For Kim, the livestreams helped him realise that the protests were “at the core, it’s a battle between patriotic forces and anti-state forces,” he added.
Repeating a widely debunked conspiracy theory that the opposition party was in cahoots with Pyongyang and Beijing, he said: “I think pro-China and pro-North Korea forces are controlling the country from behind.”
He also repeated the impeached president’s unproven claim that the election commission has refused access to inspections of its servers.
“I believe the key to healing the divisions in our society lies in uncovering whether election fraud took place,” he said.
Yoon has cited purported concerns about the integrity of the country’s electoral systems as a factor in his decision to declare martial law.
The election commission told AFP no evidence of fraud was found in the 2020 parliamentary election nor has any emerged after last year’s parliamentary vote.
Media distrust
Noh Jong-uk, 39, said he was backing Yoon’s resistance against arrest because he believes the media coverage has been one-sided.
