South Korean President Lee Jae Myung said Wednesday he’s weighing a possible apology to North Korea over suspicions that Seoul’s former conservative leader intentionally sought to raise military tensions between the war-divided rivals in the buildup to his brief martial law declaration in December.

Then-President Yoon Suk Yeol imposed martial law on Dec. 3 last year, but National Assembly overturned it within six hours - Anadolu Ajansı

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung on Tuesday praised citizens for peacefully resisting last year's martial law declaration, saying the Korean people deserve the Nobel Peace Prize.

When former president Yoon Suk Yeol tried and failed to impose martial law in December 2024, South Korea plunged into its worst political crisis in decades. Yoon's impeachment and the ensuing chaos provided fertile ground for disinformation to grow in a country already entangled in conspiracy theories.