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South Korea’s conservative president Yoon Suk Yeol has declared martial law, accusing the left-wing bloc that controls the national assembly of North Korean sympathies and plotting rebellion.
Yoon, a hardline former chief prosecutor, said in a late night television address on Tuesday that he would “eliminate anti-state forces as quickly as possible and normalise the country”.
The state-affiliated news agency Yonhap said the country’s military had banned political parties and parliamentary activities.
Yoon also pledged to “eradicate pro-North Korean forces and protect the constitutional democratic order”, but did not elaborate on how martial law would be enforced.
He asked the South Korean people to believe in him and tolerate “some inconveniences” as he accused the opposition of plotting rebellion.
In response, opposition leaders called lawmakers…