South Korea's insane coup plot exposed: Attack North Korea to justify martial law

Geopolitical Economy Report

South Korea's US-backed President Yoon Suk Yeol launched a coup attempt, but failed. He tried to provoke war with North Korea by attacking with drones, hoping to justify imposing martial law, but the DPRK showed restraint. Ben Norton analyzes the geopolitics of the crisis, addressing NATO, China, Japan, and more. VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGXKAkieFkY Topics 0:00 Intro 1:10 Yoon Suk Yeol, DC darling 2:11 Authoritarianism in South Korea & Japan 3:07 Washington's anti-China alliance 3:46 Yoon plotted war with North Korea 6:15 Yoon ordered military to assault lawmakers 7:51 South Korean opposition 9:00 Crazy coup plot 10:55 Coup planned in advance 11:39 Opposition warned of martial law 12:11 Yoon's corruption & unpopularity 14:01 Class war 15:02 Chaebols: corporate oligopolies 17:21 US military bases 18:49 South Korea: a US "client" 19:54 (CLIP) Yoon's speech to US Congress 22:23 Yoon blames "Chinese spies" 23:04 US cultivates anti-China assets 23:54 Lee Jae-myung opposes conflict with China 26:20 Japan 29:32 NATO 30:30 USA targets "Axis of Adversaries" 31:14 US nuclear threats 33:12 NYPD spends more than DPRK military 34:06 Korean War 34:43 USA killed 20% of North Korea's population 36:56 UK plans for world war 38:00 Outro