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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 ...
“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 ...
People at the rally who spoke to CNN described Yoon’s move – the first declaration of martial law since South Korea transitioned to democracy in the late 1980s – as “insanity” and an ...
The United States Department of Defense said it had not received a request for military assistance from South Korea during the declaration of martial law, [121] adding that there was no force posture change in the United States Forces Korea. [122] Kyrgyzstan's president Sadyr Japarov was on a state visit in South Korea when martial law was ...
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 ...
Yoon ordered martial law without warning in a speech late Tuesday where he vowed to eliminate “anti-state” forces he said were plotting rebellion and accused the main opposition parties of supporting the country’s rival, North Korea. Yoon gave no direct evidence when he raised the specter of North Korea as a destabilizing force.
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 ...