Golden Finance reported that the South Korean National Assembly held an emergency meeting in the early hours of December 4, voting on the 'request to lift the emergency martial law'. 190 members attended the meeting, with 170 members voting in favor. South Korean National Assembly Speaker Yoo Wan-sik subsequently announced the emergency martial law invalid. The iShares MSCI South Korea ETF narrowed its decline to 2.5%, after previously dropping about 7%.