Ahead of impeachment vote, Yoon apologizes for anxiety over martial law decree 

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol delivers an address to the nation at the Presidential Office in Seoul, South Korea, Dec. 7, 2024. (Presidential Office via Reuters) People at a train station in Seoul, South Korea, watch a live television broadcast of South Korea's President Yoon Suk Yeol bowing after the end of his address to the nation, Dec. 7, 2024.

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol on Saturday apologized for causing public anxiety and vowed he would not attempt a second martial law decree, in an apparent last-minute bid to save his presidency ahead of an impeachment vote.