The South Korean Ministry of National Defense said on the 3rd that the South Korean Defense Minister Kim Yong-hyun 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. With the announcement of martial law by Yoon Seok-yuk, the main cadres of the army urgently returned to strengthen martial law and understand the relevant situation. At present, the military has instructed commanders above the battalion commander level to stand by urgently and instructed all staff of the Ministry of National Defense to go to work. It is reported that most of the