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Matt Watts and Jacob Phillips

South Korea latest LIVE: President says he will lift martial law after Parliament defies him in vote

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol has said he will lift a martial law declaration hours after he declared the measure in which he accused the country's opposition of controlling the parliament, sympathising with North Korea and paralysing the government with anti-state activities.

Yoon, the country’s president since 2022, said he would reverse the decision honouring a parliamentary vote against martial law.

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