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How can something like this happen in the 21st century?"
Some MPs had to climb over the fence to get inside to vote on the resolution,
opposition MP Shin Chang-sik told AFP We are currently assessing the injuries sustained by several individuals, including parliamentary staff, during clashes with the martial law troops,
I did fear for my life,
she said of the confrontation You are now obstructing the official duties of a lawmaker,
Lee can be heard shouting in the footage - but he was still not allowed in I was so incensed I couldn't sleep a wink last night, I came out to make sure we push out Yoon once and for all,
50-year-old Kim Min-ho told AFP at a protest at the assembly Wednesday Go home, you bastards!"
shouted one staff member, as another protester unleashed a fire extinguisher in the direction of the soldiers, I had no choice but to stop them from entering the main building because a resolution was being submitted to block the martial law,
They also trampled on the parliament building using military force, inflicting deep wounds on the hearts of the people,
We will identify the physical damages and losses caused by the declaration of martial law and hold those responsible accountable through legal action,
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, and to protect the free constitutional order,
I immediately thought of 1980, and the fear and desperation we felt,
said Mr. Chung, one of the 190 members of the assembly who voted unanimously against martial law early Wednesday It didn’t seem real that we were undergoing this again after 40 years,
said one lawmaker, Chung Chin-ook The National Assembly demanded that martial law be lifted, so I withdrew the military forces that had been deployed to carry out martial law,
Yoon said, according to The New York Times There was an indescribable fear and rage, and the feeling that we cannot lose this time,
We will have to see what happens when the sun comes up in Seoul,
said Cha, who is head of the geopolitics and foreign policy department and Korea chair at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington The administration is in contact with the [Korean] government and is monitoring the situation closely."
The US National Security Council said on Monday We are closely monitoring the developing situation following the declaration of martial law in South Korea."
In a statement, the FCDO said All political activities, including those related to the National Assembly, regional assemblies, political parties, the forming of political organizations, rallies and protests are banned,
The act of denying free democracy or attempting a subversion is banned; fake news, manipulating public opinion and false instigation is banned,
