South Korea’s parliament dramatically reversed President Yoon Suk Yeol’s declaration of martial law hours after he instituted the draconian military crackdown Tuesday — setting up a potentially violent showdown between the two sides.
In an extraordinary, tumultuous turn of events that continued to unfold overnight in the country, South Korea’s increasing unpopular president appeared in a late-night television broadcast to announce he was instituting martial law to eradicate “shameless pro-North Korean anti-state forces” in the nation.
The drastic measure came amid increasingly heated tensions between his scandal-rocked administration and opposition members of parliament, with each side claiming the other has been moving toward a power grab.
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