Declaration of martial law in Seoul causes chaos – in pictures

South Korea’s main opposition Democratic Party leader Lee Jae-myung walks out from the main conference hall of the national assembly in Seoul after President Yoon Suk Yeol declared martial law late on Tuesday.

National assembly workers spray a fire extinguisher towards soldiers.

Furniture is piled up behind a door which was damaged when military forces broke into the national sssembly building.

South Korean soldiers try to enter the national assembly.

Members of South Korea’s main opposition Democratic Party set up barricades at a entrance of the national assembly building in Seoul.

People protest outside the national assembly in Seoul.

People surround a military vehicle outside the National Assembly in Seoul.

Furniture and boxes are piled up to barricade the entrance doors of the National Assembly.

A man wearing a national flag stands on the wall of the national assembly in Seoul.

A man wearing an outfit with a face mask of South Korea’s President Yoon Suk Yeol dances outside the national assembly in Seoul.

South Korean soldiers try to get into the national assembly.

South Korea’s national assembly speaker Woo Won-shik passes a resolution demanding the immediate lifting of martial law.

Officials remove the furniture barricades from the doors of the national assembly building.

People rally to demand the resignation of South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol.

People take part in a rally to demand South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol’s removal from power.