South Korea's Yoon defends martial law as an act of governance and vows to 'fight to the end'

South Korea’s president has defended his martial law decree as an act of governance and denied rebellion charges, vowing to “fight to the end” in response to attempts to impeach him and intensifying investigations into last week’s dramatic move

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S Korea's President Yoon vows to 'fight to the end'

President Yoon Suk Yeol said that he declared martial law to protect the country's democracy.
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South Korea president defends martial law decree and vows to ‘fight to the end’

Yoon Suk Yeol disputes insurrection charges and calls martial law decreee an ‘act of governance’ amid reports of a second attempt by police to raid his office. South Korea’s president, Yoon Suk ...
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South Korea President Yoon Defends Martial Law Decree in Defiant Speech

President Yoon Suk Yeol vowed to “fight to the end,” despite the opposition’s push to impeach him and his own party’s demand that he resign from office.
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South Korean President Yoon vows to 'fight to the end'

SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol said he would "fight to the end" on Thursday as his own political party shifted closer to voting with the opposition to impeach him over his ...
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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 - Dec. 4
South Korea’s Yoon lifts martial law order

President abandons plan after parliament rejects his emergency decree
Financial Times - Dec. 4
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 - Dec. 3

South Korea's Yoon defends martial law as an act of governance and vows to 'fight to the end'

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S Korea's President Yoon vows to 'fight to the end'

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