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South Korea Reps Submit Bill To Impeach President Yoon, PPP Mounts Hurdle
https://osazuwaakonedo.news/south-korea-reps-submit-bill-to-impeach-president-yoon-ppp-mounts-hurdle/04/12/2024/
#Issues #DP #Impeachment #Lawmakers #PPP #Seoul #SouthKorea #Suk #Yeol #Yoon ©December 4th, 2024 ®December 4, 2024 8:24 pm Lawmakers in South Korea on Wednesday submitted a bill for the impeachment of President Yoon Suk Yeol for declaring martial law on Tuesday night, invading National Assembly complex with masked Martial law military troops to stop Reps from overturning or overruling the declaration, but, the ruling People Power Party, PPP held an emergency meeting later on Wednesday and resolved to unite and stand as hurdle against the call for Yoon’s impeachment. #OsazuwaAkonedo
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lawmakers in South Korea on Wednesday
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submitted a bill for the impeachment of
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president yunsuk for declaring martial
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law on Tuesday night invading National
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Assembly complex with M martiall law
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military troops to stop RS from overt
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turnning or overruling the Declaration
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but the ruling people power party PPP
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held an emergency meeting later on
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Wednesday and resolved to unite and
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stand as huddle against the call for
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youth's impeachment local media reported
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that the decision to stand as hle to the
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opposition parties lawmakers impeachment
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notice against you was made at a meeting
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of the ruling PPP lawmakers who endorsed
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the party's position of opposing
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president yun's impeachment according to
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Soul based yab news media according to
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local media Yun had earlier met with
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prime minister hu and other PPP leaders
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on Wednesday to discuss future strategy
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after opposition parties filed an
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impeachment Motion in response to the
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brief martial law de ation late Tuesday
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evening and Wednesday early morning
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night political observers in South Korea
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said that the impeachment motion must
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receive a two3 majority in Parliament to
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be approved the opposition will need
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eight votes from ruling party lers out
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of the 300 lers in the National Assembly
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to pass the Bill y's Declaration of
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Martial law is a clear violation of the
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Constitution the Democrats party wrote
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in a resolution seeking yun's impeach M
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according to the South Korean news
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agency yab this is a serious Act of
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rebellion and a perfect reason for
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impeachment the Democrats stated for the
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impeachment to take effect lers now have
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24 to 72 hours to vote on whether to
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house the president notably no PPP lers
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supported the impeachment motion though
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the head of the party expressed
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exasperation with the martial law decree
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on tu Tuesday according to yab given the
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current makeup of the assembly and PPP
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lawmakers would have to deflect to give
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the motion the two3 majority it requires
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to remove you rotors through its
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Facebook page showed a live broadcast
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view of South Korea's Parliament after
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South Korean lawmaker submitted the bill
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to impeach president Yun suo CNN also
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identified a woman in a video that has
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gone viral as an gwi rayong a journalist
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Tom L cofan with an Al solida outside
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South Korea's Parliament building during
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the political Tumo on W early morning
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night and is the spokesperson for the
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men opposition Democratic party and
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former anchor on broadcaster ytn it
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would be recalled that Parliament
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members in South Korea battled soldiers
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to get inside their building at 1:00
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a.m. after the country's president
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declared emergency martiall law blaming
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Democratic opponents for bringing his
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conservative government to a stand still
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end without proof colluding with North
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Korea lawmakers blocked the president's
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declaration unanimously with 190 votes
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to zero for the parliament members who
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were able to force their way into the
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National Assembly on midnight president
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Yun elected in a bitterly fought
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election in
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2022 declared maral law on television on
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Tuesday night a widely unexpected move
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that shocked the nation and
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International observers Yun argued that
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legislative obstruction by the
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opposition Democratic party had turned
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the National Assembly into a de of
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criminals and necessitated military
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action I declare maral law to protect
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the Republic of Korea from the threats
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of North Korean Communist forces to
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immediately eradicate the unscrupulous
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Pro pan anti forces that pillage the
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freedom and happiness of our people and
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to protect free constitutional order you
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stated during the Declaration on Tuesday
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night on National
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Television the Democratic party
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controlled National Assembly rapidly
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sprung into action flooding into
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legislative Chambers while blocking
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heavily armed soldiers who have stated
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that under martial law political
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assemblies were illegal the Democrats
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have controlled the assembly since April
