2024 South Korean martial law crisis

When

4 Dec 2024

Kind

Event

Coordinates

36.00° N, 128.00° E

Placed at the country it links, South Korea.

The Korean Confederation of Trade Unions and other professional unions in South Korea announce a labor strike on December 5 and 6 in response to President Yoon Suk Yeol's surprise declaration of martial law yesterday, calling for Yoon's resignation.

Failed coup d'état in South Korea

On 3 December 2024, at 22:27 Korea Standard Time (KST), Yoon Suk Yeol, the then-president of South Korea, attempted a self-coup by declaring martial law during a televised address. In the address, he accused the Democratic Party (DPK), which held a majority in the National Assembly, of engaging in "anti-state activities" and collaborating with "North Korean communists" to undermine the country, describing their domin…

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• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Der südkoreanische Präsident Yoon Suk-yeol ruft kurzzeitig das Kriegsrecht aus”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “В Южной Корее объявлено военное положение”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Tras meses de bloqueo por sus discrepancias con el parlamento, el presidente de Corea del Sur, Yoon Suk Yeol”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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