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South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol has signaled that he intends to give up his the threat of introducing a state of emergencya few hours after the start of the political crisis in the East Asian country.
Yoon, a hard-line former prosecutor general, said early Wednesday morning that he would lift the “extraordinary” state of emergency he announced Tuesday night to “eliminate anti-state forces as soon as possible and normalize the country.”
The president’s decree was unanimously rejected by members of the South Korean National Assembly.
Yoon said troops deployed to enforce martial law had been withdrawn and that his cabinet would formally lift the state of martial law “as soon as the members arrive”.
