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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 - 2 hours 1 min agoOpposition pushes for vote to remove Yoon Suk Yeol after failed attempt to impose martial law...
South Korean lawmakers called on President Yoon Suk Yeol to resign or face impeachment after he declared martial law only to lift the order hours later.
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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.
People in Seoul express anxiety and confusion following the president's now-rescinded martial law order.
Yoon's future is in the balance after he declared martial law and then withdrew it within hours.
Opposition Democratic party lawmakers call on Yoon Suk Yeol to resign immediately or they would seek his impeachment Full report: Yoon Suk Yeol faces calls to resign after martial law shock Explainer: what happened and what comes next? Welcome to our continuing live coverage of the political crisis in South Korea following President Yoon Suk Yeol's sudden and short-lived declaration of military law on Tuesday night. Here is a quick summary of recent developments: President Yoon is facing mounting...
In the space of just a few hours, South Korea' looked to be backsliding toward autocratic rule.
South Korea's main opposition party on Wednesday urged President Yoon Suk Yeol to resign immediately or face impeachment, hours after Yoon ended short-lived martial law that prompted troops to encircle parliament before lawmakers voted to lift it. The declaration was a "grave violation of the constitution. It was a grave...
South Korea's President Yoon Suk Yeol declared martial law on the country and revoked it within a few hours nafter national outcry. NBC News' Gadi Schwartz has more on the timeline and events that led to the change.
Analysts and investors on Wednesday were trying to gauge how long South Korea's outbreak of political turmoil would persist.
South Korean heavyweight stocks fell in a volatile trading session Wednesday amid market jitters triggered by a political upheaval.
ABC News - 6 hours 43 min agoSouth Korea's opposition party urges President Yoon to resign or face impeachment over martial law decree...
Yoon's shock bid to impose South Korea's first martial law in over four decades has sparked calls for lawmakers to vote for his impeachment Live updates: growing discontent with president in South Korea Explainer: what happened and what comes next? South Korea's president, Yoon Suk Yeol, is facing calls to resign and threats of impeachment after a short-lived attempt to bring in martial law triggered protests and political condemnation. Yoon's shock bid to impose South Korea's...
Soldiers with bound pro-democracy protesters in Gwangju, South Korea, in 1980.
South Korean lawmakers have called for the impeachment of the president after he declared martial law only to reverse the move hours later, triggering the biggest political crisis the country has faced in decades.
"I don't think South Korea's civil society can recognise Yoon as a legitimate president any longer," said Korea studies professor Vladimir Tikhonov.
A CNN panel suggested there were parallels between South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol declaring martial law in his country and the Jan. 6 Capitol riots.
A failed attempt to declare martial law and a killer nurse being investigated over baby deaths feature in the headlines.
The president of South Korea declared martial law, provoking a backlash and a vote overturning it by members of parliament, including some from the president's party. The martial law declaration led to protests and scuffles with police. NBC News' Janis Mackey Frayer reports.
The Bank of Korea is set to hold an emergency meeting Wednesday after South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol lifted a surprise martial law declaration overnight.
PBS Newshour - 8 hours 37 min agoFor the first time since South Korea became a democracy some 40 years ago, a president declared martial law. But hours later, the opposition and members of his own party in parliament rejected the order. Nick Schifrin discussed what led to this undemocratic move by President Yoon Suk Yeol and what's next for South Korea with Frank Jannuzi. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders...
Protesters outside the National Assembly in Seoul demanding an end to martial law on Tuesday.
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