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when the won Regional elections against
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the conservatives in the landslide we
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had earlier reported that protesters
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flooded streets demanding president Yun
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suuk your resignation after a long night
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of military and civilian show of false
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in South Korea from 11:00 p.m. on
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Tuesday night and almost throughout
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entire early morning night of Wednesday
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when 19 19 lawmakers from opposition
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political party including 18 from the
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president political party jumped fences
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to convey important and Urgent
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parliamentary meeting after president
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yuno declared martial law in the country
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and ordered M maral law troops with
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rifles to Inver the National Assembly of
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the fourth Asian largest economy country
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to stop the lawmakers but the soldiers
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met AER civilian barricades who engaged
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the soldiers with fire extinguishers at
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the National Assembly complex and hold
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them back until the lawmakers
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successfully held the plenary session
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and voted to Outlaw the president
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martial law declaration videos posted
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online showed thousands of South Korean
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protesters held a candalite vigil and
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rally in downtown Soul streets against
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President Yun suo
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who has been in office since 2022 to
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resign protesters held up signs that
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read St down president Yun suol as
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people and Lomas attend a rally in Soul
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the South Korea Capital according to
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Rutter's international news agency South
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Korean president Yun suol had on Tuesday
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declared marshal law vowing to eradicate
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shamess Pro North Korean anti-state
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forces and restore order order martial
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law was last declared in the country in
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1979 soon after the Declaration protests
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broke out in Soul and thousands gathered
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at the National Assembly with South
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Korea's men opposition party lawmakers
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and some ruling party lawmakers jumped
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fences and tussled with security forces
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so the Cod vote to overturn the law
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according to roters thousands of
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demonstrators gathered outside the
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parliament where there were minor
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clashes with police police and military
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lawmakers gathered to vote against
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martial law as both opposition lawmakers
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and leaders of y's own party deced it as
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unconstitutional all 190 of the lers
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present voted to LIF martial law
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including 18 from yun's own party Yun
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ordered troops to pull back and later
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lifted the decree after convening a
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cabinet meeting 190 of the national
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assembly's 300 members find police and
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military cordons to vote against the
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Declaration forcing you to leave the
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martial law order the move left on
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Tuesday shock South Koreans with Yun
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Colin in the military which released a
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decree Banning protest and activity by
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Parliament and political parties and
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placing media under government control
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according to rors the international news
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agency added that the military named
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Army Chief of Staff General Park andu a
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fourstar general to h a martial law
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command and release the decree effective
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at 11:00 p.m. on Tuesday besides Banning
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political activity and restricting the
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media the decree also ordered striking
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doctors back to work those who Viet
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martial law could be arrested without a
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warrant it said masked martial law
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troops equipped with rifles body armor
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and night vision equipment entered the
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National Assembly where the first of
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with staffers who opposed them with fire
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extinguishers Secretary General of South
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Korea's national assembly Kim ly
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condemned the military on wed morning
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for breaking into the legislature during
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President y so's Brave imposition of
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Martial law saying that nearly 300
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troops had stoned the compound Kim M
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said at a news briefing that I strongly
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condemn the illegal unconstitutional
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actions of the military and the
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destruction it caused at the National
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Assembly premises due to president yun's
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decree of Martial law he vowed to seek
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legal remedies for the damage caused and
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he said the police who prevented some
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Lakers from entering the building
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overnight would be B from the premises
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he offered the most detailed official
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account yet of the military's in cussion
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saying about 230 troops were flown by
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helicopter onto the assembly grounds and
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and roughly 50 others jumped fences to
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gain entry he said Kim played closed
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circuit footage of soldiers entering the
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compound at the news briefing saying
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that all such video would soon be made
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public
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