Editing Martial law (section)

===South Korea===
In October 1946, [[United States Army Military Government in Korea]] declared martial law as a result of the [[Daegu Riot]].<ref name=champyungan>{{cite web | title=Special Project – Having an Accurate Understanding of Korea's Modern History  | publisher=Pyungkangcheil Church | url =http://www.champyungan.com/bbs/board.php?bo_table=global1&wr_id=59 | access-date = 2013-05-05 }}</ref> On 17 November 1948, [[President of South Korea|President]] [[Syngman Rhee]]'s regime proclaimed martial law in order to quell the [[Jeju uprising]].<ref name="jejuweekly20100331">{{cite news |url = http://www.jejuweekly.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=657 |title = Islanders still mourn April 3 massacre|publisher = Jeju weekly|date = March 31, 2010 | access-date = 2013-05-05 | first=Jung Hee| last=Song}}</ref> On 19 April 1960, the Rhee government proclaimed martial law again in order to suppress the [[April Revolution]].<ref name="Hankyoreh20110418">{{cite web |url = http://www.hani.co.kr/arti/society/society_general/473473.html |title = 4·19때 경찰이 계엄사령관에 총탄 10만발 빌려달라 요청|publisher = [[Hankyoreh]]|date = April 18, 2011 | access-date = 2013-05-05 | first= Moon Young| last=Rhee}}</ref>

Following the 12·12 Military Insurrection of 12 December 1979, General [[Chun Doo-hwan]] launched the [[Coup d'état of May Seventeenth]] in 1980 and forced the Cabinet to extend martial law nationwide, which set off the [[Gwangju Uprising]] of 18 May 1980.<ref>May, The Triumph of Democracy. Ed. Shin Bok-jin, Hwang Chong-gun, Kim Jun-tae, Na Kyung-taek, Kim Nyung-man, Ko Myung-jin. Gwangju: May 18 Memorial Foundation, 2004.</ref>

On 3 December 2024, president [[Yoon Suk Yeol]] declared a state of [[2024 South Korean martial law|emergency martial law]] to "safeguard a liberal South Korea from the threats posed by North Korea's communist forces and to eliminate anti-state elements".<ref>{{Cite news |date=2024-12-03 |title=South Korea's president declares emergency martial law |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/12/3/south-koreas-president-declares-emergency-martial-law |access-date=2024-12-03 |website=Al Jazeera |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2024-12-03 |title=South Korea President Yoon declares martial law |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/south-korea-president-yoon-declares-martial-law-2024-12-03/ |access-date=2024-12-03 |website=Reuters}}</ref> However, on 4 December 2024 at 01:01 AM [[Korean Standard Time|KST]], 190 lawmakers who were present at the [[National Assembly (South Korea)|National Assembly]] voted unanimously to lift martial law.<ref>{{Cite web |last=나세웅 |date=2024-12-04 |title=[속보] 국회, 비상계엄 해제 요구안 가결‥국회의장 "계엄령 선포 무효" |url=https://imnews.imbc.com/news/2024/politics/article/6662793_36431.html |access-date=2024-12-03 |website=MBC 뉴스 |language=ko}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Haye-ah |first=Lee |date=4 December 2024 |title=Nat'l Assembly votes to demand lifting of martial law |url=https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20241204001600315?section=national/politics |website=Yonhap News Agency}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=South Korea latest: Soldiers clash with protesters as martial law declared; parliament votes to overturn president's shock order |url=https://news.sky.com/story/south-korea-live-updates-members-of-parliament-could-be-arrested-after-emergency-martial-law-declared-13266031?postid=8720104#liveblog-body |access-date=2024-12-03 |website=Sky News |language=en}}</ref> Martial law was formally lifted by president Yoon around 4:50&nbsp;a.m.; martial law was in effect for about six hours.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-12-04 |title=South Korea lifts martial law order, president urged to resign  |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/south-korea-president-martial-law-emergency/ |access-date=2024-12-04 |website=CBS News |language=en-US}}</ref>