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Officials from South Korea's opposition party hold a new conference. South Korea's opposition party urges President Yoon to resign or face impeachment over martial law decree.
SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA – South Korea’s opposition leader Lee Jae-myung is expected to make a declaration of the state of affairs after President Yoon Suk Yeol’s overnight martial law saga.
There was widespread rebuke for President Yoon Suk Yeol, who backed down within hours of his extraordinary order. Protesters now want him to resign. The National Assembly was set to meet later on Wednesday.
Top aides to President Yoon Suk Yeol of South Korea offered to resign on Wednesday morning as he faced widespread anger over his imposition of martial law overnight, a move that he backed down from within hours.
His declaration of martial law — in an unscheduled televised address late Tuesday — incited political chaos within one of America’s closest allies in Asia and evoked memories of the dictatorial postwar regimes that stifled peaceful dissent and created a police state. But Mr. Yoon’s ploy appeared to backfire over the course of one tense night, and before the sun rose in Seoul on Wednesday.
Han Dong-hoon, leader of the ruling conservative People Power Party, said in a statement he would “oppose the declaration of martial law alongside the people”. “The President’s declaration of martial law is wrong,” he asserted.
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