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Protesters have gathered outside South Korea's National Assembly amid growing calls for President Yoon Suk Yeol to resign. 

South Korea's National Assembly Speaker Woo Won-shik tells parliament that he and other politicians will fight to prevent martial law if President Yoon Suk Yeol declares it again.

East Asia Correspondent Kathleen Calderwood attends a protest in Seoul and gets reaction from South Koreans about the President's martial law order.

The shock decision by the South Korean president to trigger martial law earlier this week continues to play out in Seoul.

South Korea's opposition has formally moved to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol over his short-lived declaration of martial law. 

News of an unfolding political crisis in South Korea dominated global headlines. But just over the border, North Koreans are kept in the dark. How will the hermit kingdom's leaders respond?

Kim Yong-hyun advised the president to declare martial law and ordered the deployment of troops to South Korea's parliament.

South Korea's President Yoon Suk Yeol opted for the nuclear option when he declared martial law. But it followed months of scandals, low approval ratings and a stand-off with a hostile parliament.

A day after South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol tried to enforce martial law, MPs convene to consider both an impeachment motion and a complaint of "insurrection" against him.

There are growing calls for the South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol to step down after lifting martial law hours after his surprise declaration. 

East Asia Correspondent Kathleen Calderwood discusses the aftermath in Seoul after President Yoon Suk Yeol lifted martial law hours after his surprise declaration. 

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol has two options, according to his opposition — resign, or be impeached. Here's what the next 72 hours could look like.

For some of the Korean diaspora in Australia, the sudden declaration of martial law evoked memories of a dark past. 

Surveillance footage shows a helicopter carrying Korean soldiers landing at the National Assembly in Seoul.  

Global Affairs Editor John Lyons says the South Korean President's actions were "completely unnecessary" and his days are now numbered as he discusses the chaos in Seoul.  

ANU Associate Professor Dr Jay Song says the declaration of emergency martial law in South Korea was a poor judgement by President Yoon and he was ill-advised by his defence minister.  

South Korean presidents usually don't receive the benefit of a relaxing retirement. They often end up in jail. Yoon Suk Yeol's alleged actions might land him there next.

Having worked and lived in Seoul, Carrington Clarke provides insight and analysis into the significance of the martial law declaration and what will be the next steps ahead.

Australian National University professor Kyung Moon Hwang could hear the protests from his apartment in Seoul, and calls the move to implement martial law 'absurd'.

President Yoon Suk Yeol’s declaration was the first time martial law was enacted since the country’s military dictatorship during the 1980s.