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People hold signs that read"Insurrection Yoon Suk-yeol step down!" as they take part in a candlelight vigil to protest against South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol in Seoul, South Korea, on December 4, 2024.On the cold winter night of December 3, South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol appeared on national television to declare martial law due toIt was the first time that martial law had been declared in the country since 1980, when Gen.
“Although the crisis was quelled within six hours, the damage inflicted on South Korea’s democratic institutions is profound,” Youngmi Cho, executive director of the Korean Women’s Movement for Peace, texted me on Signal.Today, South Korea’s Democratic Party initiated an impeachment bill for President Yoon. Under the South Korean constitution, the National Assembly can impeach the president with two-thirds of the vote.
Yoon exploited South Korean fears of growing tensions with North Korea by taking a page from the McCarthyist playbook that uses anti-communist fear tactics to justify violating the constitution.took to the streets to demand his impeachment in recent weeks before the martial law declaration is their frustration with Yoon’s incompetence. His approval rating hit an unprecedented
The international community, and especially people in the United States, have much to learn from the South Korean pro-democracy movements on how to fight back against authoritarian strongmen. Imagine if Americans and members of Congress responded as swiftly and boldly as South Koreans did back on January 6, 2021. We would be facing a very different future.If you feel rage, despondency, confusion and deep fear today, you are not alone. We’re feeling it too. We are heartsick.
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