international understanding from the arabic language to mankind, the a 17 g m t to am in sold. i'm fully by to boy, you're watching out a 0 and continuing coverage of the breaking news out of south korea, where the president a few hours ago declared emergency martial law and banned all political activities . the own. so keel accused the opposition of sympathizing with north korea. the decree caused immediate protest outside the national assembly and sold the military tried to block politicians from entering the building with highly comp, just trying overhead the declaration for just the country's media and publishers under the president's control. it was the 1st time as operating president had declared martial law since the end of military dictatorship in the 1980s. this is what you and so if you all said in his late night television address,

to me on the mean euro been hit by declare an emergency motion law in order to defend the free republic of korea from the subject of north korean communist forces . and to eradicate the shameless criminal and the state forces that pricing on people of that freedom and happiness. this measure was necessary to safe called a constitutional old a freedom were some. and so none designing drawing me to this motion low, i will rebuild and protect the free republic of korea, which is floating into the depths of national ruin. i will decisively eliminate on the state forces who'd be wreaking havoc under the main culprits of nations. doubtful. this is an unavoidable state to protect my freedom and safety of the people, as well as to ensure the nation sustainability and security against dionte state forces attempting to over to our system. and the last hour south korea is national

assembly passed a resolution blocking the martial law and declaring it inviolate $190.00 of its $300.00 members were present able to get access to the building after the military . try to stop people from entering the opposition democratic parties, leader and lead jane young said anyone acting under the president's order is now breaking the law after the appointments vote under the top 3 and constitution martial law must be lifted. when upon entering the georgie demand seats, this is a scene in so after just 2 am now the protesters gathering in nice numbers against the president's declaration. it was shock and anger on the streets with some calling for the president's subject arrest or speak to our correspondent eunice came, who's been monitoring all these developments from sol for us, for the last few hours. just bring us up to speed with what's been happening at what not to am and so right

folly. so for those of us that are just catching up on the news, it was about 10 20 pm on tuesday night. that president, you saw your appeared on tv in a national address that came as a shock to many people here in south korea. he spoke about the, basically the paralysis that he felt in his legislative agenda that there has been, you know, a lot of political attacks in the form of impeachment motions against his, his ministers and, and that it was time to normalize governance. again, those are some of the reasons and he also called out uh, you know, a pro north korea and forces within south korea that they would have to pay the prize. but the national assembly was able to move fairly quickly. they were

able to push through the police force is blocking the national assembly to have a quorum of 190 law makers of the 300 lawmakers that that have seeds in order to pass unanimously. a motion calling on the president to cancel his his declaration for martial law. so now we are seeing the police and the military's personnel kind of being caught in the middle. we did hear reports of military personnel and police pulling back as, as did helicopters that had descended on the national assembly complex. we are hearing national. we are hearing from local media reporting that the defense ministry of a person connected with the defense ministry. told the reporter that the marshal law does hold until the president lifted on board was the pool in the political

circles. both of the opposition democratic party and the president's own party. people. power parties are both in a very rare, as seen on the same side in terms of calling this motion unlawful and the press. the leader of the, of the president's party handle. in fact, just recently came out to say, call on the president to, to honor the constitution and to cancel the motion for martial law as the national assembly has asked him to. so just to recap, the units in the last few minutes you've heard is that an official from the defense ministry has said that this martial law will hold until the president listed. so i'm clear as to whether that will happen. in the meantime, we're still seeing at huge crowds gathered outside the national assembly there.

