"Gracefully Climbing Walls in His 60s"... 'Lee Jae-myung Wall Climbing' Trending in China

Lee Jae-myung Enters National Assembly by 'Woldam'... Foreign Media Attention
Chinese Netizens Comment "Impressive Stamina for Someone in Their 60s"
707 Unit Also Interested... "The Unit from Descendants of the Sun"

President Yoon Suk-yeol declared martial law on the night of the 3rd, and the scene at the time also attracted attention from foreign media. Photo by Jimu Newspaper

On the night of the 3rd, when President Yoon Seok-yeol declared martial law, Lee Jae-myung, leader of the Democratic Party of Korea, entered the National Assembly by 'wall climbing,' and this scene is receiving focused attention from foreign media.

On the 5th, Chinese media Jimu News reported, "Immediately after the declaration of martial law, the live broadcast scene of Lee entering the National Assembly by wall climbing has become a huge sensation in China." According to the report, unlike some special forces soldiers who struggled and needed help while opening a window to enter the National Assembly, the 60-year-old Lee gracefully climbed over the wall, attracting the attention of Chinese netizens.

Local netizens reacted with comments such as, "How can a person in their 60s be better than special forces?" "He was holding a phone with one hand doing a live broadcast, so does that mean he climbed the wall using one hand?" "The wall looks high, amazing," "Do they elect lawmakers based on physical strength in Korea?" "There are so many amazing things in Korea," and "The special forces seem quite sloppy."

Meanwhile, in China, a post stating "Among the troops deployed to the National Assembly at that time was the 707 Special Forces, the unit featured in the drama 'Descendants of the Sun'" has been widely circulated, drawing significant attention. The drama Descendants of the Sun was explosively popular locally, surpassing 4 billion cumulative views in 2016. On the Chinese social networking service (SNS) Weibo, searches for 'Descendants of the Sun' have exceeded 4 billion times.

Earlier, around 10:30 p.m. on the 3rd, President Yoon Seok-yeol abruptly declared martial law. Subsequently, lawmakers gathered at the National Assembly to hold a plenary session to block this, and angry citizens also gathered in front of the National Assembly, physically blocking the military and police. Then, at 1:01 a.m. the next day, the National Assembly submitted and passed a resolution demanding the lifting of martial law. It took about 2 hours and 30 minutes from the declaration to the lifting of martial law.