U.S. "Expectation of Constitutional Stability"...Foreign media, "Why do you wave the American flag?"

[Anchor]
The U.S. government has said it wants stability in accordance with constitutional procedures in response to the situation in South Korea, which has become even more confusing due to the failure of the attempt to arrest President Yoon.

While reiterating the ironclad South Korea-U.S. alliance, he also said that the domestic situation in South Korea should be resolved domestically.

This is Washington correspondent Kwon Jun-ki.

[Reporter]
Asked about the political turmoil in South Korea, the White House said it hoped the situation would stabilize in accordance with constitutional procedures.

[John Kirby / National Security Council Communications Advisor: We look forward to working together with the Korean government, the National Assembly and the Korean people to move toward stability]

He also noted and evaluated the fact that Acting President Choi Sang-mok focuses on stabilizing state affairs.

The U.S. reiterated its ironclad alliance, saying it would make every effort to prepare for external threats.

The U.S. Department of Defense said that cooperation between the U.S. and South Korea's military remains strong, but the Korean people themselves will have to work through the domestic situation.

[Sabrina Singh/ U.S. Defense Department Deputy Spokesperson: (The situation in Korea) is something we will certainly keep an eye on, but that is something the Korean people will work through on themselves.]

Foreign media, which reported on the attempted arrest of President Yoon Suk Yeol in real time, paid attention to how the situation would unfold afterward.

[Kim Doo-yeon / Senior Researcher at the New American Security Center (CNN Interview): It's a battle over how to hold President Yoon accountable and what legal procedures and investigation procedures to proceed.]

{President Yoon's supporters analyzed why they waved the American flag.

The Guardian says the combination of the Korean flag and the American flag may seem embarrassing, but to Yoon's supporters, the U.S. is the object of worship:
It reported that it is increasingly imitating the right wing in the United States who claim election irregularities
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This is YTN Kwon Jun-ki from Washington.



Video editing: Han Kyung-hee