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How South Korea's brief martial law upended lives

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02-12-2025 16:06 HKT
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Photo by ANTHONY WALLACE / AFP In this file photo taken early on December 4, 2024, people walk past an army sign on the ground as they gather outside the National Assembly in Seoul, after then South Korea president Yoon Suk Yeol declared martial law.
Photo by ANTHONY WALLACE / AFP In this file photo taken early on December 4, 2024, people walk past an army sign on the ground as they gather outside the National Assembly in Seoul, after then South Korea president Yoon Suk Yeol declared martial law.
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