South Korea President Yoon Suk Yeol has declared martial law, the country's first such declaration since 1979.

Violators of the above proclamation may be arrested, detained, and searched without a warrant in accordance with Article 9 of the Martial Law Act of the Republic of Korea (Special

President Yoon Suk Yeol of South Korea declared emergency martial law on Tuesday night, accusing the opposition of plotting “insurgency” and “trying to overthrow the free democracy.” It was the first martial law declaration in more than four decades in South Korea,