South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol did not inform the United States in advance of his intention to declare a state of emergency in the country. The United States has nearly 30,000 troops in South Korea.
United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken assured on Friday that the United States has confidence in the permanence of South Korean democracy. Blinken talked to his colleague on the phone Cho Tae-yulin with for the first time since the state of emergency declared by the South Korean president plunged the country into political turmoil.
– The foreign minister welcomed the lifting of the state of emergency, said he was confident in the resilience of South Korea’s democracy and confirmed the iron-clad commitment of the United States, summed up the representative of the US State Department Matthew Miller message service in X.
President Yoon Suk-yeol did not notify the United States in advance of its intention to declare a state of emergency in the country. US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said earlier this week that the United States heard about it only after the president had announced the state of emergency on television.
The United States has nearly 30,000 troops in South Korea. South Korea and Japan are the most important allies of the United States in the region.