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.

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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