00:00South Korean President Yoon Suk-gyul declares his country under a state of martial law in a nationally televised address.
00:07Apparently, the threat from its belligerent neighbor up north, Korea, has become too great.
00:12The South Korean leader saw it fit to declare this emergency measure to protect his country from a potential armed attack from up north.
00:19North Korean strongman Kim Jong-un has declared neighboring South Korea as its mortal foe
00:25and has repeatedly said it would not hesitate to engage in armed conflict,
00:29especially with its perceived threat of a strengthened alliance between South Korea, Japan, and the United States.
