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Seoul citizens walk beside an army tank on October 27, 1979, after martial law was declared following the death of President Park Chung-Hee. Kim Chon-Kil/AP/File ...
There have been more than a dozen instances of martial law being declared in South Korea since it became a republic in 1948, but the last time was more than four decades ago when Gen. Chun Doo ...
South Korea’s finance minister, Choi Sang-mok, convened a meeting in Seoul with officials from the central bank and key financial regulators within an hour of martial law being declared.
Moon Seo-yeon is just 15 years old, but she was determined to join the rallies in Seoul on Wednesday, saying Yoon’s declaration of martial law was a “mistake” and showed a “complete lack ...
Protesters gathered outside the National Assembly building in Seoul, South Korea after President Yoon Suk Yeol declared martial law on Dec. 4, 2024. Woohae Cho/Bloomberg via Getty Images ...
As largely peaceful demonstrations arose in Seoul, the 300-member National Assembly voted 190-0 to rescind martial law, a swift rebuke of Mr. Yoon’s response to the political crisis.
When the South Korean president declares martial law on Tuesday night, I am fairly drunk, as is much of the city. By sheer coincidence, I am working from Seoul that week, and I have just met up ...