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South Korea President Yoon declares martial law in unannounced TV address #shorts
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0:45Now PlayingSouth Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol on Tuesday declared martial law in an unannounced late-night address broadcast live on YTN television, claiming he would eradicate “shameless pro-North Korean anti-state forces.”
He did not cite any specific threat from the nuclear-armed North, instead focusing on his domestic political opponents.
The surprise move sent shockwaves through the country, which had a series of authoritarian leaders early in its history but has been considered democratic since the 1980s. The Korean unit of currency, the won, was down sharply against the US dollar.
The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Yoon said he had no choice but to resort to such a measure in order to safeguard constitutional order, saying opposition parties have taken the parliamentary process hostage to throw the country into a crisis.
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