190 of 300 members of South Korea's parliament voted to defy President Yoon Suk Yeol's martial law declaration issued late Tuesday. CBS News' Jen Kwon breaks down the latest on accusations of lawmakers there sympathizing with communist North Korea.
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00:00Busy Breaking News Day on CBS News 24-7. Welcome back. I'm Reid Cowen. So we continue to follow
00:07that breaking news out of South Korea, where the country's president declared martial law.
00:11And you're seeing people in the streets and elsewhere. This move drawing hundreds of those
00:15protesters to the South Korean parliament building as we speak. They're waving flags.
00:20We are also starting to see military vehicles on what are otherwise very peaceful streets
00:24in South Korea. Lawmakers are fighting back after that declaration of martial law. They
00:30are voting to defy the country's president and immediately lift that martial law declaration.
00:35The president there says he's doing it because he believes there are factions who are conspiring
00:40at North Korea and doing anti-state activities. CBS News reporter Jen Kwon reports from Seoul,
00:46South Korea. Lawmakers in South Korea's parliament has
00:50voted down President Yun Seong-yeol's martial law declaration. Early in a surprise late
00:55night televised address, President Yun declared emergency martial law, vowing to eradicate
01:00quote, pro-North Korean anti-state forces. This is the first time in 44 years that martial
01:06law has been declared in South Korea. It has come to a shock to residents here and sparked
01:11confusion. After the president's announcement, there were chaotic scenes outside the parliament
01:15building here in Seoul. But 190 of the 300 members of parliament were able to get into
01:21the building to block the martial law declaration. Jen Kwon, CBS News.
01:29That we'll be watching on CBS News 24-7 throughout this hour. Many implications, political, militarily
01:35and also economically there on the Korean peninsula.