A spokesman for the State Department said the U.S.’s diplomatic posture toward South Korea hadn’t changed, although he called Yoon’s declaration of martial law a “serious and grave concern.”Sharp criticismYoon’s move Tuesday was remarkable even by the standards of South Korean politics, which have been turbulent since the country’s transition to democracy in 1987 after decades of brutal military rule.
In a 2023 speech, he described the country’s polarization as a “confrontation between liberal democracy and communist totalitarianism.”In his televised speech earlier on Tuesday announcing the move, Yoon, 63 years old, explained his rationale in an address that ran just over five minutes: “The martial law is aimed at eradicating pro-North Korean forces and to protect the constitutional order of freedom,” he said.The U.S.hadn’t been notified in advance of the martial-rule decision, said a spokeswoman for the White House’s National Security Council.
Both the opposition Democratic Party and Yoon’s ruling People Power Party slammed Yoon’s move as unconstitutional.“President Yoon has made a big political mistake,” said Ramon Pacheco Pardo, the KF-VUB Korea chair at the Brussels School of Governance.
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