This is What Accountability Looks Like

Photograph Source: Constitutional Court of Korea – South Korea Gov

An elected leader who tries to seize absolute power through a military coup commits the most serious political transgression that can take place in a democracy.

In December 2024, Yoon Suk Yeol attempted just such a coup to overcome opposition in the National Assembly that he called “anti-state” and blamed for the country’s political paralysis. In the face of Yoon’s declaration of martial law, that same opposition...