Oda Falch is a student in Seoul. She has lived in South Korea for five and a half years. – Suddenly I received a message that Martial Law had been introduced. Everyone seems a little panicked. Falch says she is very worried. – We have received messages from the school that the classes have been changed to online teaching tomorrow. They told us to stay inside until we know more. Police, military and helicopters Falch says that she has a friend who stands outside parliament. – He says that there are lots of police and military around the parliament and many helicopters hanging in the air over and above the streets. There are a lot of people there. She is watching a live stream. -. So many soldiers, tanks and planes, we have never seen that before. There hasn’t been Martial here for 44 years. Huh no. It’s kind of scary to be an outsider, to sit here and watch and not be able to do anything and just sit and wait for the news to come to you. Before news spoke to Falch, she had a visit from a friend who studies at a military school. – He had heard from friends in the military that those who were due to finish their military service tomorrow have been told that it has been postponed indefinitely. They must stay there and wait for word. So there is a lot of uncertainty about everything. Ansa calms down the students Ansa in South Korea quickly made contact with Norwegian students. – We received a message from Ansa that everyone had to be quick to register on travel registration. We have a group chat where you can ask anything. They answer and post screenshots of Reuters articles and such. We are 102 members in that group. It’s nice. Ansa calms people down, says Falch. She is worried about the Norwegian students who have just arrived in Seoul. – It is difficult to obtain information if you do not know what to look for. Students who have just arrived in Korea do not know where to find sources that are not fake news. – We have learned to ignore the North Korean threat, but Martial law is difficult to understand, and why today, sighs Oda Falch. – They almost take it with a bit of humor – Out in the streets, there is nothing different, but you notice that people are a little stressed. All my Korean friends and my boyfriend are completely distraught. They almost take it with a bit of humor. They look at it as extremely frivolous. After all, he is the most unpopular president in Korea. He doesn’t have much support. That’s what Kristian Jære Johansen says. He also lives in Seoul. In 2024: Kristian Jære Johansen says people find it hard to believe that this will happen in 2024. Photo: private He says that as he has understood it, people are not afraid of a military coup. – They see it as a last trick he does before he is impeached. He says people are fed up. – Can this happen in 2024? This is not something people are used to at all, says Johansen. Published 03.12.2024, at 20.06 Updated 03.12.2024, at 20.44
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– It came out of the blue. I am very worried, says Norwegian student – news Urix – Foreign news and documentaries
