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South Korea’s President Yoon says he will lift martial law

People react outside National Assembly, after South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol announced that he will lift the martial law, following parliamentary vote, in Seoul, South Korea, December 4, 2024 [Kim Soo-hyeon/Reuters]

South Korea’s president said he would lift a martial law declaration he had imposed just hours before, honouring a parliamentary vote against the measure.

President Yoon Suk Yeol declared martial law on Tuesday to thwart “antistate forces” among his opponents. However, lawmakers rejected the declaration, as protesters gathered outside parliament in the country’s biggest political crisis in decades.

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