Chaos ensued around the National Assembly complex in western Seoul, while soldiers were spotting trying to enter the parliament soon after Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol declared emergency martial ...

The National Assembly convened a plenary session and passed a resolution requesting the lifting of the emergency martial law early Wednesday.

Mr. Yoon came close to disabling the Assembly, but he misjudged the public’s resistance and the commitment of his military enforcers. His martial law lasted only six hours.

South Korea’s National Assembly has voted to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol, suspending him from office, after his ill-fated decision to impose martial law early this month.

Martial law lasted only six hours as Yoon was forced to lift it after the National Assembly unanimously voted it down.

Soldiers advance to the main building of the National Assembly after South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol declared martial law in Seoul, South Korea, Dec. 3, 2024.

Andrew Minjun Park, 27, participated in the protests outside the National Assembly building that went on until Wednesday morning.

However, the constitution also gives the National Assembly the ability to overturn a martial law declaration with a majority vote.

The National Assembly passed a resolution at around 1 a.m. on Wednesday, calling for the repeal of martial law. Lawmakers approved the resolution approximately two and a half hours after President ...

11 p.m. Martial law takes effect, and crowds have already started to gather at the National Assembly where they are greeted by riot police stationed outside the building to hold them back.

A man holds the South Korean flag outside the National Assembly in Seoul early Wednesday, after President Yoon Suk Yeol declared emergency martial law.