Good evening. I'm Amna Nawaz. And I'm Jeff Bennett. On the news hour tonight, a short-lived

declaration of martial law throws South Korea into political chaos, with that country's president

accusing the opposition of sympathizing with communist North Korea.

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ahead of Trump's return to the White House.

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ever since the start of that country's brutal civil war.

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Today, for the first time since South Korea became a democracy some 40 years ago, a South Korean president declared martial law.

But hours later, the opposition and members of his

own party in parliament rejected the order, and President Yun Suk Yul has now rescinded it.

Nick Schifrin is here following this story. Nick, what's the latest?

Jeff, a senior administration official tells me tonight the U.S. said to South Korean officials

that Yun's declaration was, quote, untenable and urged them to

reverse it quickly. And the official warns that Yun might not survive this episode that could

have threatened the stability of one of the U.S.'s most important allies.

In Seoul tonight, they storm the institution they pledged to protect.

Special Forces soldiers acting under martial law fought with protesters

and pushed back opposition politicians from entering parliament.

Inside, the only thing that stops soldiers from the parliament floor,

furniture deployed by opposition staffers.

That allowed Parliament to vote down the martial law declaration 190 to zero.

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