Reactions to the South Korean crisis
Analysis: Extraordinary that the US was not told
The US State Department was taken completely to bed when South Korean President Yoon Suk-Yeol declared martial law, writes Tom Bateman in an analysis for the BBC.
You cannot exaggerate the strategic importance of the countries' relationship - the US has almost 30,000 soldiers in the country, who through a series of agreements protect South Korea against its nuclear-armed neighbor in the north, he continues.
"So for Seoul's leadership to take such a drastic step without even telling Washington is extraordinary."
Yoon's move spectacularly failed, writes Dominic Waghorn for Sky News.
He faced united opposition and is now facing a political steel bath when he has to pay the price for his reckless actions, he continues.
"South Korea's democracy has proved resilient during some challenging and unprecedented hours."
The president seems to have made a desperate move in response to his lousy support in public opinion - just over ten percent, writes Julian Borger in The Guardian.
"Yoon may have thought his nostalgia for authoritarian rule would strike a chord with some South Koreans [...] but it appears to have been a miscalculation."
Analysis: Extraordinary that the US was not told
The US State Department was taken completely to bed when South Korean President Yoon Suk-Yeol declared martial law, writes Tom Bateman in an analysis for the BBC.
You cannot exaggerate the strategic importance of the countries' relationship - the US has almost 30,000 soldiers in the country, who through a series of agreements protect South Korea against its nuclear-armed neighbor in the north, he continues.
"So for Seoul's leadership to take such a drastic step without even telling Washington is extraordinary."
Yoon's move spectacularly failed, writes Dominic Waghorn for Sky News.
He faced united opposition and is now facing a political steel bath when he has to pay the price for his reckless actions, he continues.
"South Korea's democracy has proved resilient during some challenging and unprecedented hours."
The president seems to have made a desperate move in response to his lousy support in public opinion - just over ten percent, writes Julian Borger in The Guardian.
"Yoon may have thought his nostalgia for authoritarian rule would strike a chord with some South Koreans [...] but it appears to have been a miscalculation."
Political crisis in South Korea
The opposition calls for the president to resign - his own party apologizes
South Korea's main opposition party, the Democratic Party (DP), is demanding that President Yoon Suk-Yeol resign after Tuesday's political turmoil, writes AFP.
"Even if martial law is lifted, it is impossible for him to escape accusations of rebellion," writes DP leader Park Chan-dae in a statement.
The consternation is also great within the president's own party, the conservative PPP. On Wednesday morning local time, party leader Han Dong-hoon apologized to the public and called on Yoon Suk-Yeol to thoroughly explain his "tragic" decision to declare a state of emergency.
- The Minister of Defense, who recommended these martial laws, should be immediately removed and anyone who bears responsibility must be held strictly accountable, says Han Dong-hoon according to CNN.
The charges against Hunter Biden
Trump calls for upturned sentence after Biden's pardon
Donald Trump's lawyers have filed a request with Judge Juan Merchan in New York to overturn the "hush money" conviction, NBC News reports.
The lawyers argue that Trump has been "selectively and unfairly prosecuted", just as Joe Biden said of his recently pardoned son Hunter.
Trump was found guilty on 34 counts in May in the case involving payments to porn star Stormy Daniels. The sentencing was due to be announced on November 26, but the judge has postponed it indefinitely to allow Trump to appeal.
The opposition calls for the president to resign - his own party apologizes
South Korea's main opposition party, the Democratic Party (DP), is demanding that President Yoon Suk-Yeol resign after Tuesday's political turmoil, writes AFP.
"Even if martial law is lifted, it is impossible for him to escape accusations of rebellion," writes DP leader Park Chan-dae in a statement.
The consternation is also great within the president's own party, the conservative PPP. On Wednesday morning local time, party leader Han Dong-hoon apologized to the public and called on Yoon Suk-Yeol to thoroughly explain his "tragic" decision to declare a state of emergency.
- The Minister of Defense, who recommended these martial laws, should be immediately removed and anyone who bears responsibility must be held strictly accountable, says Han Dong-hoon according to CNN.
The charges against Hunter Biden
Trump calls for upturned sentence after Biden's pardon
Donald Trump's lawyers have filed a request with Judge Juan Merchan in New York to overturn the "hush money" conviction, NBC News reports.
The lawyers argue that Trump has been "selectively and unfairly prosecuted", just as Joe Biden said of his recently pardoned son Hunter.
Trump was found guilty on 34 counts in May in the case involving payments to porn star Stormy Daniels. The sentencing was due to be announced on November 26, but the judge has postponed it indefinitely to allow Trump to appeal.
Security around the Baltic Sea
The minister was wrong - points out the Swedish police
Swedish Minister Carl-Oskar Bohlin (M) claimed earlier on Tuesday incorrectly that Finnish police investigated the cable breaches in Finland as suspected sabotage. After the information was refuted by the Finnish police, the minister now seems to claim that he received incorrect information from the Swedish police.
"I reproduced information from the Swedish Police Agency that, taking into account the circumstances, sabotage was suspected," writes Bohlin in a comment to Expressen.
Sveriges Radio also initially reported that the police suspected a crime. Where that information came from is unclear.
According to Reuters, both cable breaks on Tuesday afternoon have been determined to be due to accidents.
The minister was wrong - points out the Swedish police
Swedish Minister Carl-Oskar Bohlin (M) claimed earlier on Tuesday incorrectly that Finnish police investigated the cable breaches in Finland as suspected sabotage. After the information was refuted by the Finnish police, the minister now seems to claim that he received incorrect information from the Swedish police.
"I reproduced information from the Swedish Police Agency that, taking into account the circumstances, sabotage was suspected," writes Bohlin in a comment to Expressen.
Sveriges Radio also initially reported that the police suspected a crime. Where that information came from is unclear.
According to Reuters, both cable breaks on Tuesday afternoon have been determined to be due to accidents.
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