Talk:2024 South Korean martial law crisis/Archive 2

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Article name change?

Am I right in thinking that "2024 South Korean martial law" sounds odd as a title? Surely, something along the lines of "2024 South Korean martial law declaration" sounds better? Feel free to post any other suggestions you may have. SuperGuy212 (talk) 16:42, 3 December 2024 (UTC)

maybe,Dec. 2024 S Korean presidents short-lived declaration of martial law 2601:14B:4900:3230:D276:850F:7F2:8186 (talk) 09:08, 4 December 2024 (UTC)

Support

Due to the fact that martial law is not going to be applied because of the unanimous National Assembly vote overturning Yoon's decision, this title does make sense. Certified Gup (talk) 19:43, 6 December 2024 (UTC)

I should clarify, he DID announce it, but it was overturned. I just reread my reply and it didn't make sense without this context. Certified Gup (talk) 19:50, 6 December 2024 (UTC)

Martial law WAS declared by the president , therefore the title is fine. The assembly quickly convened and unanimously overturned the presidents declaration of martial law. In fact some of the military were waiting for the president to declare martial law over before they would stand down , and he finally did.

Support It makes more sense, especially since now the law itself may not be applied after the National Assembly vote. Tidjani Saleh (talk) 16:47, 3 December 2024 (UTC)

Given the current events I believe the accurate title would be "2024 attempted declaration of martial law in South Korea" given it's already been annulled before it came into effect. Rambling Rambler (talk) 16:51, 3 December 2024 (UTC)

I may not understand what it means but I do think martial law was declared, it just wasn't enacted. If that's correct then "2024 declaration of martial law in South Korea" sounds fine Qqars (talk) 22:15, 3 December 2024 (UTC)

Seems like it was enacted, but the Assembly quashed it. (Which apparently requires the President to approve or something...) --Super Goku V (talk) 02:44, 4 December 2024 (UTC)

The only similar article was 2022 Russian martial law so that naming convention was followed to make it WP:CONSISTENT. I could see how adding "declaration" at the end might make sense, though let's give it more time. The wordier "2024 attempted declaration of martial law in South Korea" is not WP:CONCISE or WP:CONSISTENT. - Fuzheado | Talk 16:58, 3 December 2024 (UTC)

The problem though is that in this case the actual "Martial Law" never came into effect. So it was only "attempted". I don't think there's a more concise title that is actually accurate at this present stage than the one I suggested. Rambling Rambler (talk) 17:54, 3 December 2024 (UTC)

That is not true it was "only" attempted. Martial law was declared. It took effect briefly, and then a motion was passed to lift it. - Fuzheado | Talk 20:21, 3 December 2024 (UTC)

Support - as martial law is now over, the current title doesn’t make sense anymore. -jakeyounglol (talk) 21:54, 3 December 2024 (UTC)

Yeah, I agree woo (talk) 01:39, 4 December 2024 (UTC)

Support: Yes, this is a good name change. Or it can be changed to "2024 South Korean martial law declaration attempt" Elios Peredhel (talk) 07:03, 4 December 2024 (UTC)

Support DataCrusade1999 (talk) 07:31, 4 December 2024 (UTC)

Yeah thought about that to. Nxhon25 (talk) 08:06, 4 December 2024 (UTC)

Well, if the president and the army refuse to comply with the vote lifting martial law, I guess the name change would be something like "2024 South Korean coup" or "Coup d'état of december 3th" (depending on how news outlets choose to name it). So let's wait and see

It's a coup attempt, plain and simple. Change it to something like that — Preceding unsigned comment added by 204.78.14.9 (talk) 18:39, 3 December 2024 (UTC)

I mean, if it is a coup, then wouldn't it be "2024 South Korean self coup"? Sir Ross (talk) 19:00, 3 December 2024 (UTC)

We should wait until news sources mention this as a coup before considering this. SuperGuy212 (talk) 19:04, 3 December 2024 (UTC)

agreed. Even more so that not even DP leaders used the word "coup", AFAIK 2A01:E0A:1DC:4570:399E:9B09:75E1:FCBE (talk) 19:06, 3 December 2024 (UTC)

