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President Yoon Suk Yeol's martial law declaration was a clear violation of the constitution,
the laregest opposition Democratic Party said in a statement Parliament should focus on immediately suspending the president's business to pass an impeachment bill as soon as possible,
one parliamentarian told reporters All financial, FX markets as well as stock markets will operate normally,
the government insisted in a statement after Finance Minister Choi Sang-mok and Bank of Korea Governor Rhee Chang-yong held emergency overnight talks We will inject unlimited liquidity into stocks, bonds, the short-term money market as well as the forex market until they are fully normalized,
The fate of Yoon’s foreign policies remains uncertain and even bleak,
Given the recent developments, we have decided to postpone the visit,
the spokesperson said in a statement We are monitoring (the South Korea situation) with particular and grave interest,
Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba told reporters I had no damn idea you could sing."
Last year, he famously sang Don McLean's American Pie during his visit to the White House, to which US President Joe Biden responded We are relieved President Yoon has reversed course on his concerning declaration of martial law and respected the ROK National Assembly's vote to end it,
the National Security Council spokesperson said in a statement, as quoted by Yonhap News Agency Democracy is at the foundation of the U.S.-ROK alliance, and we will continue to monitor the situation,
He has paved his own path to impeachment with this,
I think the fact that the president-elect is taking power at a moment where he clearly feels more emboldened than he has ever felt based on the electoral results, based on what we‘ve seen on Capitol Hill with his nominees that are not in any way hewing to kind of a traditional norm in terms of what they represent,
Obviously, we around the table should talk about why this should be an important thing for Americans to pay attention to, particularly given that Donald Trump is about to be president in a number of weeks, somebody who has said he wants to use the military to go after his own enemies,
We’ve talked about now pardoning some of these folks on January 6, the rioters, insurrectionists, whatever you want to call them. So this is on the top of people’s mind,
It stunned Washington, Capitol Hill. I’m trying to get a response from people. Nobody wants to say anything because they don’t know how to deal with it,
This president-elect is coming to power, not just thinking he can do what he wants and what he said he plans to do domestically, but also internationally,
The reason this is going to be so emotionally jarring for the folks in Korea is because this is not really distant history
Lee, who was born in South Korea, continued We are aware of the developing situation following a declaration of martial law in South Korea
Following the outburst of protests in Seoul last night, the Gov.uk website has stated We welcome President Yoon's statement that he would rescind the order declaring emergency martial law,
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Yoon's act of imposing it in the first place without legitimate cause is a serious crime in itself,