what's the police presence like at, at this time of night in so earlier they were report said that the military, which had been trying to block some of the politicians from entering national assembly building, had withdrawn from it. is that the case? uh, you know what, what's the security situation like inside the national assembly building and outside of it? right. i wish i could, i could give you an accurate answer there, but i would have to assume that they have pulled back a little bit, but probably not completely moved away. i mean, as i mentioned earlier, south korea has a very, a healthy protest and demonstration, rallying culture. so along with that comes a heavy police presence just to make sure that crowd control is covered. so if i had to venture a guess, i would say that there are some security offices of specialist standing back to

make sure that those people, those civilians who are, they're celebrating that, that crowd control at least is covered. but because it, according to this report that the defense ministry is still holding a doubt holding down on, on it's a call to continue to honor the motion by the president. i yeah, i, i, i kind of met. i can't imagine what it's like to be a police officer or, or a soldier. yeah. right now i probably just trying to yeah this that caught in the middle of which way to go. yeah. um, but according to the martial law rules, they yeah, that these gatherings that have a political color to it are, are legal. and in fact the, the law makers also probably were not supposed to,

to gather because that is a political act. but um they, they were able to, once again have the core, um and, and everybody voted to that the martial law motion by the president was unconstitutional. mm hm. and people are within his own political party and even the mayor of soul who is also a member of the people power party have come out to say, we do not agree with this martial law and we will to everything we can to maintain normal, normal c yeah, for the citizens of south and that sense of normalcy is what, what authorities seem to want to happen as soon as possible. i mean tomorrow is wednesday and they want to know schools to open and businesses to go back to, to, to normal. right? that's right. there, there is no indication that there is going to be, you know, any major stoppage of,

of the cows protection schools will open as usual as well. um, subways and buses and, and the trains and, and so forth. so i think when people wake up tomorrow morning, they want, you know, they won't necessarily feel a big military presence unless of course, we see some major shifts and announcements overnight. but at this moment, based on what information we have, officials are prioritizing normal. see as much as they can because you know, this is also the messaging is messaging is very important for the rest of the world . south korea is an export reliance economy. we're already seeing, you know, reaction in the markets. and we don't know if, if the main force will open in the morning, but certainly financial officials here and south korea are also bracing off for

any actions added actions that are necessary to stabilize markets here as well. the right units. thank you very much for the moment eunice came in a soul there with the latest on the situation outside of the national assembly. let's just take a closer look now at who soft grease president is and why his popularity has plummeted in recent months. he was born on december 18th. 1916, sol solved korea young. socio grew up in an academic family. he served as a prosecutor for nearly 30 years and became famous for pursuing high profile cases into the investigations of former presidents. in march of 2022, a unit was elected south korea's 13th president in a timely, contested vote. seems taking office his prioritize, strengthening alliances with the us, addressing what he calls, threats from north korea and enhancing south korea's global leadership. particularly in technology and trade. to discuss these latest developments were

joined by to get see one who was the managing editor of korea expos. he's instilled guy and young shake boss who is a visiting professor at your own state university and is an advisor of the ministry of national unification of the south korean government. his life from so young, shake a bone. thank you again for being with us. let me ask you about this latest development in this 9 that are correspondent was telling us about the defense registry, and official saying that that the martial law will hold until the president list said, despite the national assembly voting to blanket who ultimately, what does the law say who ultimately has the final decision on this? as well. of course though, according to the constitution, the prison has to go find on his own making power and to present will upset the national assembly resolution to resume the martian law that corporations

emotional ration will hold. but that there are 2 different realities. so the one really reality that prison paper, it says that marcia lo fault. but the other reality is that the much a little bit go ration is deemed invalid and gone constitutional by the s m united most decision made by the national assembly. and you to look at the public opinion company reaction to the last a little declaration that the president news depth of the day and the losing game. if he continues to resist that it's done made by the national assembly, then the national assembly has not ended the session because the president has not made a form of this soon to accept the resolution passed as a national assembly. so during the same search on the national assembly might uh, you know, put to the floor,

the impeachment bill of the preston. okay. uh. see wong co, your thoughts. i mean, uh, uh, political prices in south korea was and done on most people 2024 bengal card. um, how do you see the situation unfolding and evolving now after this decision by the national assembly and this defense ministry official saying that the decision uh to impose marshall now will hold until the president decides to withdrawing sale. in fact, if we are to go by domestic report, so yeah, it is in fact important that the president formerly upsets the resolution, passed by the national assembly. and then we announced that martial law is be rescinded. and that is why we're hearing breaking reports that the speaker of the national assembly has just signed off on the record listening sales and its being

