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Protesters calling for the ouster of South Korea President Yoon Suk Yeol gather for the outcome of the second martial law impeachment vote outside the National Assembly in Seoul on Dec. 14, 2024

South Korean lawmakers on Saturday impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol over his failed martial law bid, with the opposition declaring a "victory of the people".

A demonstrator wearing a costume depicting South Korea President Yoon Suk Yeol walks amongst other attendees at a protest calling for the ouster of Yoon on a road near the National Assembly (back) in Seoul on Dec. 12, 2024.

South Korea's main opposition party said on Sunday it will try again to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol after his declaration of martial law.

Meanwhile, police arrested the defense minister in charge of the martial law operation, and the interior minister resigned. Both they and Yoon are being investigated for alleged insurrection.

South Korea's political crisis deepened on Wednesday as opposition parties submitted a motion to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol, just hours after his abrupt declaration and subsequent reversal of martial law.

Members of main opposition Democratic Party shout slogans during a rally against South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol at the National Assembly in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2024. The signs read "Stop."

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol declared martial law on Tuesday evening, a move that the opposition rejected as "unconstitutional."

In the startling move, Yoon said in an unannounced late-night television address that the step was necessary to "protect the country from North Korea's communist forces and to eliminate anti-state elements."

In a surprising televised address, South Korea's President Yoon Suk Yeol declared emergency martial law, citing the need to protect the country from both North Korean threats and internal political forces he described as "anti-state." Yoon, leader of the conservative People's Power Party, accused the opposition of undermining the government and causing dysfunction within the parliament

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