South Korea’s President Yoon Seok-yeol declares martial law, while Japanese media’s limited coverage sparks social media criticism.
1Old Men’s Friends Club ★.Dec. 6, 2024 (Fri) 10:19:17.44ID:SYyHACKO
South Korean President Yoon Seok-yeol declared a “state of emergency” on December 3, 2024. On social media, there have been a number of voices expressing confusion at the lack of coverage by Japanese media. ■ “I’m more afraid of Japanese TV, which is completely ignoring martial law, than the martial law in South Korea.” On the night of the 3rd, President Yoon gave an emergency television address, announcing that he was “declaring emergency martial law.” He explained that “national politics is in a state of paralysis,” citing the opposition parties’ refusal to agree on next year’s budget proposal and other factors. [Omitted] On social media, there have been a series of questions raised about the way the story has been handled by Japanese television news outlets, including NHK. While foreign media such as the BBC and CNN were quick to report the incident and provided detailed updates on the situation at the scene, it was criticized that Japanese media coverage was limited in information and came in short bursts. Ordinary users posted comments such as, “I thought that martial law in South Korea would be breaking news in Japan, but newszero is talking about road rage, news23 is talking about security costs for the World Expo, and NHK is doing a comedy skit with bad idiots. Is this country really okay?” and “Japanese television, which is completely ignoring martial law, is scarier than the martial law in South Korea.” ●”I have lost faith in Japanese television. What is this?” Even experts are expressing doubts. Liu Yinfu, an editor at Toyo Keizai, said, “It’s really strange. Regardless of private broadcasters, shouldn’t NHK create a special program to broadcast about the declaration of martial law (a top-down coup) in a neighboring country? Many Japanese people are also traveling there, so the political and economic impacts are sure to be large.” “In the end, the only broadcasting media we relied on other than the local media this time were the BBC, CNN, Al Jazeera, etc. Why should we have to go through London, Atlanta or Doha to get information about a neighbouring country? “I’m really counting on you, NHK,” he said, expressing his anger at having to gather information through overseas media. Journalist Yoshihiro Kando said, “You can’t know about emergencies in neighboring countries unless you watch the BBC, the internet, or YouTube. I have lost faith in Japanese television. What is this,” he continued, “Even if the private broadcasters are hopeless, at least NHK should provide breaking news by overlaying L-shaped subtitles on the rebroadcast of the NHK Special. There are probably reporters on the scene covering the incident.” j-cast 2024/12/04.
>>9 Even if it’s resolved, we can’t pretend it never happened lol Commentators () can talk about things like identifying the cause and preventing recurrence lol.
>>9 It’s not resolved at all. First, whether impeachment will be established. If this happens, what will happen to the presidential election around next spring? If he does not do so, Yoon may retaliate, and the story of election fraud could quickly escalate into a political turmoil.
>>9 This could lead to the impeachment of the president, and we need to warn travelers, so we should keep reporting on it as long as South Korea exists.
Furuichi Kenji, on South Korea’s state of emergency: “A state of emergency in the age of COVID… Japanese society is scarier” ★2[12/4] [Bird★] This is what the experts () say lol.
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