rushed off to the presidential office so that there can be a definite response from the president himself. when he, before there has not been pardon when a re send it with when he signed it as well. so that's the thing. there has been no reaction coming from the presidential office yet. and on the other side, we need to look at the response of the defense ministry uses. it is quite telling that they are say, martian law, we have $41.00 to the president says otherwise. because they are disturbing reports coming. know that in say, martial law has been inactive at the very recommendation of the defense minister of south korea. and there was a meeting within the defense ministry this afternoon where the administer extra to instruct the senior commanders of the entire military to be on high level of

god. and also he had liberated the overall level of alertness for the military. he now suggesting that he has been very much part of this sort of scheme. so that is may be of troubling sign that we need to watch out for me as it gives a certain sense of the determination on the part of the president and others that may be behind the score situation that we're speaking about. a young sion volume your thoughts about what he won't close at the, the, the marshal law according to reports would have been enacted at the recommendation of the military. how concerning would that be? it is that's very concerning reports. if there's a collusion between the president of news from national defense then um, now it's so clear that the, the risk of south korea, our president though to serve as a, you know,

a destruction of the liberal democracy of south korea. and he's still, it's an investment economy by so called the pro north korean forces in anti state forces. they were not the major risk, but the major risk is actually present himself and on me through of national defense then it is clearly demonstrated that you know, for south bend economy and liberal democracy to be protected. uh, who have to pay the price of who have to be, you know, just what price but but you know um eliminating them from the finish. and so this making power um, you know, somebody has to, you know, follow the consequences, but it is very encouraging sign that you get to go in the 150 minutes. from the moment that for the new sonya declared, the marshal and the national assembly member as the 190 of the of the members

passed the resolution and the forces quickly we drew from the national assembly building. so there's a discrepancy between what the minister of national defense my paper and the rest of the for suicide. yeah, was pretty for interesting is need to see one cool. if that is the case at the same time, military isn't unified behind this decision. could that spell more trouble? i think so, because if anything is the military war unified and they are whole being the uh, the older. so the minister of defense in conjunction with the price isn't themselves. that would actually be very bad for south korea. this is a country that as needs there with decades of military dictatorship and since transitions and into for is electro democracy. and that's the concern always

listed at the military needs to be made and so forth. not to the civilian authority represented by the president. and for well decades now we have had a very strong tradition of democracy, peaceful, traditional power. but when you have a senior such as president units of guy who's proving himself to be someone who does not necessarily of by, by the balance introduced by the constitution on these duties and power. and this person is working together with the military. what is it really spells for south korea's democracy? and that's may be the most serious question that we need to discuss is the time goes on. yeah. and so what do you see the consequences being for south korea

originally and the region where you have north korea, it's a, it's main enemy in the region. the water washington, obviously very concerned about what's happening there. what could be the consequences of a political instability for software as well? if this is important for me, then i would say to, to borrow the words of other points into as much as you need from cory. i so this was unfolding now. so where, yeah, looks like a developing country and in a board for a long time to build this reputation as a surviving democracy, vibrant economy. but when something like what happened today can happen, then it really changes the whole image and reputation of the country. does it not? and as you likely point out, i mean, this is a very unstable situation. we have a very unstable president. and even if all this can be resulted constitutionally,

according to the laws of the land does not change the fact that tell him that the on the way that korea will you be proceed. um, will you be relied on as a partner or an ad light is going to change. well, if we're gonna go to our white house correspondent, kimberly, how get now to find out what the, the usaa saying that the reaction to these developments in a south korea. uh kimberly, uh any more uh word from us officials say, or from the white house about the situation in south korea. one of the us president has been speaking in africa where he's traveling right now and, and go like he did not comment. but we have heard from the secretary deputy secretary of state curt campbell. and what he's saying is that the white house is watching the events in south korea with grave concern that there is every hope and expectation that self create can resolve what is calling political. the united

