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Tell the South Korean consulate: Yoon must go!
On Tuesday, December 3, President Yoon Seok Yeol of South Korea declared martial law for the 13th time in the country’s history. While our brave people in South Korea have gained the upper hand, this fight is not yet over.
South Korea’s largest progressive union has called a general strike until President Yoon resigns. South Koreans need your solidarity now—help us lift up their demands by calling and sending emails to the ROK Embassy demanding Yoon’s resignation.
Click here to send an email to the embassy urging President Yoon to resign.
️Click here for instructions on calling the embassy to demand President Yoon resign.️
Yoon’s regime has cracked down on the South Korean people, who have faced a mounting economic crisis and political repression under his administration. As a result, throughout November on multiple occasions, over 100,000 people showed up on the streets of Seoul to protest Yoon. Over 1 million have signed a civilian referendum demanding Yoon’s resignation. Before his coup attempt, Yoon had already faced 22 impeachment attempts in the national legislature.
Until Yoon resigns, we can’t say the threat of martial law is entirely over. As long as Yoon is in power, there’s a possibility the US will support him in committing more atrocities against our people.
That’s where you come in. Applying international grassroots pressure on the Yoon regime is one of the best ways we can help keep our people in South Korea safe from retaliation. Don’t wait—take action now!
Events
Webinar: Despotism, Desperation, and Yoon Regime's Failed Coup
US, December 6, 2024, 4PM PST/7PM EST
Please join us to support Koreans in their demand for an end to Yoon's legacy of betrayal and his assault on democracy itself!
Register: Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85881279714?pwd=bISbjsssqDgR0cB7ahCIxldEl7WMor.1
Meeting ID: 858 8127 9714/Passcode: 745363
Youtube Live: https://www.youtube.com/live/kQ0zrmdxMc4
해외 진보 인사-윤석열 쿠데타 규탄 긴급 웨비나
Martial Law Interrupted: Views from South Korea
Sunday, 12/8, 4 pm PST | Sunday, 12/8, 7 pm EST | Monday, 12/9, 9 am KST
For a Zoom link, please register here.
This conversation brings together labor organizers, opposition politicians, scholars, and peace activists from South Korea to discuss the extraordinary attempt by President Yoon Seok-yeol to impose martial law on South Korea, a key U.S. ally. What are the structural conditions that enabled Yoon to declare martial law? Why is martial law in South Korea not assuredly a thing of the past? Even as the political landscape has shifted since the Carter administration authorized the deployment of South Korean military forces against the people of Gwangju who rose up for democracy in 1980, what is the U.S. role in this unfurling saga? What lessons are to be drawn from the organized resistance of the South Korean people, and what lies ahead?
What Does Trump Mean for Korea
Monday, December 2, 5PM PST / 8PM EST
Join "What Does Trump Mean for Korea" -- a webinar featuring a moderated panel discussion and strategy session on the incoming Trump administration’s plans for Korea. Co-hosted by Nodutdol and Korea Peace Now, this panel will feature:
Cathi Choi (Women Cross DMZ)
KJ Noh (Pivot to Peace)
Colleen Moore (General Board of Church and Society)
Dae Han Song (International Strategy Center)
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