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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.
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 ...
This was the first time martial law had been declared in South Korea since the 1980 military coup d'état after the assassination of dictator Park Chung Hee, and the first since democratization in 1987. [15] This is the 17th martial law declaration since the foundation of the republic in 1948. [16]
South Korean prosecutors indicted the impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol on insurrection charges over his declaration of martial law, a move that plunged the country into political turmoil.
“I declare martial law to protect the free Republic of Korea from the threat of North Korean communist forces, to eradicate the despicable pro-North Korean anti-state forces that are plundering ...
A woman lies on a road to block a vehicle transporting an army unit, after South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol declared martial law, in Seoul, South Korea, December 4, 2024. South Korea is a ...
The last time a South Korean president declared martial law was in 1980, during a nationwide uprising led by students and labor unions. ... Tuesday’s martial law announcement stunned South Korea ...
The sudden decision by South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol to declare martial law on Tuesday made international news, bringing new attention to a controversial legal topic with a long history in ...