states is calling political disputes peacefully and in accordance with the rule of law. we also know that, uh, the united states continues to monitor this very closely. because of course, the united states has a very close relationship, not only diplomatically, but also in terms of its security presents. there are some almost 30000 soldiers us soldiers that are positioned in sol for a number of different reasons. not only to help work with the south korea to protect south korea and the peninsula from the north, korean russian to see united states causes, but also to work in collaboration should tie one have to have any sort of a ration from china. so there's that element as well. so this is something that the united states is concerned about and is watching very carefully folly and any word kimberly, from my present connect. donald trump,

so far there has not been anything that has been posted to his media platform. true social that we've seen, that's usually where we get the policy statement from the president elect. but having said that, what we do know is that there has been a lot of concern between the period of the us election, which was on november 5th. and the lead up to president elect donald trump immigration, which is january 20th. and here's some of the events that have been concerning for the current binding ministration, as well as president elect donald trump's administration. and would they have been in close coordination, particularly when it comes to the diplomatic, as well as security officials now in the hours leading up to the us selection, what we know is that the us was watching carefully with concern about the actions

of the more free and leader king john and the fact that he did lodge a short range ballistic missile into the sea, just hours before the rest of the election. and then just prior to that also fall, or rather just after that, follow that up with a test of an icbm by north korea, united states and responding them. was it security partners to make sure that there was that understanding of that strong alliance, which once again is something that we know the president elect will be, underscore, and in his administration again, that will be inaugurated january 20th. kimberly, thank you very much for the moment. kimberly hawk, it lives there in washington dc. let's return to see you on cool. managing editor of the cri, expose a who's interested cars. should god gemini and young chic bong, a visiting professor at york university and advisor for the ministry of national unification of the south korean government who's in. so if you heard the, what i corresponding said,

young shake bong about the us watching the situation in south korea very carefully concerned. um, do you think the pressure on the president it could come from from america, from the us and could it be uh, effective, could it work well, um the south korea in a 2024, he is in the south brain. 1987 glen reagan, not the musicians and a personal letter of the present to at the time you come and present on the one that uh no more marshal uh, would be acceptable. uh, directly from the horses mouth and uh, the square right. go show that that made a huge impact on presidents on the was upset and so that the man from the civil society for cost has had a revision about the influence of the unit is based on the using of government would be uh, more limited and its a past pain slow so far,

the former government in 19 eighties, nonetheless. so using your is already facing, you know, pressure from angry citizens. and i like to make good some positive notes out of all these. yeah, so i'm assuming the lining because now we know the very source of the policies of south korea's constitutional democracy. and under both me imaginary economy that are the so called upfront notes for you. and, you know, sympathizers forehand to state, the horses are not really accountable for all the troubles highlighted in prison, use them years, the message to the nation. if anything becomes clear out of all these mess, it is a person who carries so if the service or constitution of software nation right of meals, south korea, and the national institute, those us today as well. so at least we know the various source of all the paralysis

for the news on yes, pretty sized. okay. uh, a u. c wong, who do you agree uh that the influence of the us in this price is the images. and i do believe that this as simple as the right um on the one here that we need to know the fact that uh, the vitamin needs bite and then ministration is is fine lights. and we are looking at the 2 months and 2 trunk takes power as the new us presidents and whatever this car, there's ministration in washington made demands of president june. so going probably a is not going to have not going to have such a great impact on what it unfolds in korea. as we observe the situation. for example, the 1st 7 units of it was in fact, bringing up the possibility of delivering weapons to the ukraine in the fight

against russia. but even that this is on which it is uh, seems favorably by dividing that ministration is now unholy. because of the very fact that there will be a new one that is impressive and taking power very soon. thank you so much. see you on cold young sion. bong. thank you for talking to us swap these past few hours of this breaking news story out of south korea where the president a few hours ago, declared marshall. no. the live pictures we're watching right now is of the national assembly, our side of national assembly, police sat, trying to push back protest as would gather the 2 i protest against the president's decision. we will continue to cover this breaking your story and bring you the latest developments here on alger 0 drives the evening. sky, sun full, the situation in a soft korea. so we have our correspondence on the ground will be bringing us a reactions and analysis, swap. the evening,

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