North Korean state media reported for the first time Wednesday on the political instability in South Korea, focusing on mass protests calling for the ouster of President Yoon Suk Yeol over his failed attempt to impose martial law.

North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un denounced South Korea as a 'fascist dictatorship' following President Yoon Suk Yeol's failed attempt to impose martial law.

Yoon told South Koreans martial law was necessary to "safeguard a liberal South Korea from the threats posed by North Korea's communist forces and to eliminate anti-state elements," taking aim at the Democratic Party, his liberal opposition.