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The call went out to its 1.1M members after South Korea's president declared martial law.
South Korea's largest labor union launched an indefinite general strike late on Tuesday, calling for the country's embattled president to resign after he declared martial law.
The decree, which suspended civilian government functions and established temporary military control, was South Korea's first declaration of martial law since the country's democratization in 1987.
AdvertisementMeanwhile, South Korea's former foreign minister, Kang Kyung-hwa, told CNN that the president's move and the way it was handled was "completely unacceptable" and an "aberration."
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