North Korea condemned South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol’s martial law as a “fascist dictatorship” and “an expression of desperation.” The future looks grim for Yoon, with the Pyongyang media saying the decision had stoked public and opposition anger and bolstered calls for Yoon’s ouster. North Korea also alerted that the situation was being observed by the international community and warned that the crisis could lead to an early end of Yoon’s political career.
North Korea has ended its silence over the martial law crisis in South Korea and given it a tough condemnation. An article that appeared in North Korea’s official media outlet explained the reported events surrounding South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol’s declaration of martial law.
It characterized the Yoon administration as “a puppet government that is undergoing a grave crisis of governance in this situation of the risk of being dismissed,” and denounced the government as a “fascist dictatorship.”
The piece continued, “The public outcry and opposition against Yoon’s martial law declaration again was nothing short of massive, and כל הציבור, including the opposition party, unanimously condemned this insane move that harkens back to the days of the military coup we had in decades past, with the desire by the people for Yoon’s impeachment only increasing after this.”
Massive protests were held throughout South Korea following the end of martial law, and demonstrators calling for Yoon Suk Yeol’s “immediate removal” and “punishment” were noted in the article. It also stated, “The international community, which has been watching the situation with caution, said that the declaration of martial law and the agitation of the removal proved the fragility of the people of the Rep. of Korea.”
According to the MSN, Yoon’s call for martial law was nothing but a “holocaust,” and they viewed that a desperate Yoon’s decision could signal an early demise to Yoon’s political career.
Unlike the relatively swift reaction that the North had made to the surrender of the South Korean government and military forces, Pyongyang remained speechless after martial law was declared in South Korea on December 3. That silence ended with an article in the state-run North Korean press. For some time analysts had been waiting to hear Pyongyang’s assessment of the political crisis in Seoul.
