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South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol (pictured) declares martial law.
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President of South Korea from 2022 to 2025
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2024 South Korean martial law crisis
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On 3 December 2024, at 22:27 Korea Standard Time (KST), Yoon Suk Yeol, the then-president of South Korea, declared martial law during a televised address. In his declaration, Yoon accused the Democratic Party (DPK), which has a majority in the National Assembly, of conducting…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)