Overview
- President Lee Jae Myung directed the Foreign Ministry and related agencies to safeguard South Koreans in Venezuela and to prepare detailed evacuation plans.
- The Foreign Ministry activated its overseas nationals protection task force and convened an emergency meeting led by Second Vice Foreign Minister Kim Jina to ready contingencies.
- Seoul reports about 70 South Koreans in Venezuela, including roughly 50 in Caracas, with no injuries or damage to its nationals confirmed so far.
- President Donald Trump said U.S. forces conducted a large-scale strike and that Nicolás Maduro and his wife were captured and flown out of Venezuela.
- Venezuelan authorities declared a national emergency and mobilized troops following explosions and fires in Caracas, including at the Fuerte Tiuna military complex.