The South Korean military says it will maintain martial law until it is lifted by President Yoon Suk Yeol, despite the nation's parliament voting to block its enforcement, according to the country's national broadcaster. It follows clashes between protesters and the security forces who tried to barricade the National Assembly.

🟡 BREAKING: Soldiers block opposition politicians from entering the parliament in Seoul, Republic of Korea, after President Yoon Suk Yeol declared emergency martial law, accusing the left-leaning bloc that controls the national assembly of DPRK sympathies. pic.twitter.com/UyRsShASU4

South Korean lawmakers began impeachment proceedings against President Yoon Suk Yeol after he briefly imposed martial law and then reversed course on that decision just hours later. Yoon claimed martial law was necessary to protect the country from "North Korea's communist forces" and to "eliminate anti-state elements.