According to Odaily Planet Daily, Elon Musk was shocked by the news that South Korean President Yoon Seok-yeol announced martial law. He responded several times on social media X.

On Tuesday evening, Musk responded to a post by an X-user about South Korean President Yoon Seok-yeol declaring martial law with two exclamation points "!!".

About three hours later, Musk commented "Wow" under another post detailing South Korea's parliament's unanimous vote to lift martial law.

When another user asked, "What's going on in South Korea right now?" Musk responded, "Yeah, that's pretty shocking."