In the 6-hour mayhem of South Korea’s martial law, a woman’s act of resistance was a defining moment
SEOUL, South Korea — In the groundswell of fury and defiance that erupted among South Koreans after their president declared martial law, curtailing the country’s hard-won freedoms, it was perhaps the iconic moment.
Video of the encounter quickly went viral and became a social media rallying cry that helped fuel the six-hour outburst of protest before President Yoon Suk Yeol was forced to rescind the martial law order early Wednesday morning. “For example, the citizens who couldn’t enter the National Assembly were outside, blocking the armored vehicles and showing such courage,” she said. “So I don’t think my actions were particularly special or braver than anyone else’s.”
When Yoon declared martial law late on Tuesday, An, like many South Koreans, watched the 10:29 p.m. national address on television. Following his announcement, Yoon dispatched police and soldiers to the National Assembly to prevent lawmakers from getting inside to hold a vote, and people like An streamed to the building to make sure that they could.
“I thought, we have to prevent that,” she said. “If the entrance here is breached and the martial law troops get inside, they will block the vote, and then not only will the martial law not be lifted, but our country’s democracy will be over. There will be no next time.”
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