Once a week I go to judo to work out myself, but most of the time, I take the guy to work out while I sit with a laptop. I normally don’t talk to anyone one, but today, I got in a conversation with a couple of parents from other countries (there are many of them at judo). I heard about things going on in Georgia (the country) and Korea.
Georgia is trying to join the EU in two years, which is threatening to Putin. So, he’s turned the heat up on the influence and support of anti-EU factions. The college-age people in Georgia do not speak Russian, and Russian influence is alien and unwelcome to them. They’ve been maintaining a long-term protest.
There were roughly two hours between the declaration of martial law by the president of Korea and the annulment of it by the National Assembly. During that time, anything could have happened, especially to dissidents and journalists. Part of the reason Yoon is in power is that he still uses rhetoric about Communist spies being everywhere that older people that lived in the Korean War are attuned to, no matter how ridiculous it is. On the other hand, older people remember protesting for free elections, and they showed up this time, too.