As reported on AFN, the president of South Korea declared martial law on Tuesday and vowed to eliminate what he called "anti-state forces" that have influence in parliament and side with communist North Korea. President Yoon Suk Yeol lifted the order hours after legislators voted to reject his move. Now, there are calls for him to resign or be removed from office.
"If he's not going to resign, he's probably going to be impeached on Friday or Saturday, and that will cause a crisis in South Korea," author and Asia expert Gordon Chang said on the Washington Watch program Wednesday.
President Yoon is considered a conservative, and Chang said that conservative voices in South Korea have always been very pro-America, whereas "progressives have always been very anti-America." Based on that, Chang said this could go back to a very difficult time.
"This will embolden the North Koreans and the Chinese," he argued. "And we know that with a weakened president or a prime minister who will become president, then you have a point where the North Koreans think they can use their leverage in South Korean society through the unions to try to change the form of governance in South Korea."
Tony Perkins, president of Family Research Council (FRC) and host of Washington Watch, urged people to be in prayer about this as they pray for the United States, its allies, and the transition to the Trump administration.
