Tag: protests

Anyone caught harming the police or damaging property is hopefully punished according to law. I did not like seeing mandatory service policemen getting assaulted by violent leftists over the years and the Korean right should not be doing the same thing:

Law enforcement agencies on Sunday condemned the violent protests at the Seoul Western District Court, the first-ever riot targeting the judiciary in South Korea, vowing to restore order and hold those responsible accountable. Sparked by the formal arrest of President Yoon Suk Yeol earlier in the day, the attacks have sent shockwaves through the country.

After the court granted a warrant for Yoon’s extended detention at 2:50 a.m. Sunday, protesters forcefully entered the court by climbing over walls and smashing windows with ashtrays, stones, plastic chairs and trash at around 3:10 a.m.

The protesters also assaulted police officials stationed around the building by spraying fire extinguishers and striking them with shields and batons seized from the police. Around 30 police officials were injured in the process of restraining the protesters, according to police.

Korea Herald

You can read more at the link, but the article says that 89 people were arrested. Now compare this to the massively more violent U.S. beef protests where only 13 people were arrested and President Moon ended up giving them a pardon.

Yoon has already been impeached there is is no need for this protest. Wait until the Constitutional Court renders its final decision on the impeachment before deciding to protest:

Tractors driven by a farmers’ group calling for President Yoon Suk Yeol’s arrest are stopped by police in southern Seoul on Dec. 21. [NEWS1]

A group of farmers headed into central Seoul aboard tractors to stage a protest for President Yoon Suk Yeol’s arrest were stopped by police on Saturday on the outskirts of the capital, causing severe traffic congestion. 
  
Some 30 tractors and approximately 50 cargo trucks affiliated with the Korean Peasants League were prevented by police from traveling north of the Namtaeryeong pass in southern Seoul at 12 p.m., according to the farmer’s group and police. 
  
The group had planned to stage a protest using tractors in front of Yoon’s residence in Yongsan District and Gwanghwamun Square in central Seoul, but the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency restricted their entry, citing their demonstration’s potential impact on traffic.

Joong Ang Ilbo

You can read more at the link, but according to the article these protesters with their tractors were clogging up traffic in Seoul. Traffic is bad enough in Seoul without these idiots making it worse.