SEOUL—South Korea’s president declared martial law, telling his country in a televised address Tuesday night that opposition parties had made the country vulnerable to North Korean “communist forces.”Yoon Suk Yeol,

SOUTH Korea’s president has declared martial law in the country to flush out pro-North Korean elements. In a late-night emergency TV address, President Yoon Suk Yeol said the step was

In an unannounced television address on Tuesday night, Mr Yoon said: “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 that are plundering the freedom and happiness of our people, and to protect the free constitutional order.”