The South Korean Ministry of National Defense said on the 3rd that the South Korean Defense Minister Kim Yong Hsien presided over a meeting of the main commanders of the whole army that afternoon and instructed the whole army to strengthen alert. President Yoon Seok-yuk issued an emergency statement at the presidential palace in Yongsan, Seoul on the same day, declaring the implementation of emergency martial law. It is reported that Kim Yong-hyun advised Yoon Seok-yuk to implement martial law. ...