South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol Declares Martial Law Live On TV

deadline.com:

President Yoon Suk Yeol of South Korea declared emergency martial law during a late-night televised address on Tuesday. The President said during the address that he was halting “all political activities” and would use the time to eradicate “shameless pro-North Korean anti-state forces” in his country.  “I declare martial law to protect the free Republic of Korea from the threat of North Korean communist forces, to eradicate the despicable pro-North Korean anti-state forces that are plundering the freedom and happiness of our people, and to protect the free constitutional order,” Yoon said on Tuesday.

The order immediately bans demonstrations and “all political activities, including those of the National Assembly, local councils, political parties,” the FT reported.

The president also assumed command of the country’s news media under the order. Yesterday’s order was the first declaration of martial law in South Korea since 1987.

On Wednesday morning local time, however, South Korea’s national assembly voted to block the President’s order.  “There is no reason to declare martial law.