gothicfancyman
Banned
Prologue
May 16th, 1961, Seoul, 4 AM
Chang-Myeon woke up to the sound of phone ringing. Picking up the phone, he recognized a familiar voice. It was Chang Do-Young*. As the voice relayed him the information, Chang-Myeon felt the blood draining from his face. He knew this was a possibility all along. After all, he spoke to the man days ago about the exact subject matter. Chang Do-Young gave him an assurance that Park and his cliques were in no way conspiring against the government. Now, the same man was telling Chang-Myeon that Park and his forces had just occupied the army headquarters and that rebels were less than 30 minutes away from the downtown. Phone call ended with Chang Do-Young assuring him that he’ll ‘take care of the situation’.
Chang-Myeon knew that he had to act fast, he cannot allow himself to be captured by the rebels. He couldn’t trust anyone, anyone could be implicated at this point. Chang Do-Young was obviously in cahoots with Park. Could President Yun be implicated as well? He was not so sure. The man was willing to do almost anything to take him and ‘New Guards’ faction out from the Democratic Party and take control of the government. But was he willing go so far as to back a military coup? If that was the case, there was only one place he could go. After brief prayer**, he summoned for his driver. After taking a seat to his car, he realized that he was not even wearing his glasses. Chang was not sure if he was lucid or dreaming, everything changed in span of 10 minutes. He felt old wound on his right hand flaring up, a constant reminder of price he paid for the democracy in Korea. *** In the moment of clarity, he realized that today was going to be the longest day of his life. The nascent republic was facing the biggest challenge in its short existence so far.
*Chief of the Army Staff
** Chang-Myeon was a devout Catholic.
*** Assassin shot through his right hand in September 28th, 1956 during Democratic Party Convention.
Prime Minister of the Second Republic of Korea, Chang Myeon
Leaders of the May 16th Putsch, Major General Park Jung-Hee (Center)
This is my first timeline. Felt like this was an interesting enough subject matter; Democratic Korea in the 60s! Parliamentary Democracy with bicameral legislature! Legalized Socialist Parties!
May 16th, 1961, Seoul, 4 AM
Chang-Myeon woke up to the sound of phone ringing. Picking up the phone, he recognized a familiar voice. It was Chang Do-Young*. As the voice relayed him the information, Chang-Myeon felt the blood draining from his face. He knew this was a possibility all along. After all, he spoke to the man days ago about the exact subject matter. Chang Do-Young gave him an assurance that Park and his cliques were in no way conspiring against the government. Now, the same man was telling Chang-Myeon that Park and his forces had just occupied the army headquarters and that rebels were less than 30 minutes away from the downtown. Phone call ended with Chang Do-Young assuring him that he’ll ‘take care of the situation’.
Chang-Myeon knew that he had to act fast, he cannot allow himself to be captured by the rebels. He couldn’t trust anyone, anyone could be implicated at this point. Chang Do-Young was obviously in cahoots with Park. Could President Yun be implicated as well? He was not so sure. The man was willing to do almost anything to take him and ‘New Guards’ faction out from the Democratic Party and take control of the government. But was he willing go so far as to back a military coup? If that was the case, there was only one place he could go. After brief prayer**, he summoned for his driver. After taking a seat to his car, he realized that he was not even wearing his glasses. Chang was not sure if he was lucid or dreaming, everything changed in span of 10 minutes. He felt old wound on his right hand flaring up, a constant reminder of price he paid for the democracy in Korea. *** In the moment of clarity, he realized that today was going to be the longest day of his life. The nascent republic was facing the biggest challenge in its short existence so far.
*Chief of the Army Staff
** Chang-Myeon was a devout Catholic.
*** Assassin shot through his right hand in September 28th, 1956 during Democratic Party Convention.
Prime Minister of the Second Republic of Korea, Chang Myeon
Leaders of the May 16th Putsch, Major General Park Jung-Hee (Center)
This is my first timeline. Felt like this was an interesting enough subject matter; Democratic Korea in the 60s! Parliamentary Democracy with bicameral legislature! Legalized Socialist Parties!