North Korea breaks silence on 'insane' martial law effort in South Korea
North Korean state media reported for the first time Wednesday on South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol’s failed attempt last week to impose martial law.
SEOUL, South Korea — North Korean state media reported for the first time Wednesday on the political instability in South Korea, focusing on mass protests calling for the ouster of President Yoon Suk Yeol over his failed attempt to impose martial law.
North Korea, a nuclear-armed communist state that technically remains at war with the South, had said nothing for a week after the deeply unpopular Yoon, 63, plunged the East Asian democracy and key U.S. ally into chaos with his short-lived martial law declaration.
Yoon had justified the martial law order in part by accusing opposition lawmakers without evidence of being North Korean sympathizers.
An article published by state news agency KCNA described “social unrest” in South Korea, where Yoon’s People Power Party says he has been effectively suspended from duty, raising questions about who is running the world’s 10th-largest economy.
The article, which relied heavily on reports from South Korean and international news media, highlighted the domestic opposition Yoon is facing in a country with a long history of military-authoritarian rule.
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