White House "Closely Monitoring Emergency Martial Law Situation in Korea"

"Contacting the Korean Government"

The U.S. government announced on the 3rd (local time) that it is "closely monitoring the situation" following President Yoon Seok-yeol's declaration of martial law.

A spokesperson for the White House National Security Council (NSC) stated on the same day regarding South Korea's declaration of martial law, "The U.S. administration is in contact with the South Korean government."

Yonhap News

On the 3rd, President Yoon declared martial law in an emergency address and appointed Army Chief of Staff Park An-su as the martial law commander. Major foreign media outlets such as AP News, CNN, The New York Times (NYT), and The Washington Post (WP) are all urgently reporting this news simultaneously.