United States Senator-Elect Andy Kim was just as surprised as anyone on Tuesday when South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol declared a state of martial law.
Wednesday, December 4, 2024 11:21PMWithin hours, he was forced to rescind that order, but not before chaos broke out.
"My parents and me and my sister, we're the only part of our family that's in the United States. The rest of our family is back in Korea," said United States Senator-Elect Andy Kim . "I could not imagine that there was a martial law declaration," said Kim who is the son of Korean immigrants."It was surreal," said Kim. "It was really sad honestly when I started to understand what happened."The sudden declaration opened the floodgates of protest and sent members of parliament scrambling to barricade themselves against soldiers as they voted against martial law.
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