Yonhap reported on the resumption of diplomatic activities between Seoul and Washington, DC

TheUnited States and the Republic of Korea will resume diplomatic activities that were suspended due to martial law. Yonhap News Agency wrote on Dec. 24.

"Deputy Foreign Minister Kim Hong-kyun and U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Kurt Campbell held their first talks in Washington after the brief imposition of martial law," the agency reported.

Diplomatic activities between the Korean and American states were suspended amid domestic political unrest in South Korea.

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The situation in the Republic of Korea escalated in early December, when the country's President Yun Seok-yol declared martial law. The reason for such a step he called the threat of paralysis of power, arising from attempts to conduct impeachment proceedings. The commander of the emergency regime - Chief of Staff of the Ground Forces Park Ahn Soo - noted that until martial law is lifted in the republic, the activities of the parliament, political parties and associations are prohibited. Military equipment was brought to the streets of Seoul.

The opposition party of the republic, in turn, demanded the resignation of the head of state and said it intended to accuse Yun Seok-yeol of treason. At the same time, all heads and senior secretaries of the presidential administration of South Korea resigned. In addition, the labor unions of the republic announced a general strike.

Then, on December 11, the South Korean police searched the presidential administration and police departments. The searches were conducted by a special investigation team to investigate martial law-related activities. The next day, Yoon Seok-yeol said he had no intention of leaving office and would resist attempts to impeach him.

The next day, the first deputy chairman of the Defense Committee, Aleksey Zhuravlev, shared with Izvestiya an opinion that the probable cause of the political crisis in South Korea could beUS discontent with President Yun Seok-yol because of his possible refusal to sell weapons to Ukraine.