(5 Dec 2024)
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Seoul, South Korea – 5 December 2024
1. Various of South Korean defense ministry briefing
2. SOUNDBITE (Korean) Jeon Ha-gyu, spokesperson:
"Regarding emergency martial law, we are sorry for causing concerns among citizens. The military, while maintaining firm defensive posture, will focus on its main mission, which is to protect national security and people’s lives."
3. Pan of briefing
STORYLINE:
South Korea’s defense ministry apologized in a news conference over Tuesday’s martial law declaration, for "causing concerns among citizens."
Defense Ministry spokesperson Jeon Ha-gyu said in Seoul on Thursday that the military will stay focused on its main mission to "protect national security and people’s lives."
President Yoon Suk Yeol’s declaration of emergency martial law on Tuesday night was accompanied by a pledge to eliminate “shameless North Korea followers and anti-state forces at a single stroke.”
Yoon’s political fighting with the main opposition Democratic Party is not seen as an emergency requiring military intervention.
Experts question why Yoon pushed ahead with the declaration even though the parliament would certainly vote it down.
South Korea’s president accepted the resignation of his defense minister Thursday as opposition parties moved to impeach both men over the stunning yet short-lived imposition of martial law that brought armed troops into Seoul streets.
The main opposition Democratic Party and other small opposition parties submitted a joint motion to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol on Wednesday over his martial law declaration the previous night.
Martial law lasted about six hours, as the National Assembly quickly voted to overrule the president, forcing his Cabinet to lift it before daybreak Wednesday.
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