"Emergency Martial Law" in South Korea..!?

Sowmiya Sriram
"Emergency Martial Law" in South Korea..!?
An unexpected development came to the fore in south korea on tuesday night. Within a few hours, the country's politics suddenly turned upside down. A series of unexpected developments brought the president to his resignation. With this, President Yoon Suk-yeol made a sensational decision. Emergency declared. An unexpected development came to the fore in South Korea. As part of this, President Yoon Suk-yeol imposed "emergency martial law" in the country. He said that the reason for his decision was the opposition's involvement in anti-national activities. It was made clear that this was the right decision to root out pro-North Korea forces.
The entire country was shocked when the President declared a state of emergency. They strongly oppose it. On the other hand, the army, which entered the field with the President's announcement, issued an order not to hold parliament and other political meetings. Protests started across the country on this. On the other hand, the President's decision was strongly condemned by the opposition Democratic Party. There was also opposition from his own party. With this, a special meeting was held on tuesday at midnight. A resolution was passed opposing the implementation of the state of emergency. When the parliament unanimously approved this. The Speaker declared that the implementation of martial law was illegal. President Yun had nothing to do and had to back down on his decision. As part of this, he made another announcement that he was withdrawing his decision to impose a state of emergency. With this, the state of emergency was lifted at around 4:30 am local time on Wednesday. In the wake of these developments, the opposition party is demanding that Yoon resign immediately. Otherwise... it has been said that he will have to data-face an impeachment motion. However, Yoon has not yet responded to the opposition party's demand. Meanwhile, this is the first time that a state of emergency has been declared in an east Asian country since 1980.
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