What Happened In South Korea?
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In just six hours, South Korea's president declared martial law, the National Assembly overturned it, and party leaders were calling for his immediate resignation.
South Korea was engulfed in six hours of chaos on Tuesday night after the nation’s president, Yoon Suk Yeol, declared “emergency martial law” for the first time in more than 40 years. The decree prompted an immediate outcry, and Yoon was forced to lift the order after the country’s National Assembly unanimously voted to overturn it.
So what happened, and what’s next?
Who is South Korea’s president?
Yoon won South Korea’s presidency in a close election in 2022, but has become deeply unpopular amid efforts to target news organizations and clamp down on dissent. His party, the People Power Party, was handed a sweeping defeat in April, which gave the opposition party a large majority that has stymied his efforts to lead.
Why did Yoon declare martial law?
