Koreans who went to sleep before 10:30pm likely slept through their president declaring martial law, citizens protesting, and the entire thing being overturned.
Whew.
South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol wasn’t able to get away with what looked an awful lot like an attempted coup — and it was only because of people and lawmakers who fully understood what was at stake.
At a time when right-wing populism and anti-establishment sentiment are growing like weeds around the world, we can probably learn some lessons from the way South Korea batted down this attack on its democracy.
Let’s talk about it.
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