South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol declared an emergency martial law on Tuesday, accusing the country's opposition of controlling the parliament, sympathising with North Korea and paralysing the government with anti-state activities.
Yoon made the announcement during a televised briefing, describing this step as 'critical' for defending the country's constitutional order.
To safeguard a liberal South Korea from the threats posed by North Korea's communist forces and to eliminate anti-state elements ... I hereby declare emergency martial law.
The martial law is aimed at eradicating pro-North Korean forces and to protect the constitutional order of freedom, he added.
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