Inside South Korea's Martial Law Fallout

In early December, South Korea President Yoon Suk Yeol shocked the world by declaring martial law. The declaration was swiftly challenged in the legislature and reversed by the administration. Impeachment and criminal charges now face Yoon, and the country confronts entrenched polarization. Prof. Sanghoon Kim-Leffingwell, Assistant Professor at the University of North Texas, joins the pod to discuss the fallout from martial law, and how "authoritarian nostalgia" shapes the country's democracy.

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