{"id":58098,"date":"2024-12-03T23:50:34","date_gmt":"2024-12-03T18:50:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=58098"},"modified":"2024-12-03T23:50:34","modified_gmt":"2024-12-03T18:50:34","slug":"south-korean-parliament-votes-to-revoke-martial-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/world\/south-korean-parliament-votes-to-revoke-martial-law\/","title":{"rendered":"South Korean parliament votes to revoke martial law"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SEOUL: (AP)-<a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/world\/south-korean-president-declares-emergency-martial-law-amid-political-crisis\/\">South Korean President <\/a>Yoon Suk Yeol declared martial law late Tuesday, vowing to eliminate \u201canti-state\u201d forces as he struggles against an opposition that controls the country\u2019s parliament and that he accuses of sympathizing with communist North Korea.<\/p>\n<p>Less than three hours later, parliament voted to lift the declaration, with National Assembly Speaker Woo Won Shik declaring that the martial law was \u201cinvalid\u201d and that lawmakers \u201cwill protect democracy with the people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Police and military personnel were seen leaving the Assembly\u2019s grounds after Woo called for their withdrawal. Lee Jae-myung, leader of the liberal Democratic Party, which holds the majority in the 300-seat parliament, said the party\u2019s lawmakers will remain in the Assembly\u2019s main hall until Yoon formally lifts his order.<\/p>\n<p>Seemingly hundreds of protesters gathered in front of the Assembly, waving banners and calling for Yoon\u2019s impeachment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDemocratic Party lawmakers, including me and many others, will protect our country\u2019s democracy and future and public safety, lives and properties, with our own lives,\u201d Lee told reporters.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SEOUL: (AP)-South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol declared martial law late Tuesday, vowing to eliminate \u201canti-state\u201d forces as he struggles against an opposition that controls the country\u2019s parliament and that he accuses of sympathizing with communist North Korea. Less than three hours later, parliament voted to lift the declaration, with National Assembly Speaker Woo Won [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":58099,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[24491,24494],"class_list":["post-58098","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world","tag-south-korean-president","tag-yoon-suk-yeol"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58098","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58098"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58098\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":58100,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58098\/revisions\/58100"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/58099"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58098"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58098"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58098"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}