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North Korea yet to react to South Korean president’s short-lived martial law

ROK military says no ‘unusual’ movements from DPRK amid concerns that Pyongyang could take advantage of political crisis

North Korea has yet to publicly react or mobilize for any “unusual” response after South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol’s short-lived imposition of martial law from late Tuesday, according to the ROK military, amid concerns that Pyongyang could leverage the political crisis south of the border to its advantage.

The ROK Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said in a statement before dawn Wednesday that Yoon’s Martial Law Command was disbanded and that there were “no unusual activities from North Korea.”

“The security posture against the North remains stable,” the statement continued, according to Yonhap News Agency. Hours later, JCS chairman