South Korea’s Yoon declares emergency martial law

South Korea’s Yoon declares emergency martial law

Posted on : 2024-12-03 23:25 KST Modified on : 2024-12-03 23:30 KST
President Yoon Suk-yeol declares emergency martial law during an emergency address from the presidential office in Seoul on the evening of Dec. 3, 2024. (Shin So-young/Hankyoreh)
President Yoon Suk-yeol declares emergency martial law during an emergency address from the presidential office in Seoul on the evening of Dec. 3, 2024. (Shin So-young/Hankyoreh)

In an emergency address from the presidential office in Seoul on Tuesday at around 10:25 pm, South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol said he was “declaring emergency martial law to protect the free constitutional order.”

By Lee Seung-jun, staff reporter

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