The Raw Story - 8 hours 36 min ago
by Kang Jin-kyu Parliamentary staffers used sofas and fire extinguishers to block soldiers armed with assault rifles and night-vision goggles from entering South Korea's National Assembly to maintain martial law, CCTV footage released Wednesday showed. Shortly after President Yoon Suk Yeol declared martial law late Tuesday -- the first time it had been imposed in the South in over four decades -- helicopters ferried the heavily-armed troops into the compound of South Korea's parliament,...
New York Times - 8 hours 41 min ago
An effort to remove President Yoon Suk Yeol of South Korea reflected fury over his declaration of martial law in response to political gridlock. He lifted the order within hours after it incited protests.
BBC - 8 hours 43 min ago
A recap of a dramatic night that saw South Koreans rush to overturn the president's shock martial law order.
NPR - 8 hours 48 min ago
Opposition parties have filed a motion to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol and plans for rallies in major cities are underway.
The Guardian - 9 hours 5 min ago
Opposition parties submit motion to impeach Yoon and could vote on it as soon as Friday. Plus, how AI will rob music workers of nearly a quarter of their income within four years Good morning. South Korean opposition parties could vote on whether to impeach the president, Yoon Suk Yeol, as soon as Friday over his brief declaration of martial law on Wednesday after they announced they had submitted a motion for the process. Why did Yoon say he was declaring martial law? According to his address,...
Newsweek - 9 hours 29 min ago
The opposition party in South Korea has filed a motion to impeach Yoon Suk Yeol following his declaration of martial law .
BBC - 9 hours 31 min ago
MPs begin impeachment proceedings against President Yoon Suk Yeol after thwarting his bid to impose martial law.
BBC - 9 hours 31 min ago
MPs begin impeachment proceedings against President Yoon Suk Yeol after thwarting his bid to impose martial law.
Newsweek - 9 hours 50 min ago
South Korean opposition parties have filed a motion to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol after his brief declaration of martial law.
Slate - 9 hours 52 min ago
How long does a president last after his order for martial law is overturned?...
NBC News - 10 hours 24 min ago
Surveillance video captured the moment when South Korea's martial law troops entered the parliament building after president Yoon Suk Yeol declared martial law to thwart "anti-state forces." In footage released by South Korea's National Assembly Secretariat, helicopters were seen landing and soldiers smashed windows to enter the building.
New York Times - 10 hours 44 min ago
Newspapers at a subway gate in downtown Seoul on Wednesday, after President Yoon Suk Yeol of South Korea lifted a declaration of martial law.
BBC - 11 hours 5 min ago
Yoon's shock move was a bid to get the kind of grip on power that has eluded him since he was elected.
NME - 11 hours 18 min ago
The song's music video also received an overwhelming influx of new comments The post Searches for G-Dragon's Coup D'etat' spike in South Korea after martial law attempt appeared first on NME .
NBC News - 11 hours 25 min ago
Chaos broke out on Tuesday evening after the President of South Korea delivered an unscheduled televised address in which he declared martial law - only to lift the order hours later under intense pressure. NBC News' Claudio Lavanga reports on a country in turmoil.
Forbes - 11 hours 30 min ago
The impeachment attempt comes amid widespread protests and strikes across South Korea after President Yoon Suk Yeol's failed attempt to impose martial law in the country.
ABC News - 12 hours 18 min ago
South Korean opposition parties submit motion to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol over short-lived martial law...
Financial Times - 12 hours 23 min ago
Dramatic attempt to impose martial law exposes democratic vulnerabilities in highly polarised country...
Fox News - 12 hours 37 min ago
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol is facing pressure from legislators and the public to step down or be impeached after he ended a martial law.
Financial Times - 13 hours 21 min ago
Opposition pushes for vote to remove Yoon Suk Yeol after failed attempt to impose martial law...
Financial Times - 14 hours 14 min ago
Also in this newsletter, France's Michel Barnier faces no-confidence vote and Bundesbank chief calls for debt brake' reform...
New York Times - 14 hours 17 min ago
Soldiers and police officers outside the National Assembly in Seoul on Tuesday night. "It didn't seem real that we were undergoing this again after 40 years," said one lawmaker, Chung Chin-ook.
BBC - 14 hours 52 min ago
People in Seoul express anxiety and confusion following the president's now-rescinded martial law order.
New York Times - 15 hours 12 min ago
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol during a press briefing on Tuesday at the presidential office in Seoul.