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South Koreans have been describing feelings of worry, shock and confusion after the country’s president plunged the country into political chaos – declaring martial law and hours later revoking the move after a major outcry.

In a televised address on Tuesday, President Yoon Suk Yeol said military rule was needed to protect the country from North Korea’s communist forces and to eliminate anti-state elements – before it was swiftly blocked by MPs.

It has left some South Koreans anxious about the fallout from the political instability, including Seoul resident Ra Ji-soo, who reported hearing helicopters near her home late on Tuesday.

Speaking shortly after the president’s address, she told the BBC it felt like a “coup d’état in Myanmar is happening here in Korea. I’m worried.”

South Koreans have been describing feelings of worry, shock and confusion after the country’s president plunged the country into political chaos – declaring martial law and hours later revoking the move after a major outcry.

In a televised address on Tuesday, President Yoon Suk Yeol said military rule was needed to protect the country from North Korea’s communist forces and to eliminate anti-state elements – before it was swiftly blocked by MPs.

It has left some South Koreans anxious about the fallout from the political instability, including Seoul resident Ra Ji-soo, who reported hearing helicopters near her home late on Tuesday.

Speaking shortly after the president’s address, she told the BBC it felt like a “coup d’état in Myanmar is happening here in Korea. I’m worried.”

South Koreans have been describing feelings of worry, shock and confusion after the country’s president plunged the country into political chaos – declaring martial law and hours later revoking the move after a major outcry.

In a televised address on Tuesday, President Yoon Suk Yeol said military rule was needed to protect the country from North Korea’s communist forces and to eliminate anti-state elements – before it was swiftly blocked by MPs.

It has left some South Koreans anxious about the fallout from the political instability, including Seoul resident Ra Ji-soo, who reported hearing helicopters near her home late on Tuesday.

Speaking shortly after the president’s address, she told the BBC it felt like a “coup d’état in Myanmar is happening here in Korea. I’m worried.”

South Koreans have been describing feelings of worry, shock and confusion after the country’s president plunged the country into political chaos – declaring martial law and hours later revoking the move after a major outcry.

In a televised address on Tuesday, President Yoon Suk Yeol said military rule was needed to protect the country from North Korea’s communist forces and to eliminate anti-state elements – before it was swiftly blocked by MPs.

It has left some South Koreans anxious about the fallout from the political instability, including Seoul resident Ra Ji-soo, who reported hearing helicopters near her home late on Tuesday.

Speaking shortly after the president’s address, she told the BBC it felt like a “coup d’état in Myanmar is happening here in Korea. I’m worried.”

South Koreans have been describing feelings of worry, shock and confusion after the country’s president plunged the country into political chaos – declaring martial law and hours later revoking the move after a major outcry.

In a televised address on Tuesday, President Yoon Suk Yeol said military rule was needed to protect the country from North Korea’s communist forces and to eliminate anti-state elements – before it was swiftly blocked by MPs.

It has left some South Koreans anxious about the fallout from the political instability, including Seoul resident Ra Ji-soo, who reported hearing helicopters near her home late on Tuesday.

Speaking shortly after the president’s address, she told the BBC it felt like a “coup d’état in Myanmar is happening here in Korea. I’m worried.”

South Koreans have been describing feelings of worry, shock and confusion after the country’s president plunged the country into political chaos – declaring martial law and hours later revoking the move after a major outcry.

In a televised address on Tuesday, President Yoon Suk Yeol said military rule was needed to protect the country from North Korea’s communist forces and to eliminate anti-state elements – before it was swiftly blocked by MPs.

It has left some South Koreans anxious about the fallout from the political instability, including Seoul resident Ra Ji-soo, who reported hearing helicopters near her home late on Tuesday.

Speaking shortly after the president’s address, she told the BBC it felt like a “coup d’état in Myanmar is happening here in Korea. I’m worried.”

South Koreans have been describing feelings of worry, shock and confusion after the country’s president plunged the country into political chaos – declaring martial law and hours later revoking the move after a major outcry.

In a televised address on Tuesday, President Yoon Suk Yeol said military rule was needed to protect the country from North Korea’s communist forces and to eliminate anti-state elements – before it was swiftly blocked by MPs.

It has left some South Koreans anxious about the fallout from the political instability, including Seoul resident Ra Ji-soo, who reported hearing helicopters near her home late on Tuesday.

Speaking shortly after the president’s address, she told the BBC it felt like a “coup d’état in Myanmar is happening here in Korea. I’m worried.”

South Koreans have been describing feelings of worry, shock and confusion after the country’s president plunged the country into political chaos – declaring martial law and hours later revoking the move after a major outcry.

In a televised address on Tuesday, President Yoon Suk Yeol said military rule was needed to protect the country from North Korea’s communist forces and to eliminate anti-state elements – before it was swiftly blocked by MPs.

It has left some South Koreans anxious about the fallout from the political instability, including Seoul resident Ra Ji-soo, who reported hearing helicopters near her home late on Tuesday.

Speaking shortly after the president’s address, she told the BBC it felt like a “coup d’état in Myanmar is happening here in Korea. I’m worried.”

South Koreans have been describing feelings of worry, shock and confusion after the country’s president plunged the country into political chaos – declaring martial law and hours later revoking the move after a major outcry.

In a televised address on Tuesday, President Yoon Suk Yeol said military rule was needed to protect the country from North Korea’s communist forces and to eliminate anti-state elements – before it was swiftly blocked by MPs.

It has left some South Koreans anxious about the fallout from the political instability, including Seoul resident Ra Ji-soo, who reported hearing helicopters near her home late on Tuesday.

Speaking shortly after the president’s address, she told the BBC it felt like a “coup d’état in Myanmar is happening here in Korea. I’m worried.”