In a late-night move, lawmakers have since pushed their way into parliament and voted to block Yoon Suk Yeo's surprise declaration.

Seoul residents protested martial law on Dec. 4, and later, the president said he would lift the martial law, just hours after he declared it.

South Korea’s opposition party members gathered at the country's parliament after the country's President Yoon Suk Yeol declared emergency martial law. The move comes as Yoon's People Power Party and the main opposition Democratic Party continue to disagree over next year's budget bill.