South Korea’s president declares emergency martial law
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South Korea's president declares emergency martial law
In a surprise late night television address he says the move was necessary to protect the country from North Korea's communist forces.
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One of South Korea's largest labour unions - the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU) - has called on its members to strike until President Yoon Suk Yeol resigns.
- Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU) 민주노총
- call on 요청하다, 촉구하다
In a post on Facebook, the KCTU described Yoon's short-lived declaration of martial law as a "crime of insurrection", while calling on its more than 1 million members to gather in Seoul and other regional locations on Wednesday morning, to oppose the move.
- crime of insurrection 내란죄
Russel, the former Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs, said this claim had been "pretty far-fetched".
- far-fetched 얼토당토 않는, 믿기지 않는
Within the last few hours, President Yoon has accepted that his bid for military rule has been overturned. That news was greeted with cheers from protesters here.
- bid for military rule 군사 통치를 위한 노력
- been overturned 판결, 결과가) 뒤집히다
- be greeted with cheers 환호를 받다
South Korea president backs down from martial law order after MPs vote to block it
- back down 퇴각하다, 철회하다
Less than two hours after his declaration, MPs defied the president, gathering at the National Assembly and voting to block his move
- MP Member of Parliament 의원
- National Assembly 국회
- National Assembly chamber 국회 의사당
"You should avoid areas where demonstrations are taking place and exercise caution in the vicinity of any large crowds, gatherings, protests, or rallies. Even demonstrations intended to be peaceful can turn confrontational and escalate into violence."
- demonstration 시위
- vicinity 부근, 인근
- rally 집회
- confrontational 대치, 공격적
- escalate into ~으로 악화되다
"We are relieved President Yoon has reversed course on his concerning declaration of martial law," a White House spokesman said.
- reverse course 방향, 방침, 입장 등을 바꾸다
US officials, who appear to have been caught off-guard by the declaration, have been reacting to the developments on Tuesday.
- off-guard 부주의한, 경계가 태만한
Meanwhile, a veteran US diplomat said the US's commitment to South Korea is "ironclad".
- commitment 책무
- ironclad 이의를 제기할 수 없는, 변경할 수 없는
A group of approximately 40 South Korean lawmakers are planning to put forward a bill to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol as soon as Wednesday, according to the Yonhap news agency.
- put forward a bill 법안을 제출하다
- impeach 탄핵하다, ~에 대해 의문을 제기하다
Yoon Suk Yeol announced on Wednesday morning that he was lifting martial law in South Korea, hours after instating it.
- instate 사람을) 임명하다, 취임시키다
Kim Jong Un will wait to see how instability can be exploited - expert
- instability 불안정
- exploit 부당하게 이용하다, 착취하다
North Korea's president Kim Jong Un is witnessing his "chief enemy be weakened by this instability", national security expert Matthew Schmidt says.
- chief enemy 주적
It's hard to overstate the strategic importance of the alliance between Washington and Seoul - the US has nearly 30,000 troops in the country which it vows to defend from its nuclear armed neighbour in the north through a wide ranging set of defence agreements.
- hard to overstate 아무리 강조해도 지나치지 않다
- wide ranging 광범위한, 폭넓은
Now Yoon has said he will reverse his order I think Washington is wondering what an earth has happened - and will be rapidly reassessing how reliable the leadership of an ally it considers a bedrock of democratic stability in the region actually is.
- what an earth 도대체 무슨
- bedrock of democratic 민주주의의 기반
Yonhap is also reporting that the South Korean military has disbanded the martial law command.
- disband 조직을) 해체/해산하다
Disbelief amongst MPs at Yoon's high-stakes game
- high-stakes 이판사판의, 흥하든 망하든
President Yoon Suk Yeol has given another televised speech to say he will lift the martial law, and the question is what next?
- televised speech TV로 중계된 연설
There is a bit of a consensus from opposition party members that Yoon should step down or be impeached.
- consensus 의견 일치, 합치
- step down 퇴진하다, 단을 내려가다
Although this country is keep going backward, this illegal declaration of martial law will not cause it to fall into a worse situation, but will now be a decisive opportunity to break the vicious cycle and return to normal society."
- vicious cycle 악순환
He says there's a "long litany of reckless actions" carried out by North Korea, but it's not up to the US to "draw those kinds of conclusions" in relation to current events
- litany 장황한 설명/이야기
- reckless 무모한, 앞뒤를 헤아리지 않는
When he got there, police were blocking the entrance. So he told protestors who he was and they gave him a leg up to climb over the wall.
- give someone a leg leg up 남을 도와 말 따위에 태우다, 남을 돕다, 남이 곤경을 벗어나게 하다
"No words can express how afraid I am that things might turn out like North Korea for our people," they add.
- No words can express 어떤 말로도 표현할 수 없는
Special forces soldiers inside National Assembly, BBC told
- Special forces soldier 특공대원
In his late night TV broadcast, President Yoon Suk Yeol said he had no choice but to resort to martial law in order to safeguard free and constitutional order.
- resort 특정 상황에서의) 마지막/최후의 수단
- safeguard 보호하다
- constitutional order 법치/헌정 질서
"I declare martial law to protect the free Republic of Korea from the threat of North Korean communist forces, to eradicate the despicable pro-North Korean anti-state forces," Yoon said.
- pro-North Korean 친북 성향의
'The streets look normal - people here are bewildered'
- bewildered 어리둥절한, 얼떨떨한
While martial law usually involves restrictions on what the public can do, he says he sees no signs of the military on the streets of Seoul, and has chatted to a policeman, who he says is “as mystified as I am”.
- mystify 혼란스럽게 하다, 당혹시키게 하다
Martial law comes after wrangling over budget bill
- wrangling over ~에 대한 논쟁
- budget bill 예산안
Yoon has been a lame duck president since the latest general election when the opposition won a landslide in parliament.
- win a landslide 압도적으로 승리하다
She is also accused of influence peddling. The opposition has been trying to launch a special investigation against her.
- influence peddling 정치가의) 불법적인 영향력 행사, 권력남용
This week, the opposition slashed budgets that the government and ruling party had put forward - and the budget bill cannot be vetoed.
- veto a bill 법안을 거부하다
Yoon has gone for the nuclear option - he claims it is to restore order when "anti-state" forces he says are trying to paralyse the country.
- restore order 질서를 회복하다
- paralyse 마비시키다
South Korea's President Yoon Suk Yeol has declared emergency martial law, which he says is necessary to protect the country from North Korea's communist forces and to eliminate anti-state elements
- martial law 계엄령
- anti-state elements 반국가 요소
Lawmakers have since voted to block the president's move, after both the ruling party and opposition vowed to obstruct the declaration
- Lawmaker 국회의원
- ruling party 여당
Yoon is mired in controversy and has been a lame duck president since the last general election, writes Jake Kwon in Seoul
- be mired in controversy 논란에 휩싸이다
Dozens of police patrol cars and riot police buses are assembled.
- riot police 기동대
Ra Ji-soo, a Seoul resident, reports hearing helicopters near her home. She also shares that a friend in the police force has received an emergency mobilisation order and was on their way to the station.
- emergency mobilisation 긴급동원
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