But the concerns proved warranted. Yoon imposed martiallaw in the middle of the night on Dec. 3, plunging SouthKorea into its worst political crisis in decades — with the defense minister ...
SouthKorea's National Assembly Speaker Woo Won ... “I knew we had the constitutional authority to liftmartiallaw,” Woo recalled later in a news conference. “I didn’t hesitate.
SouthKorea’s democracy has evolved to resist authoritarianism – a sharp contrast to the weaker historical response of its institutions during previous martiallaw impositions. The political ...