South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol faces demands to resign following a bungled imposition of martial law.
Yoon’s order on Tuesday to impose martial law on South Korea plunged the country into deep turmoil and caught allies around the world off guard. It brought thousands of protesters to the streets before lawmakers voted it down.
The dramatic developments have left the future of Yoon – a conservative politician and former star public prosecutor elected president in 2022 – in jeopardy.
South Korea’s main opposition party, whose lawmakers jumped fences and tussled with security forces so they could vote to overturn the law, have demanded Yoon’s immediate resignation.
The leader of Yoon’s own ruling party described the order to declare martial law “tragic” and called for those involved to be held accountable.
Al Jazeera’s Rob McBride reports from Seoul, South Korea.
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