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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
World
Tom Watling

South Korean president calls off martial law following tense showdown with opposition

South Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol has announced he will undo his dramatic declaration of martial law just hours after his military clashed with protesters outside parliament.

The short-lived decree, which opposition figures described as a coup, shocked South Korea as the president vowed to eliminate “anti-state” actors he accused of sympathising with communist North Korea.

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