What to know about martial law and the impeachment vote threatening South Korea’s president

Associated Press

TOKYO (AP) — Is South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol on the verge of being forced out of office for declaring martial law nearly a week ago? The question, which has dogged Yoon through a series of moves by the opposition to end his presidency, will be highlighted Saturday, when parliament seems likely to make a second attempt at his impeachment. The last week has seen political chaos and huge protests by furious South Koreans against Yoon. The baffling, dark-of-night martial law edict on Dec. 3, the first in more than 40 years, lasted only six hours as throngs of lawmakers and nearly 300 heavily armed soldiers rushed to the parliament ahead of a predawn vote that reversed it.