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Long before this week, South Korea had a painful history with martial law

5:00am December 05, 2024

In 1980, violent clashes between government forces and pro-democracy demonstrators in the southwestern city of Gwangju created lasting scars that continue to shape South Korea to this day.

South Korean Lawmakers Overturn President's Declaration Of Martial Law

South Korea's president faces calls to resign or be impeached

6:04am December 04, 2024

Opposition parties have filed a motion to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol and plans for rallies in major cities are underway.

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A resident looks out the window holding a candle for light inside her house during a power outage, in Borodyanka, Kyiv region, Ukraine, Thursday. Airstrikes cut power and water supplies to hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians on Tuesday, part of what the country's president called an expanding Russian campaign to drive the nation into the cold and dark.

Ukraine war updates: Russia hits power grid, Iran accused of stepping in (Oct. 24)

10:05am October 24, 2022

by NPR Staff

As Russia's large-scale invasion of Ukraine hits the eight-month mark, here's a look at key developments and the latest in-depth coverage of the war.

Servicemen and members of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation gather after the Armenian government declared martial law and military mobilization amidst growing conflict with Azerbaijan.

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Violence Erupts Between Armenia And Azerbaijan Over Long-Disputed Region

3:14pm September 27, 2020

by Rachel Treisman

Each country is blaming the other for initiating the conflict, which has reportedly left civilians dead on both sides. Armenia has declared martial law and mobilized its military.

Former Chinese Premier Li Peng, shown here at the United Nations in 2000, has died at 90.

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Li Peng, Chinese Premier Known As 'Butcher Of Beijing,' Dies At 90

1:15pm July 23, 2019

History will likely judge that Li deserved his moniker for his role in the Tiananmen Square massacre. He appeared on television to declare martial law. After that, troops descended on protesters.

Military trucks drive past destroyed buildings and a mosque in what had been the center of fighting in Marawi on the southern Philippine island of Mindanao on Oct. 25, days after the military declared that the battle against ISIS-linked militants was over

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Martial Law Extended For Another Year In Southern Philippines

4:02pm December 13, 2017

by Ashley Westerman

The move to keep martial law in the Muslim-dominated south was requested by President Rodrigo Duterte. The decree is worrisome to many Filipinos who remember a deadly era of martial law in the 1970s.

Residents look at bodies found in a ravine on the outskirts of Marawi on the southern Philippine island of Mindanao on Sunday. Nearly 100 people have died as the government tries to drive out ISIS-allied militants.

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Death Toll Rises As Philippine Military Tries To Regain Control Of Marawi

4:59pm May 28, 2017

by Laurel Wamsley

The siege seems to be an effort by ISIS-inspired local groups to be recognized as a province of their caliphate. The death toll since fighting began Tuesday is close to 100.