gov’t
The main opposition Democratic Party holds a massive street rally in central Seoul on Nov. 2, 2024, urging the Yoon Suk Yeol government to accept a special counsel bill for an investigation into first lady Kim Keon Hee over stock manipulation and other allegations. (Yonhap)