2024 South Korean martial law

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2024 South Korean martial law
Protests following the declaration of martial law.
Date	3–4 December 2024 (2024-12-03 – 2024-12-04)
Location	South Korea
Caused by	Opposition to budget plans and attempts to remove prosecutors involved in scandals
Status	National Assembly votes for lifting of martial law Martial law comes to an end.
Parties to the civil conflict
Presidency Yoon administration Ministry of National Defense – Armed Forces  Army Seoul police National Assembly Democratic Party People Power Rebuilding Korea New Reform Party Progressive Party Basic Income Party Seoul Metropolitan Government Pro-democracy protestors
Lead figures
Yoon Suk Yeol Park An-su Kim Yong-hyun Woo Won-shik Lee Jae-myung Han Dong-hoon Lee Jun-seok Cho Kuk Yong Hye-in Oh Se-hoon

On 3 December 2024, South Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol declared martial law on a television. He accused the Democratic Party, which controls the National Assembly, of supporting North Korea and trying to destroy the country. The martial law stopped all political activities and suspended press freedom.

554 hours have gone by since martial law came to an end.

The Democratic Party and some members of Yoon's People Power Party disagreed with the declaration, causing protests. Later, on 4 December 2024, after security tried to stop the vote, most lawmakers in the National Assembly voted 190-0 to end martial law.^[1][2][3]

On [December 4, local time] "South Korea's cabinet ... lifted the martial law", according to the Yonhap news agency; Furthermore, the martial law command [that had members of the military] was broken up by the military (or "the South Korean military has disbanded the martial law command").^[4][5] Earlier (December 3), the Martial Law Command was in place and had a leader, General Park An-su (picture); He (said or) made a statement, as early as 11:00 p.m. local time, about details of the martial law.^{[6][7][8][9][10]}

1. ↑ Yoonjung, Seo; Peter, Wilkinson; Rob, Picheta; Lauren, Said-Moorhouse (3 December 2024). "South Korea president declares emergency martial law, sending shockwaves across country". CNN. Retrieved 3 December 2024.
2. ↑ Kim, Tong-Hyung (3 December 2024). "South Korean parliament votes to defy president by lifting his declaration of martial law". AP News. Retrieved 3 December 2024.
3. ↑ "South Korea's President Yoon declares emergency martial law". Al Jazeera English. 3 December 2024. Retrieved 3 December 2024.
4. ↑ https://www.bbc.com/news/live/cn38321180et?post=asset%3A69e3ba8d-55f4-443e-9531-84ad91772741#post. Retrieved 2024-12-04
5. ↑ https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/south-korea-president-yoon-declares-martial-law-2024-12-03/. Retrieved 2024-12-04
6. ↑ 서, 정명 (3 December 2024). "[속보] 계엄사령부 포고령(제1호) 전문". The Seoul Economic Daily (in Korean). Retrieved 3 December 2024.
7. ↑ "South Korea president declares emergency martial law, warns of "communist forces"". CBS News. 3 December 2024. Retrieved 3 December 2024.
8. ↑ Oh, Seok-min (4 December 2024). "Full text of martial law decree". Yonhap News Agency. Retrieved 3 December 2024.
9. ↑ "South Korea lawmakers defy president and block martial law as crowds protest outside parliament - live updates". BBC News. Retrieved 2024-12-03.
10. ↑ "[속보] 국방부 관계자 "대통령 계엄해제 때까지 계엄사 유지"". The Korea Economic Daily (in Korean). 2024-12-04. Retrieved 2024-12-03.