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Why South Korea’s president suddenly declared, then lifted martial law

South Korea plunged into chaos after President Yoon Suk Yeol declared martial law for the first time since the country became a parliamentary democracy in 1987. Yeol lifted his order just hours later. Redmond Shannon looks at what may have been behind the move, the intense backlash, what comes next, and what Western allies and Japan are worried about.

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