joon hyung kim is a member of the korean national assembly for the rebuilding korea party. ition party. he told me president yoon�*s arrest is a victory for the rule of law. this is a sad moment for korean history, but i think justice has been served. it's kind of expected, because at least he is consistent to deny this legitimate court order and constitutional order, because he said, the law is all broken in this country. but that's not true. it is quite a moment for south korea, a country that we normally think about as being pretty stable. when you are talking to your constituents, what are people saying to you? they must be incredibly alarmed, not least we are seeing the strength of feeling outside the court. yeah, the last martial law before this was 45 years ago, i was a high school student. this is an anachronistic moment. more than 60 or 70% of people said this is the right thing to do, this impeachment. even though his fervent supporters are a lot more vocal to deny that, that is not the main trend here. he says he is complying with what he says is an illegal invest

but in the months since, the south korean national assembly has been holding hearings and collectingy learned appears to be the yoon's declaration of martial law last month was less chaos and more of a premeditated plan to upend south korea's democracy that got botched. according to a statement issued by one of their attorneys, days before president yoon declared martial law, four south korean military intelligence officials met at a hamburger joint outside of seoul and sketched out a plan. the plan went like this once martial law was declared, troops would enter the election commission's office and move employees to the basement, using zip ties and masks if necessary. then the troops would check the election machines for any security breaches. on the night martial law was declared, troops were deployed to the election commission, even before the president issued his degree. they seized night shift employees cell phones and began photographing election machines. you see, back in april, south korea's opposition party won the nation's parliamentary elections in a landslide over the pre

the time the six hours of martial law felt like chaos, but in the months since the south korean national assemblyarings and collecting testimony from key officials. what they learned appears to be that yoon's declaration of martial law was less chaos and more of a botched premeditated plan to upsend south korea's democracy. sound familiar? according to a statement issued by one of their attorneys days before president yoon declared martial law, four south korean military intelligence officials met at a hamburger joint outside of seoul and sketched out a plan. quote, the plan went like this. buns martial law was declared, troops enter the commission office and move employees to the basement using zip-ties and masks if necessary. then the troops would check the election machines for any security breaches, end quote. on the night martial law was eventually declared, troops were deployed to the election commission even before the president issued his decree. they seized night shift employees' cellphones, photographed election machines, all of this going back to last april when south korea's oppositio

korean modern history. at the moment the biggest worry is the growing influence of the far right end formal politics including national assemblythink the rise of part of rate is connected globally. many people are keen on how it will answer racked with their regents rise of far right. racked with their regents rise of far right-— of far right. taking it back to events happening _ of far right. taking it back to events happening this i of far right. taking it back to i events happening this moment, we are seeing the standoff between the police and the presidential security service, we have not heard anything from the impeached president himself. how will he be and what will he be doing in this moment looking out the window and he can see all of this happening. and he can see all of this happening-— and he can see all of this haueninu. . ,., , ., happening. that is a question for everyone _ happening. that is a question for everyone at _ happening. that is a question for everyone at the _ happening. that is a question for everyone at the moment. | happening. that is a question i for everyone at the moment. the team of his lawyer

and south korean lawmakers forced their way into the national assembly.al law. impeached the president, suspended him. and now there is a real effort to impose criminal accountability that was blocked today. but there is something inspiring about south korean lawmakers and public thinkers and just ordinary citizens trying to hold a leader accountable for trying to undermine their democracy. but there is also this other side where it does represent incredible polarization. it is a challenge for south korea now without effective leadership. if there is a crisis to me it is inspiring to see. >> you know it well. and i wanted to know. what you take away from it. we know there are popular movements across the world that have tilted a little bit to the right and anti-democratic. what i haven't yet seen, and we have instances in georgia, and in croatia and austria. hungary. what i haven't seen is is a straight up stop the steal type thing with english signs. people might say donald trump has it right in terms of power to the people. this is different. this has a

joon hyung kim is a member of the korean national assembly for the rebuilding korea party.u have been pretty vocal against yoon suk yeol, are you surprised that he is refusing to, it appears he is refusing to, it appears he is refusing to, it appears he is refusing to comply with the investigators, he is refusing to speak? investigators, he is refusing to seak? , , ., investigators, he is refusing to seak? , l, 4' ., investigators, he is refusing to seak? , ~ ., , , investigators, he is refusing to seak? , 4' ., , investigators, he is refusing to seak? , ~ ., , speak? yes, you know, this is a sad moment for— speak? yes, you know, this is a sad moment for korean _ speak? yes, you know, this is a sad moment for korean history, - speak? yes, you know, this is a sad moment for korean history, but - speak? yes, you know, this is a sad moment for korean history, but i i moment for korean history, but i thinkjustice has been served. it's kind of expected, because at least he is consistent to deny this legitimate court order and constitutional order, because as he said, the law is