Yoon's support appears to be waning, however, in the wake of a defiant address Thursday in which he defended his decision to declare martial law on Dec. 3 and vowed to "fight to the end." Related South Korea's Yoon defends martial law, vows to 'fight to ...

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South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol defended his martial law decree as an act of governance and denied rebellion charges, vowing Thursday to “fight to the end” in response to attempts to impeach him and intensifying investigations into last week’s dramatic move.