{"id":104116,"date":"2024-12-03T15:03:04","date_gmt":"2024-12-03T15:03:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/index.php\/2024\/12\/03\/south-koreas-president-declares-emergency-martial-law\/"},"modified":"2024-12-03T15:03:04","modified_gmt":"2024-12-03T15:03:04","slug":"south-koreas-president-declares-emergency-martial-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/south-koreas-president-declares-emergency-martial-law\/","title":{"rendered":"South Korea\u2019s president declares emergency martial law"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><strong>South Korea\u2019s President Yoon Suk Yeol has declared emergency martial law.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">In a surprise television address, he says the move is necessary to protect the country from North Korea\u2019s communist forces and to eliminate anti-state elements.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The move comes as Yoon\u2019s People Power Party and the main opposition Democratic Party continue to disagree over next year\u2019s budget bill.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo safeguard a liberal South Korea from the threats posed by North Korea\u2019s communist forces and to eliminate anti-state elements\u2026 I hereby declare emergency martial law,\u201d Yoon said in a live televised address.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is an unavoidable measure to ensure the freedom and safety of the people and guarantee the sustainability of the nation against the unrest stirred by these subversive, anti-state elements.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Leader of the ruling conservative People Power Party, Han Dong-hoon, said \u201cthe declaration of martial law is wrong\u201d, adding that\u00a0he would \u201coppose the declaration of martial law alongside the people\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Since taking office in 2022, Yoon has struggled to push his agendas against an opposition-controlled parliament.<\/p>\n<p>The People Power Party had been locked in an impasse with the Democratic Party over next year\u2019s budget bill.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 DEVELOPING<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/kbc.co.ke\/south-koreas-president-declares-emergency-martial-law\/\">South Korea\u2019s president declares emergency martial law<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/kbc.co.ke\/\">KBC<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>South Korea\u2019s President Yoon Suk Yeol has declared emergency martial law. In a surprise television address, he says the move is necessary to protect the country from North Korea\u2019s communist forces and to eliminate anti-state elements. The move comes as Yoon\u2019s People Power Party and the main opposition Democratic Party continue to disagree over next [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-104116","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104116","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=104116"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104116\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=104116"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=104116"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=104116"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}