On December 3, 2024, in a surprising move, President Yoon of South Korea declared emergency martial law, which was revoked six hours later after lawmakers blocked the order with a Parliament vote. Along with the indictment of the president on insurrection charges, the Constitutional Court is currently conducting an impeachment trial.
During a recent Knowledge by the Slice, Hyunjoon Park, Korea Foundation Professor of Sociology and Director of the James Joo-Jin Kim Center for Korean Studies, moderated a discussion about the context leading to this political turmoil in South Korea, how what happened there can be understood in relation to global trends, implications for the relationship between South Korea and the United States, and some thoughts about the future of constitutional governing.
Panelists included Jane Esberg, Assistant Professor of Political Science ; Soosun You, Senior Fellow in the Department of Political Science; and William Burke-White, Richard Perry Professor and Professor of Law. Watch the conversation below.
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