“For once, the ruling and opposition parties have united their voices. Tuesday, December 3, at 10:28 p.m. (Seoul time), after the establishment of martial law by President Yoon Suk-yeol, 190 of the 300 deputies gathered urgently at the National Assembly. They voted unanimously to request the lifting of this measure. Only one hundred and fifty minutes had passed since the presidential announcement,” reports the South Korean newspaper Hankyoreh, visibly relieved. Deputies from the Democratic Party, the majority opposition force in Parliament, but also those from the People's Power Party, close to the president, took part in the vote. The daily specifies that this consultation of the National Assembly represented in fact the only solution to thwart the initiative of the Head of State.
The South Korean press also reports on the confrontation between members of the parliamentary staff and the police. Heavily armed troops had been deployed inside Parliament to enforce martial law. The soldiers then faced resistance from employees and deputies, determined to prevent them from entering the chamber.
Hankyoreh also welcomes the President of the National Assembly, Woo Won-shik, “who was careful to respect the protocol to the letter, ruling out ai
