Tensions between the country’s leader and the opposition party have boiled over.
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol on December 3 declared martial law, accusing the opposition Democratic Party of threatening the “free constitutional order.” The embattled leader said in a statement. “I declare martial law to protect the free Republic of Korea from the threat of North Korean communist forces, to eradicate the despicable pro-North Korean anti-state forces that are plundering the freedom and happiness of our people… ”
Yoon’s political opponents have been frustrating him at every turn since he took office in 2022. Opposition leader Lee Jae-myung in a livestreamed statement responded to the president’s move by saying, “Tanks, armored personnel carriers, and soldiers with guns and knives will rule the country. The…
