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.

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Watch: President makes surprise late night TV address

Yoon Suk Yeol made the announcement in a surprise, late night televised address.
BBC News - 16h
President Yoon Suk Yeol of South Korea Declares Martial Law, Then Backs Down

Soon after President Yoon Suk Yeol’s declaration on Tuesday, lawmakers voted to defy him, prompting the president to say he was lifting his order.
The New York Times - 7h
Yoon Suk Yeol, South Korea's scandal-hit president who declared martial law

Yoon's future is in the balance after he declared martial law and then withdrew it within hours.
BBC News - 3h
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 - 6h
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 - 15h
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 - 1h
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 - 12h
Why did South Korea's president declare martial law?

Yahoo News - 15h