Will lift martial law

President Yoon says he will lift martial law order in South Korea after parlimentary vote

From CNN's Rob Picheta

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol said he will lift his martial law order following the parliamentary vote to block it.

Yoon said he will withdraw his martial law order as soon as he has the required level of support from his Cabinet. He added that, given the time in South Korea, he had not yet been able to convene his full Cabinet to support the withdrawal. His statement came shortly before 5 a.m. local time.

The president also said he withdrew the troops deployed to carry out the martial law order after the National Assembly’s voted – by 190-zero – to block the decree.

The president, in his statement, again attacked the opposition party for frustrating the moves of his government, doubling down on the initial justification for the order.

Yoon had previously cited the opposition’s impeachment motions against government officials, suggesting they amounted to the actions of pro-North, anti-state forces.

His U-turn comes in the face of massive and unified opposition, which prompted a frantic vote in parliament and an outpouring of condemnation from his critics and his own party.