South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol said on Wednesday he would move to lift a martial law declaration he had imposed just hours before, honoring a parliamentary vote against the measure. (Reporting by Josh Smith) Copyright 2024 Thomson Reuters.

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol declared martial law, after which lawmakers quickly adopted a resolution demanding an end to the declaration.

South Korea’s President Yoon Suk Yeol is facing parliamentary moves to impeach him after he sent heavily armed troops into Seoul’s streets with his baffling and sudden declaration of martial law that

South Korea spent about six hours under martial law after President Yoon Suk Yeol issued a sudden, shocking declaration that harkened to the country’s past dictatorships. Troops surrounded parliament after Yoon accused pro-North Korean forces of plotting to overthrow one of the world’s most vibrant democracies.