South Korea lifts president's martial law decree after lawmakers reject military rule
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The president of South Korea has lifted the martial law he imposed on the country, bending to political pressure after a tense night in which troops surrounded parliament and lawmakers voted to reject military rule.

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol declared martial law late Tuesday, vowing to eliminate “anti-state” forces as he struggles against an opposition that controls the country’s parliament and that he accuses of sympathizing with communist North Korea.

  • PlasticLove@lemmy.today
    19·
    16 days ago

    So President Yoon argues he had to do it because they’ve impeached 22 government workers to take, and plan to impeach 10 more?

    I know he said it was unprecedented globally to impeach so many, but were they legitimate?

    • jerakor@startrek.website
      10·
      16 days ago

      I can’t find a list of the workers they impeached but it looks like he was stacking the government with New Right folks who wanted to take Korea back to 1940 when it was a part of the Japanese Empire. Seems like a wild take. The impeachments came after a major change in the parliamentary makeup shifted power away from him drastically.