Opposition leader calls for public to gather outside National Assembly – reportpublished at 14:50 Greenwich Mean Time

14:50 GMT

Jake Kwon
Reporting from Seoul

Democratic Party leader Lee Jae-myung walks out of room. He's wearing a dark blue jacket with matching tie and a South Korea flag pin on his left lapelImage source, EPA

South Korea’s main opposition, the Democratic Party, has called on all its lawmakers to assemble at the National Assembly, the country’s legislative body, South Korea’s news agency Yonhap reports.

Its leader, Lee Jae-myung, has called on the public to gather at the assembly, it says.

The People’s Power Party leader Han Dong-hoon has called the declaration of martial law a “wrong” move, and has vowed to block it.

(As a reminder, President Yoon – who declared martial law – is also a member of the PPP).

According to South Korean law, the government must lift martial law if the majority of National Assembly demands in a vote.

The same law also prohibits martial law command from arresting lawmakers.