U.S. "South Korea is in the process of democratic politics..."Don't abuse anyone".

[Anchor]
The U.S. Department of Defense described South Korea's impeachment as a democratic political process and stressed that no one, including North Korea, should abuse it.

He also acknowledged that the postponement of U.S. Defense Secretary Austin's visit to South Korea is related to the martial law crisis.

Let's listen to it for ourselves.

[Sabrina Singh / Deputy Spokesperson for the U.S. Department of Defense] The Secretary of Defense postponed her visit in light of the recent situation in South Korea. Again, I maintain a close relationship with my Korean counterpart. There is a democratic political process going on in Korea right now. I don't want any actors to exploit this time. We need to make sure that this process that we are focusing on goes ahead.]