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South Korean President vows to "fight until last moment"
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
In a televised public address, Yoon said sending troops to the National Assembly during martial law can't amount to insurrection, while he continued to defy calls to step down, Yonhap reported.
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South Korea puts overseas travel ban on President Yoon Suk Yeol, prosecuto
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
The Corruption Investigation Office on Monday confirmed the overseas travel ban on Yoon Suk Yeol.
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South Korea arrests former Defence Minister Kim Yong-hyun as prosecutors i
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
Kim is the first person to be arrested as prosecutors start their probe into allegations made by Yoon's political opponents.
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South Korea: President Yoon Suk Yeol survives impeachment as his party lea
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
The National Assembly voted on the opposition-led motion, but most lawmakers from Yoon's ruling People Power Party (PPP) boycotted the vote, despite massive protests outside the parliament.
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South Korea's ruling party demands suspension of Yoon Suk Yeol's powers
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
People Power Party (PPP) leader Han Dong-hoon, who had earlier expressed his opposition to efforts to impeach Yoon, stated "newly emerging facts" had tipped the scales against Yoon Suk Yeol.
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South Korea's political turmoil: Calls grow for president to resign after
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
South Korea is reeling from a dramatic night of political turmoil, marked by President Yoon Suk Yeol's failed bid to impose martial law. The move has severely jeopardized Yoon's presidency, sparking widespread outrage and intensifying calls for his impeachment.
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US "welcomes" South Korean President Yoon's decision to lift martial law
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
The US on Wednesday welcomed South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol's rescinding of the martial law declaration following the National Assembly's unanimous vote to reject it.
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South Korean President Yoon lifts martial law after major backlash
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol on early Wednesday announced the removal of emergency martial law, following a vote by the National Assembly calling for its termination, Yonhap News Agency reported.
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South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol declares emergency martial law amid p
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
President Yoon Suk Yeol said that he will rebuild a free and democratic country through the martial law. "To safeguard a liberal South Korea from the threats posed by North Korea's communist forces and to eliminate anti-state elements... I hereby declare emergency martial law," Yoon said.
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Civil martial law imposed, judiciary stripped of independence: Altaf Hussa
Updated : 1 year, 4 months ago IST
Altaf Hussain, leader of MQM, condemns recent constitutional amendments in Pakistan, calling them a "civil martial law" that dismantles judicial independence and places the judiciary under governmental control. He accuses Pakistan's ruling elite of aligning with the military, enabling enforc
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Army occupying Pakistan through unconstitutional acts: MQM founder Altaf H
Updated : 1 year, 6 months ago IST
In a fiery address during the 113th intellectual session on a social media platform, Altaf Hussain who is the supremo of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), launched a scathing attack on the Pakistani establishment, accusing it of turning the country into an "occupied territory" under the gr
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Imran Khan compares Pakistan’s ruling dispensation with Yahya Khan's era,
Updated : 1 year, 6 months ago IST
"The country is currently experiencing Yahya Khan's (Martial Law Dictator) rule all over again," Khan said.
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