{"id":101550,"date":"2021-01-07T05:55:48","date_gmt":"2021-01-06T23:55:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/toptrendingnews.co\/south-koreans-confused-disgusted-at-us-election-related-violence\/"},"modified":"2021-01-07T19:12:51","modified_gmt":"2021-01-07T13:12:51","slug":"south-koreans-confused-disgusted-at-us-election-related-violence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/toptrendingnews.co\/south-koreans-confused-disgusted-at-us-election-related-violence\/","title":{"rendered":"South Koreans Confused, Disgusted at US Election-related Violence"},"content":{"rendered":"
South Korea, whose political development and systems of government have long been influenced in part by the United States, is reacting with bewilderment to this week's deadly post-election violence in Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n
People angry at President Donald Trump\u2019s defeat in the recent U.S. election forcibly entered the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, scuffling with police, vandalizing congressional offices, and prompting scenes of chaos, including armed standoffs, which resulted in lawmakers being temporarily evacuated.<\/p>\n
Capitol Police shot one woman to death after she attempted to break through a barrier inside the building, while three others died from unspecified \u201cmedical emergencies,\u201d according to police. Police also say they discovered two pipe bombs outside the Democratic National Committee and Republican National Committee.<\/p>\n
Many in South Korea, formerly ruled by military strongmen but now consistently ranked as one of Asia\u2019s strongest democracies, expressed confusion and disgust about the rocky transfer of power in Washington.<\/p>\n
\u201cI really don\u2019t understand how this could be happening,\u201d Yang Seung-hyun, a 41-year-old freelance businessman in Seoul\u2019s Sinchon neighborhood, told VOA. \u201cI don\u2019t know how exactly it relates to South Korean politics, but I know it sure doesn't look good.\u201d<\/p>\n