U.N. "Welcome to lifting martial law in South Korea...Keep an eye on the situation."

U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres said he welcomes the lifting of the martial law and continues to monitor the situation closely, regarding Yoon Suk Yeol's declaration and lifting of the emergency decree.

U.N. Secretary-General spokesman Stephane Dujarric delivered Guterres' position at a regular briefing at the U.N. headquarters in New York on the 4th local time.

"There was a lot of confusion in the hours after the martial law was declared," he said. "The important thing is that the system worked well and martial law was lifted."

Regarding the martial law command's attempts to restrict political activity and control the media, he stressed, "Anywhere and at any time, we support freedom of expression and we support freedom of speech working."

"In South Korea, everything has gone very fast, and what's important is that now things are back to where they were before 48 hours," he added.