Seoul: President Yoon Suk Yeol declared emergency martial law on Tuesday, accusing the opposition of "anti-state activities plotting rebellion." "The martial law is aimed at eradicating pro-North Korean forces and to protect the constitutional order of freedom," Yoon said in the televised address. According to Yonhap News Agency, this decision came after the opposition Democratic Party railroaded a downsized budget bill in the parliamentary budget committee and submitted impeachment motions against a state auditor and the chief prosecutor.