Among those who resigned were Chung Jin-suk, the president's chief of staff, National Security Adviser Shin Won-sik, and Sung Tae-yoon, the chief of staff for policy, and several other senior officials.
Their resignations came after President Yoon's declaration of martial law late Tuesday night, in which he accused opposition lawmakers of "paralyzing" the government through what he described as "pro-North Korean forces' anti-government activities."
As the reason for his surprise declaration, Yoon cited attempts to drastically slash next year's budget and impeach cabinet members through over a dozen motions since early this year.
He argued that those were part of the main opposition Democratic Party's tactics to obstruct state affairs by leveraging its majority in the National Assembly.
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