Moscow urges Russian citizens in South Korea to avoid public gatherings amid anti-martial law protests

Russia’s Foreign Ministry called on Russian citizens in South Korea to remain calm and avoid public gatherings on Tuesday following President Yoon Suk Yeol’s declaration of martial law.

According to Russian state news agency RIA Novosti, about 5,300 Russian tourists may currently be in South Korea.

Protests erupted outside the South Korean parliament building on Tuesday night after the martial law announcement, which Yoon Suk Yeol said was necessary to save the country from North Korean forces and “protect the free constitutional order.”