Following #SouthKorean President Yoon Suk Yeol’s short-lived declaration of martial law, @kaitlynking.bsky.social and @nslavney.bsky.social discuss the domestic and foreign policy implications of the failed vote to impeach the president. www.stimson.org/2024/implica...

ICYMI: 38 North in the news on the #SouthKorea President Yoon Suk Yeol's declaration of martial law and its immediate overrule by the country's parliament

BREAKING: The South Korean National Assembly could vote to revoke the martial law with a majority vote of its 300 lawmakers, and 190 lawmakers just voted to lift the martial law. Now the question is whether Yoon will actually lift it, as required by law.

While Yoon previously vowed to fight corruption and improve transparency, his presidency has been marred by abuses of power. Imposing martial law is a serious backslide of democracy in South Korea and follows a trend of a worrying chilling effect in the media since he entered office in 2022.

To-date, South Korea's media appears to be operating freely, with numerous channels on the air and streaming online, carrying multiple streams. Lawmakers gathering in parliament at this time.