No, there are no reputable reliable sources calling this a "coup," so we should not use it as the WP:COMMONNAME. - Fuzheado | Talk 20:23, 3 December 2024 (UTC)

First, discussion seems to have moved over to Talk:2024 South Korean martial law#Requested move 3 December 2024, though the conversation there is moving over to terms like "coup". Second, oppose. General Park An-su banned rallies and protests, prohibited the National Assembly, political parties and local assemblies from operating, placed all media under state control and ordered striking doctors back to work, with violators subject to detention or search without a warrant. To my feeble understanding, this is very much an implementation of martial law, even though it was lifted before the army could hurt people over it, and "declaration" would give the inaccurate impression that it was not put into force (or whatever is the correct term for enacting a state of martial law). I'm similarly unsatisfied with "attempt".--Kizor 09:37, 4 December 2024 (UTC)

Could 2024 German government crisis serve as a model here? Maybe "2024 South Korea political crisis" would be an appropriate title that expands the scope of the article beyond the ending of martial law. BBC News has a similar header right now on homepage ("South Korea political crisis") Mxheil (talk) 19:19, 4 December 2024 (UTC)

At the least, I would support that as a redirect. --Super Goku V (talk) 00:29, 5 December 2024 (UTC)

Names for event: press round-up

Here are some sample news stories:

Going down the first few Google hits on this, ignoring obvious non-WP:RS, I get this:

Refers to this events as a "coup", "attempted coup", "almost a coup" or similar:

• The Guardian: The South Korean coup is a perfect coda to the Biden presidency
• The Economist: South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol should resign, or be impeached: article sub-title is "His coup attempt was foiled. But grave tests still remain for the country"
• The Nation: South Korean Protesters Thwarted More than Just a Coup Attempt
• The New Yorker: A Coup, Almost, in South Korea
• DW: South Korea reels from apparent coup attempt
• Channel News Asia: Snap Insight: South Korea President Yoon’s martial law attempt was an inept semi-coup
• Asia Times: South Korea’s sloppy coup attempt: Why’d Yoon do it?

No-coup:

• BBC: Why did South Korea's president declare martial law - and what now? - does not use the word "coup" in regard to this particular event
• Reuters: South Korea's President Yoon reverses martial law after lawmakers defy him - does not use the word "coup" at all
• AP: What to know about South Korea’s short-lived and chaotic period of martial law - does not use the word "coup" in regard to this particular event
• CNN: Calls grow for South Korea’s president to resign after martial law chaos - lots of discussion of past coups, does not use the word "coup" in regard to this particular event
• Al Jazeera: South Korea’s long history of martial law – and impeachments - discussion of past coups, does not use the word "coup" in regard to this particular event

Conclusion: almost every article mentions coups-d'etat, but only about half mention these events as being a coup or coup attempt. Words like "chaos" and "crisis" abound. No consensus for any particular usage yet.

— The Anome (talk) 17:28, 4 December 2024 (UTC)

Updates for Al Jazeera and BBC:

• Al Jazeera: And how a nation quashed its first attempted coup in more than 40 years, in just a matter of hours. direct use
• BBC: 'It feels like a coup d'état' - martial law chaos sparks worry in South Korea in a quote

Plus, some others that used "coup":

• Foreign Policy: self-coup attempt by President Yoon Suk-yeol has dramatically flopped.
• Jacobin: South Korea’s Three-Hour Coup
• Le Monde: South Korean lawmakers thwart president's attempted coup de force
• El Mundo: What many analysts already define as an "attempted self-coup" began with the televised speech of President Yoon Suk Yeol...
• The Nation: South Korean Protesters Thwarted More than Just a Coup Attempt

And that didn't:

• NBC: South Korean lawmakers seek president's impeachment after 6-hour martial law declaration no use of "coup"
• New York Times: South Korean Leader Will Face Impeachment Vote Over Martial Law Declaration discussion of past coups
• Washington Post: South Korean opposition moves to impeach president after remarkable misstep no use of "coup"
• ABC: South Korean opposition moves to impeach president after his declaration of martial law no use of "coup"
• Vox: The South Korean president’s stunning martial law decree, explained no use of "coup"
• EuroNews: South Korea martial law: Why it happened and what comes next no use of "coup"
• Financial Times: Korea crisis as it happened: Opposition parties move to impeach president as thousands protest no use of "coup"

Thanks to Basque mapping.

