North Korea made its first public statement on Wednesday about the short-lived declaration of martial law in South Korea last week, with its state media saying that President Yoon Suk Yeol had plunged his country into “pandemonium.

Japan, the United States and South Korea affirmed Monday they will continue to closely work together in dealing with North Korea, ami

South Korea’s previous defense minister was stopped from attempting suicide while in detention over last week’s martial law declaration