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"I couldn't stop, even though I couldn't see"… The night of martial law and why visually impaired lawmaker Seo Mi-hwa climbed over the National Assembly wall

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  1. On the night of December 3, 2024, right after martial law was declared, visually impaired lawmaker Seo Mi-hwa climbed up the iron gate and jumped over the National Assembly wall into the plenary chamber.
  2. Seo went with her aide to the National Assembly's main gate, where a female police officer inside let her in, and then she ran with lawmaker Im Mi-ae to the plenary chamber.
  3. After the motion to lift martial law was passed, Seo said of the citizens who protected the National Assembly: "Truly courageous citizens."

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"I couldn't stop, even though I couldn't see"… The night of martial law and why visually impaired lawmaker Seo Mi-hwa climbed over the National Assembly wall

Read the full article (machine translation) → Original article (Korean): “보이지 않아도 멈출 수 없었다”… 계엄의 밤, 시각장애인 서미화 의원이 국회 담을 넘은 이유

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