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South Korea's president reverses martial law order after nationwide outcry
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol declared martial law in an unannounced late-night TV address on Tuesday and was immediately met with defiance from opposition lawmakers in the National Assembly.NBC News - 23h -
South Korea's president rescinds martial law order
Protestors flooded the streets of Seoul after President Yoon Suk Yeol declared martial law, but lawmakers voted to block the measure and eventually the South Korean leader reversed the decree.NBC News - 22h -
South Korea lifts martial law order after parliament voted to defy president
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol accused the country's opposition of controlling the parliament and sympathizing with North Korea.CBS News - 22h -
South Korea parliament votes to defy president, lift martial law order
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol accused the country's opposition of controlling the parliament and sympathizing with North Korea.CBS News - 1d -
Timeline: How Yoon’s Presidency in South Korea Led to Martial Law Order
Yoon Suk Yeol’s decree, and his reversal under pressure from lawmakers, were the culmination of years of feuding between the country’s two main political camps.The New York Times - 16h -
South Korea crisis live: motion to impeach President Yoon submitted, say opposition parties
Opposition Democratic party lawmakers have called on Yoon Suk Yeol to resign immediately or they would seek his impeachment. Full report: Yoon Suk Yeol faces calls to resign after martial law ...The Guardian - 11h -
South Korea’s Yoon lifts martial law order
President abandons plan after parliament rejects his emergency decreeFinancial Times - 17h -
South Korea President Lifts Martial Law After Parliament Rejects Move
Leader Yoon Suk Yeol’s reversal ended a tense night in Seoul.The Wall Street Journal - 18h -
Fury in South Korea After President Imposes Martial Law
President Yoon Suk Yeol’s top aides offered to resign hours after he rescinded his extraordinary order. Protesters are calling for his resignation as lawmakers prepare to meet.The New York Times - 8h -
FirstFT: South Korea’s Yoon Suk Yeol faces calls to resign after failed martial law order
Also in this newsletter, France’s Michel Barnier faces no-confidence vote, and Bank of England governor hints at rate cutFinancial Times - 8h -
Watch: President makes surprise late night TV address
Yoon Suk Yeol made the announcement in a surprise, late night televised address.BBC News - 1d -
South Korea’s President Imposed Martial Law, Then Lifted It
Also, China banned rare mineral exports to the U.S. Here’s the latest at the end of Tuesday.The New York Times - 20h -
US has 'grave concern' as South Korea imposes, then overturns, martial law
Officials from the White House, Pentagon and State Department all said they were in close contact with their South Korean counterparts as they assessed the situation.ABC News - 16h -
Watch: 'Deeply disturbed' South Koreans react
People in Seoul express anxiety and confusion following the president's now-rescinded martial law order.BBC News - 13h -
Korean stocks trim declines after president lifts martial-law order
U.S.-listed shares of South Korean stocks and ETFs tracking the country’s equities market trimmed declines Tuesday afternoon after the country’s president lifted a martial-law order.MarketWatch - 22h -
South Korea’s president, Yoon Suk Yeol, facing impeachment after martial law shock
Opposition parties submit motion to impeach Yoon after his shock bid to put South Korea under martial law for first time in over four decades. South Korea crisis: live updates Explainer: what ...The Guardian - 2h -
South Korea president faces calls to resign after his martial law declaration
South Korea's president is facing calls to resign or likely impeachment after the country's parliament denied his martial law declaration. CBS News' Ramy Inocencio has the latest.CBS News - 3h -
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Read President Yoon’s Speech Declaring Martial Law in South Korea
President Yoon Suk Yeol made the extraordinary declaration in an unannounced speech to the nation on Tuesday night.The New York Times - 1d -
Why has this happened now?
Yoon Suk Yeol's move was spurred not by external threats but by his own desperate political troubles.BBC News - 12h -
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South Korea parliament votes to defy president's martial law declaration
190 of 300 members of South Korea's parliament voted to defy President Yoon Suk Yeol's martial law declaration issued late Tuesday. CBS News' Jen Kwon breaks down the latest on accusations of ...CBS News - 1d -
South Korea president says he will lift martial law declaration
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol said he will lift the martial law declaration he imposed following his accusations of the opposition party sympathizing with communist North Korea. Bryan ...CBS News - 22h -
South Korea’s president lifts martial law in the face of united opposition
Rightwing president backs down after most serious challenge to country’s democracy since 1980s. Live updates: President Yoon urged to explain his decision South Korea’s rightwing president ...The Guardian - 20h -
What led to South Korea's president declaring martial law?
South Korea's president lifted the martial law he imposed on Tuesday after the parliament defied him by voting to overturn it. CBS News senior national security correspondent Charlie D'Agata joins ...CBS News - 19h -
South Korea's president declares martial law, then revokes it hours later
The president of South Korea declared martial law, provoking a backlash and a vote overturning it by members of parliament, including some from the president's party. The martial law declaration ...NBC News - 18h
