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Candle-lit vigils and rallies were held across South Korea on Wednesday, a nation outraged and frustrated by the president’s surprise declaration of martial law the night before called for his ...
On 3 December 2024, at 22:27 Korea Standard Time (KST), Yoon Suk Yeol, the president of South Korea, declared martial law during a televised address. In his declaration, Yoon accused the Democratic Party (DPK), which has a majority in the National Assembly, of conducting "anti-state activities" and collaborating with "North Korean communists" to destroy the country, thereby creating a ...
PHOTO: Police stand guard in front of the main gate of the National Assembly in Seoul, South Korea, on Dec. 3, 2024, after President Yoon Suk Yeol declared emergency martial law. (Jung Yeon-je/AFP ...
Watch live as protesters storm South Korea’s National Assembly on Tuesday (3 December) after the county’s president declared an emergency martial law. “I declare martial law to protect the ...
It was the first time that martial law had been declared in South Korea since 1979, [10] during Chun Doo-hwan's military dictatorship. [ 17 ] [ 18 ] The Korea Times reported that prime minister Han Duck-soo had been sidelined on the declaration, adding that the move appeared to have been done following direct communications between President ...
Martial law has a dark history in South Korea. During the dictatorships that emerged as South Korea rebuilt from the 1950-53 Korean War, leaders occasionally proclaimed martial law that allowed them to station combat soldiers, tanks and armored vehicles on streets or in public places to prevent anti-government demonstrations.
Under South Korea’s constitution, the president can declare martial law during “wartime, war-like situations or other comparable national emergency states” that require the use of military force to maintain peace and order. It was questionable whether South Korea is currently in such a state.
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol declared martial law on Tuesday as he accused the country's main opposition party of being overly sympathetic to North Korea and other "anti-state" activities.