The sudden decision by South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol to declare martial law on Tuesday made international news, bringing new attention to a controversial legal topic with a long history in ...

JAKARTA, Indonesia — An emotionally and physically abusive marriage of 11 years led Rani Miranti to join a fight club that has trained her in martial arts, enabling her to stand up against violence.

However, each state government can declare martial law through judicial review in case of emergency. The English term, martial law, is derived from Mars, the ancient Roman god of war.

The second martial law declared in Ohio more than a century ago during the Great Dayton Flood of 1913, which, according to Dayton Daily News, was one of the state's worst natural disasters.

A television screen shows South Korea's President Yoon Suk Yeol speaking during a news broadcast in Goyang, northwest of Seoul on December 3, 2024, after he declared emergency martial law, saying ...

Martial law has been declared at least 68 times in U.S. history. Reasons for its implementation have included wartime threats, civil unrest, labor disputes and natural disasters.