🇰🇷🇰🇵 South Korean president Yoon Suk-Yeol declares martial law.

He said the goal is to “clear out DPRK anti-state elements” and “rebuild a free and democratic society”. The decision has been met with stark opposition.


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🇰🇷 Defence minister Shin Won-sik ordered a meeting of key commanders and called for tightened vigilance.


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🇰🇷 Ruling party chief Han Dong-hoon said that Yoon Suk Yeol's declaration of martial law is wrong and that he will block it together with the people.


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🇰🇷 Protesters clash with law enforcement outside the National Assembly.


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🇰🇷 South Korean won is tanking.


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🇰🇷 Seoul right now.


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🇰🇷 Democratic Party leader
Lee Jae-Myung called Yoon's declaration of martial law 'unconstitutional and anti-public'. The entrance to the National Assembly remains locked.

💬 Note that the Democratic Party is the largest party in the parliament and can therefore lift the martial law. It has 170 of the 300 seats of the National Assembly.


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🇰🇷 Lee Jaye-myung, the leader of the opposition, livestreamed himself getting to the National Assembly.


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🇰🇷 The entrance remains blocked.


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🇰🇷 Scenes from inside the National Assembly.


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🇰🇷 The National Assembly has voted to lift martial law.


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🇰🇷 According to South Korean media, the law was passed by 190 votes out of the 190 MPs present.


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