1.South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol said on Wednesday he would lift a martial law declaration he had imposed just six hours before, backing down after 190 lawmakers present in the National Assembly unanimously passed a motion to reject the decree.

2.The main opposition Democratic Party and five other minor opposition parties submitted a motion to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol on Wednesday after Yoon's declaration of martial law was blocked by lawmakers.

3.The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index dipped 36-point-one points, or one-point-44 percent, on Wednesday to close at two-thousand-464-point-zero. The tech-heavy KOSDAQ lost 13-point-65 points, or one-point-98 percent, to close at 677-point-15.