# What the hell is happening in Korea?

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**Category:** Politics & Elections\
**Created:** [December 6, 2024, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-happening-in-korea/1011251 "2024-12-06T11:37:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2024, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-happening-in-korea/1011251/2 "2024-12-06T11:48:19Z")

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Here’s 60 posts (and still adding more) on the topic with LOTS of explanations:

> [@South Korea Declares Martial Law](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-korea-declares-martial-law/1011111):
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> What the hell? I’m a pretty well informed person, I read The Economist and the BBC on a daily basis. And while I’m aware that South Korea has some issues, like a real problem with gender equality and a plummeting birth rate, I certainly haven’t been hearing about anything that would remotely warrant martial law. Does anyone have any insight into this? Is it as frightening as it sounds? It’s so new that the only news available is what I posted- no real details on what’s going on and what it m…

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