South Korea’s president defended his martial law decree as an act of governance and denied rebellion charges, vowing to 'fight to the end' in the face of attempts to impeach him and intensifying investigations.

President Yoon Suk Yeol vowed to “fight to the end,” despite the opposition’s push to impeach him and his own party’s demand that he resign.

South Korea’s National Assembly voted Thursday to impeach the national police chief and the justice minister over their enforcement of martial law last week. The opposition-controlled assembly plans to submit a second impeachment motion against President Yoon Suk Yeol later in the day after the first motion last Saturday