Breaking: South Korea's president declares martial law against 'communist forces' | DW News

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol has used a surprise late-night TV address to declare martial law.

President Yoon said the move was necessary to protect the country from what he called communist forces. Opposition leaders denounced the president's announcement as illegal and unconstitutional and said they would seek to nullify it. The president has struggled to push his agenda in the opposition-controlled parliament, which has blocked next year's budget.

For more, we talk to journalist Fabian Kretschmer in the South Korean capital, Seoul.