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handle is hein.crs/goveruh0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Congressional SaResearch Service ~ informing the legislative debate since 1934 South Korean Political Crisis: Martial Law and Impeachment December 23, 2024 In December 2024, South Korea plunged into a political crisis that could have significant implications for U.S. interests, including U.S. policies toward North Korea, China, Japan, and Russia. At around 10:30 p.m. on December 3, after months of escalating tension and political gridlock between the executive and the opposition-controlled National Assembly (Figure 1), President Yoon Suk-Yeol declared martial law to protect the constitutional order from the left-of-center opposition party, the Democratic Party (DP), and its allies. Yoon has described these opposition parties as pro-North Korean anti-state forces. Yoon dispatched military and police forces to the National Assembly complex to prevent it from convening and reportedly to arrest party leaders. Most legislators-some of whom came of age protesting against South Korea's military government in the 1970s and 1980s-managed to evade or break through the security cordon. Figure I. Party Strength in the National Assembly Total # of seats: 300. Next scheduled elections: April 2028. Minjoo People Rebuilding (Democratic) Party Power Party Korea Party (1a (1)(0 Others Source: Republic of Korea National Assembly. At 1:00am on December 4, the National Assembly voted 190-0 to demand Yoon rescind his order. (South Korean law empowers the National Assembly to override a martial law decree.) Shortly before 4:30am, Yoon lifted martial law. (Figure 2.) Congressional Research Service https://crsreports.congress.gov IN12474 CRS INSIGHT Prepared for Members and Committees of Congress -

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