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The announcement, made during a televised address, marks a dramatic increase in the country’s political tensions. “To protect moderate South Korea from the threats posed by North Korea’s communist forces and to eliminate anti-state elements… I declare emergency martial law,” Yoon said.
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol declared emergency martial law, accusing opposition parties of paralyzing the regime, sympathizing with North Korea and undermining the country’s constitutional system. The announcement, made during a televised address, marks a dramatic increase in the country’s political tensions. “To protect moderate South Korea from the threats posed by North Korea’s communist forces and to eliminate anti-state elements… I declare emergency martial law,” Yoon said.
He described this measure as necessary to protect the country’s independent and constitutional system. The announcement comes after intense disputes between Yun’s People’s Power Party and the opposition Democratic Party over next year’s budget. Opposition lawmakers, who hold the majority in the 300-member parliament, recently approved a smaller budget proposal, which Yun criticized for cutting key funding. He said, “Our National Assembly has become a haven for criminals, a den of legislative dictatorship that seeks to paralyze the judicial and administrative systems and subvert our liberal democratic system.
Yoon accused the opposition of cutting the budget needed to tackle drug crimes and maintain public security, turning the country into a drug haven and a state of public safety chaos. He described the opposition MPs as “anti-state forces intent on overthrowing the regime” and defended his decision as inevitable.
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