The Republic of Korea has been suffering in the midst of the totally unexpected political turmoil since December 3rd when the president Yoon declared Martial Law out of the blue. Martial Law is imposed by the military during violent civil unrest. In this case that occurred in South Korea, there had been no emergency situation at all. This devastating and clueless incident had been secretly orchestrated by Yoon and his followers in the grand scheme of getting rid of the opposition parties as well as blocking the investigation of thousands of illegal acts. Even after Yoon’s impeachment motion was passed at the national assembly, a lot of red tapes and obstacles have still been in the way of the final decision to oust him.
Today, we are filling in the blanks of a bit of the news
reports from BBC and AP news with the right words that would make sense of each
given sentence.
1.
Yoon has defended his decision to impose
martial law, and after his im_________________ he once again said he would
fight until the end.
2.
His defiant words are a marked change from
his apologetic tone earlier this month over his short-___________ martial law
declaration.
3.
There was pride when members of parliament
swiftly over_____________ the president's martial law decision, that the
country's democratic institutions were functioning after all.
4.
But Yoon has denied that his martial law
order was an act of ins__________________, claiming that his political rivals
were now creating "false incitement" to bring him down.
5.
Yoon denied wrongdoing in an
influence-peddling scandal involving him and his wife. The claims have battered
his ______________ ratings and fueled attacks by his rivals. The scandal
centers on claims that Yoon and first lady Kim Keonhee exerted inappropriate
influence on the governing party to pick a certain candidate to run for a
parliamentary by-election in 2022 at the request of Myung Tae-kyun, an election
______________ and founder of a po_______________ agency who conducted free
opinion surveys for Yoon before he became president. (AP news reports)
ANSWER KEYS
1. impeachment
2. short-lived
3. overruled
4. insurrection
5. approval,
broker, polling
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