Seoul: President Yoon Suk Yeol "badly misjudged" his short-lived imposition of emergency martial law this week, a senior U.S. diplomat said Wednesday, highlighting that South Korea's past experience of similar events has a "deep" and "negative" resonance in the Asian country. Deputy Secretary of State Kurt Campbell made the remarks after Yoon abruptly declared martial law Tuesday night and reversed the decree hours later following the National Assembly's passage of a resolution to overturn it. According to Yonhap News Agency, Campbell stated that the events in South Korea over the last 24 hours were "completely, deeply unpredictable and unlikely," emphasizing that President Yoon's decision was a serious misjudgment. He noted that the memory of previous martial law experiences in South Korea continues to have significant negative effects on the nation's psyche. Campbell predicted that South Korea would face challenges in the aftermath of this episode but reaffirmed the United States' commitment to maintainin g a strong bilateral alliance. He assured that the U.S. stands with South Korea and expressed confidence in South Korea's ability to resolve these issues through its own mechanisms.