2024 South Korean martial law
This article is about a current event. (November 2024) |
On 3 December 2024, South Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol declared martial law on a television. He accused the Democratic Party, which controls the National Assembly, of supporting North Korea and trying to destroy the country. The martial law stopped all political activities and suspended press freedom.
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 Protests following the declaration of martial law. | |||
| Date | 3–4 December 2024 | ||
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| Caused by | Opposition to budget plans and attempts to remove prosecutors involved in scandals | ||
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385 hours have gone by since martial law came to an end.
The Democratic Party and some members of Yoon's People Power Party disagreed with the declaration, causing protests. Later, on 4 December 2024, after security tried to stop the vote, most lawmakers in the National Assembly voted 190-0 to end martial law.[1][2][3]
On [December 4, local time] "South Korea's cabinet ... lifted the martial law", according to the Yonhap news agency; Furthermore, the martial law command [that had members of the military] was broken up by the military (or "the South Korean military has disbanded the martial law command").[4][5] Earlier (December 3), the Martial Law Command was in place and had a leader, General Park An-su (picture); He (said or) made a statement, as early as 11:00 p.m. local time, about details of the martial law.[6][7][8][9][10]
After the end of martial law
change"The head of the South Korean Army Special Forces said [that] he [ refused to follow, or] defied an order from the defence minister to drag lawmakers out of the National Assembly to enforce martial law", according to media (December 6).[11]
The president of South Korea can not leave South Korea; He has restrictions on travel, a travel ban (as of the second week of December).[12]
References
change- ↑ Yoonjung, Seo; Peter, Wilkinson; Rob, Picheta; Lauren, Said-Moorhouse (3 December 2024). "South Korea president declares emergency martial law, sending shockwaves across country". CNN. Retrieved 3 December 2024.
- ↑ Kim, Tong-Hyung (3 December 2024). "South Korean parliament votes to defy president by lifting his declaration of martial law". AP News. Retrieved 3 December 2024.
- ↑ "South Korea's President Yoon declares emergency martial law". Al Jazeera English. 3 December 2024. Retrieved 3 December 2024.
- ↑ https://www.bbc.com/news/live/cn38321180et?post=asset%3A69e3ba8d-55f4-443e-9531-84ad91772741#post. Retrieved 2024-12-04
- ↑ https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/south-korea-president-yoon-declares-martial-law-2024-12-03/. Retrieved 2024-12-04
- ↑ 서, 정명 (3 December 2024). "[속보] 계엄사령부 포고령(제1호) 전문". The Seoul Economic Daily (in Korean). Retrieved 3 December 2024.
- ↑ "South Korea president declares emergency martial law, warns of "communist forces"". CBS News. 3 December 2024. Retrieved 3 December 2024.
- ↑ Oh, Seok-min (4 December 2024). "Full text of martial law decree". Yonhap News Agency. Retrieved 3 December 2024.
- ↑ "South Korea lawmakers defy president and block martial law as crowds protest outside parliament - live updates". BBC News. Retrieved 2024-12-03.
- ↑ "[속보] 국방부 관계자 "대통령 계엄해제 때까지 계엄사 유지"". The Korea Economic Daily (in Korean). 2024-12-04. Retrieved 2024-12-03.
- ↑ https://www.bangkokpost.com/world/2915345/korean-special-forces-chief-defied-order-to-seize-lawmakers?tbref=hp. Retrieved 2024-12-07
- ↑ https://yle.fi/uutiset/lyhyesti/74-20129938. Retrieved 2024-12-09