South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol declared martial law late Tuesday, vowing to eliminate “anti-state” forces as he struggles against an opposition that controls the country’s parliament and that he accuses of sympathizing with communist North Korea.
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00:00Shocking scenes from South Korea's capital, Seoul.
00:04The president declared martial law.
00:07Soldiers on the streets.
00:09Police blocking entrance to the National Assembly.
00:14We don't know where it's going to go yet.
00:17But this really harks back to South Korea's previous history of dictatorship,
00:23which ended in the 1980s.
00:27It's unbelievable for many people in the region
00:30to see this happening in South Korea again,
00:33because the country over the past decades
00:36has become such an economic and cultural powerhouse.
00:40It's a friendly place which people don't associate
00:44with martial law, dictatorship, or soldiers on the streets.
00:49It's not yet clear whether the turmoil will continue
00:53through the night in Seoul into the next day,
00:57and how the politicians and people will be able to cope with this crisis.