- President Yoon Suk-yeol declared martial law on the evening of December 3, but the National Assembly's resolution demanding its lifting was unanimously passed, leading to its withdrawal within approximately 6 hours. - The martial law incident has heightened economic uncertainty in Korea and raised concerns about deepening 'Korea discount,' with expected impacts on the semiconductor industry. - The Bank of Korea took measures including extraordinary RP purchases to stabilize the market, and S&P evaluated that the martial law incident would not significantly affect Korea's credit rating. - Some citizens engaged in panic buying of goods at convenience stores following the martial law declaration. - The domestic cryptocurrency market experienced roller-coaster-like volatility as major altcoin prices including Bitcoin plummeted before recovering.
