On the 8th local time, Lee Jae-myung, the leader of the largest opposition party in South Korea, said that the prime minister and the leader of the ruling party have disrupted the constitutional order, and the presidential authority is not private property and cannot be transferred. He also stressed that Yoon Seok-yeok must be successfully impeached in the name of the people on December 14.
Lee Jae-myung, head of South Korea's largest opposition Democratic Party, told the military and police outside parliament that "the emergency martial law that violates the constitution has expired, and it is illegal for the military and police to continue to exercise their powers" and asked the military and police to withdraw. (CCTV International News)
Lee Jae-myung, the leader of South Korea's largest opposition party, said Parliament would try to lift President Yoon Seok-yeok's martial law order, but that the military might try to arrest lawmakers. Yonhap News Agency reported that roads leading to South Korea's parliament were blocked after the commander-in-chief declared martial law, preventing lawmakers from entering.
Cha Myung-hun, the chief executive of South Korean crypto exchange Coinone, has denied rumors that he is in talks with gaming company Com2uS Holdings to sell part of the company. As of last year, Cha held a combined 53.46% stake in Coinone through his personal company, The One Group, and individual holdings. Despite previous speculation that Com2uS would become Coinone's largest shareholder if the deal goes through, representatives of both companies denied the rumors.