https:\/\/www.vox.com\/world-politics\/389580\/south-korea-president-yoon-martial-law-north-korea<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"“South Korea is in the grip of a political crisis after President Yoon Suk Yeol declared martial law on Tuesday \u2014 a shocking move that sparked mass protests and drew sharp rebuke from the country\u2019s parliament.
\nThough Yoon has said he will reverse his declaration, that\u2019s unlikely to end South Korea\u2019s political problems, which go beyond Tuesday\u2019s emergency.<\/p>\n
Yoon first made the declaration during a televised announcement on Tuesday night local time, claiming that the opposition party to his government was in the midst of an \u201cinsurgency\u201d and \u201ctrying to overthrow the free democracy,\u201d likely in reference to the political deadlock between himself and the parliament that has prevented him from enacting his agenda. Despite that ongoing gridlock, the move to declare martial law took Yoon\u2019s political opponents, allies, the South Korean public \u2014 and the world \u2014 by surprise.<\/p>\n
Shortly after Yoon\u2019s declaration, South Korea\u2019s parliament, known as the National Assembly, met to unanimously vote down the martial law decree.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere is no reason to declare martial law. We cannot let the military rule this country,\u201d opposition leader Lee Jae-myung said Tuesday. \u201cPresident Yoon Suk Yeol has betrayed the people. President Yoon\u2019s illegal declaration of emergency martial law is null and void.\u201d Martial law typically involves the suspension of civilian government and rule by military decree in a major emergency, such as intense armed conflict.<\/p>\n
Despite Yoon\u2019s pledge to lift his declaration, the country is still in limbo; on Wednesday, opposition parties in the National Assembly submitted a motion for Yoon\u2019s impeachment, and a vote could come as soon as Friday. What comes next is unclear.”<\/p>\n
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