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South Korea crisis – President lifts martial law in humiliating U-turn | BBC News
South Korea’s president Yoon Suk Yeol has announced that he is lifting martial law in the country, just hours after imposing it.
He was forced to back down in the face unanimous opposition from members of South Korea’s national assembly. The political crisis is the most serious challenge to the country’s democracy since the 1980s.
The President, who was facing a political crisis and little public support, sought to impose military rule in what appeared to be a desperate gamble, after accusing his political opponents of being “communists” with “pro-North Korean sympathies” and engaging in “anti-state activities”.
However the announcement led to mass protests outside parliament and was rejected by the national assembly. After some of the tensest hours in the country’s recent history, Yoon said troops would return to their barracks and the order would be lifted.
Political opponents are now demanding that the President steps down immediately with some calling for him to be charged with treason for attacking South Korea’s democracy and constitution.
Clive Myrie presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Laura Bicker in Seoul.
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Iran’s state media has said Tehran has “no plans for now to participate” in the second round of negotiations with the US about the …
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Throughout US President Donald Trump’s second term in office, traders have been betting millions of dollars just before he makes major announcements.
The BBC has found a consistent pattern of spikes in trades and finical markets just hours, or sometimes minutes, before the president’s most significant market-moving statements were made public.
Some analysts say it bears the hallmarks of illegal insider trading, whereby bets are made by people based on information that is not available to the general public.
While others say that some traders have become more adept at anticipating the president’s interventions.
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There has been widespread condemnation after an image of an Israeli soldier apparently hitting a statue of Jesus with a …
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President Trump says a US team is heading to Pakistan for further talks with Iran, but has again threatened to strike Iranian power plants and bridges if a deal isn’t reached soon, saying “NO MORE MR. NICE GUY” in a post on social media.
Meanwhile ships have again come to a standstill around the Strait of Hormuz after Iran closed it again.
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President Donald Trump says the US Navy will “blockade any and all ships” trying to enter or leave the Strait of Hormuz – a vital shipping route.
It comes after peace talks in Pakistan failed. The US blames Iran for not agreeing to a nuclear deal. Iran says the US failed to gain Tehran’s trust.
Meanwhile, Israel and Lebanon are set to hold their own talks in Washington next week.
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