WriterArtistCoder (talk) 18:58, 4 December 2024 (UTC)

Thanks for the research. It's also important to consider whether the articles are opinion or straight news pieces, and the context for the mention of the term. There's a lot more liberty in opinion writing such as with the Guardian piece (by Alex Bronzini-Vender, possibly a college undergrad). Then context matters, as the New Yorker article had a lot of hedging words when talking about a coup. The DW piece has coup in the headline and the video story has a quote from a lawmaker, but otherwise steers clear of the word when talking about the legislative proceedings around martial law. In the story by CNA, having to qualify the term as a "semi-coup" is a decent indicator that using the term outright as "coup" is not widely accepted or agreed upon. We should keep an eye on this, but should note our biases – we need to carefully consider the context of the mention, and not just do a lexical search for a four letter term. - Fuzheado | Talk 19:55, 4 December 2024 (UTC)

What happened, as is rightly pointed out, was a self-coup. JPerez90 (talk) 21:01, 4 December 2024 (UTC)

It doesn't matter what you think it is, what matters is what the press says. Please don't analyze the situation on your own, not helpful at the moment seefooddiet (talk) 21:04, 4 December 2024 (UTC)

"What matters is what the press says". The media says so.

Even in the press in other languages, there is also talk of a ‘self-coup d'état’ or simply 'coup'.

• The Spanish newspaper El Periódico de España [1], El Economista [2], La Razón [3], and so on.
• German press like Nd [1], SZ [2], FAZ [3], etc.
• French Le Monde [1].

JPerez90 (talk) 22:15, 4 December 2024 (UTC)

This is the analysis you should have presented first; let's keep the discussion strictly like this pls seefooddiet (talk) 22:25, 4 December 2024 (UTC)

I feel like we should depend more on opinions of qualified political scientists rather than the press. Ca ^{talk to me!} 23:41, 4 December 2024 (UTC)

When asking "Is this a coup?" You could just ask some basic questions about what exactly happened. Crucially, are there any media specifically arguing this is not a coup? None can be seen so far.

Crucially, the military was ordered to occupy parliament and prevent a vote to lift martial law. If you're using force to prevent legal government processes, that's a power grab. A coup.

[1]https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12-05/south-korea-ex-defence-minister-ordered-deployment-of-troops/104688824

If you issue an order to arrest the leader of your OWN party, that is a coup.

[2]https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy8y7ggm89lo

It's a coup. At this point, unless someone can produce sources with compelling arguments of it not being a coup, it needs to be appropriately labeled. Telling people "not to analyze the situation" is silly. 107.220.118.81 (talk) 23:04, 6 December 2024 (UTC)

My telling people not to analyze is because of how Wikipedia works. Even if you think the situation is straightforward, you'll be able to find countless people who disagree with you. This would be a constant problem if we applied our own analyses, on basically every article.

Rather than have constant exhausting debates where we analyze things ourselves, we defer to what reliable sources are saying. See MOS:LABEL and WP:OR for more information. seefooddiet (talk) 23:08, 6 December 2024 (UTC)

Fair point, thank you. WriterArtistCoder (talk) 21:43, 4 December 2024 (UTC)

Italian newslets seem to refer at the event as a coup (colpo di stato):

• Il Sole 24 Ore: Coup in South Korea
• La Repubblica: Coup attempt in South Korea, Yoon impeachment requested: vote within 72 hours
• Corriere della Sera: The attempted coup in South Korea started from a "forbidden" Dior bag given to the president's wife — Preceding unsigned comment added by 118.216.157.27 (talk) 12:25, 5 December 2024 (UTC)

Again, we need context and cannot just go by a simple cherry-picked count. We need to consider the proportion of prominent reliable sources that use the term versus the other commons names that are used to describe the event. - Fuzheado | Talk 18:31, 5 December 2024 (UTC)