politics

According to the latest poll, South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol’s approval rating stands at 44.6%, with 45.6% of respondents opposing his impeachment by the Constitutional Court. Furthermore, the ruling People Power Party (PPP) leads the Democratic Party (DPK) in party support ratings, 41.6% to 31.5%, outside the margin of error. The survey was conducted by…

South Korea’s democracy is facing a critical test. On December 3, 2023, President Yoon Suk-yeol declared martial law, only to retract it six hours later following demands from the National Assembly. While no casualties occurred during this short-lived declaration, South Koreans now find themselves in an environment reminiscent of China’s “five-household surveillance system,” marked by…

Nonetheless, people’s despotism can never be justified or tolerated under any circumstances. The Yoon Suk-yeol administration was fraught with instability from its inception. The fact that Yoon was perceived as a “mercenary” and the elitist, insular image of his “prosecution-based government” only reinforced this instability. In reality, his leadership has been built on a weak…