Top U.S. administration officials, including the White House and State Department, called Yoon Suk Yeol's declaration of emergency martial law a "serious misjudgment" and called the situation in South Korea a "continuation of public speaking."
It is an unusually strong expression of distrust of the South Korean president in the Korea-U.S. relationship, which is interpreted as a statement to confirm the possibility of further "action" by President Yoon.
Asked about the situation in Korea at the Aspen Strategy Forum on Dec. 4, Kurt Campbell, the assistant secretary of state, replied, "I think Yun made a serious misjudgment."
He said in the past, "Korea's martial law experience is deeply and negatively affecting him."
And now that Korean politics is very divided, there are lawmakers who voted unanimously in favor of abolishing martial law," he said.
"The fact that both parties agreed that there was a serious problem with these emergency rules is very reassuring to the power of Korean democracy in many ways."
Campbell also said, "Koreans were ready to step up and have made it clear that this is a very illegal procedure."
At the same time, he said, "Almost every interlocutor, including the foreign minister, the finance minister, and many key people cooperating with the Blue House, was very surprised by this."
The remarks were a strong expression of U.S. dissatisfaction with President Yoon Suk Yeol, who has abandoned diplomatic expression and pointed out that Yoon Suk Yeol has isolated itself by declaring emergency martial law.
Campbell said the day before, "We are watching the recent situation in South Korea with serious concern."
Asked about the situation in South Korea after speaking at an event at the think tank's Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), national security adviser Jake Sullivan replied, "South Korea's democracy is solid and resilient," adding, "We will continue to speak publicly and communicate privately with our counterparts."
"The proclamation of martial law has raised deep concern for us," he said
Sullivan also said: "We want to see the democratic system of South Korea function properly." Yoon Suk Yeol added that he had no choice but to follow after Congress voted to lift martial law.
He also reiterated the U.S. administration's position, saying, "Like everywhere else in the world, we knew martial law as a television broadcast."
The White House's statement that it will continue to speak out about the situation in South Korea is interpreted as an intention to once again confirm the possibility of Yoon Suk Yeol's constitutional destruction.
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