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South Korean prez announces martial law
NEW DELHI [Maha Media]: About six hours after clamping an emergency martial law, South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol announced lifting of the stringent provision early on Wednesday, abiding by a unanimous parliamentary resolution calling for its end.
Yoon’s cabinet, which had late Tuesday night approved his decision to impose martial law, okayed a motion to end its enforcement Wednesday at 4-30 a.m. South Korean time. Yoon had made the surprise emergency declaration through a television address around 11 p.m. on Tuesday, plunging the East Asian country into turmoil. The decision came after the opposition Democratic Party railroaded a downsized budget bill in the parliamentary budget committee, and submitted impeachment motions against a state auditor and the chief prosecutor, Yonhap News Agency (YNA). However, both the ruling People Power Party and the opposition confronted the president on his announcement.
While People Power Party chief Han Dong-hoon called the President's declaration of martial law as "wrong", the opposition Democratic Party dubbed the announement as "unconstitutional, anti-public."
