Showdown in South Korea

<![CDATA[Early last month the president of South Korea, Yoon Suk Yeol, declared martial law and issued a statement asking the public to trust him. Under South Korean law the president has the ability to declare martial law but only in moments of extreme crisis, which this was not. Instead, it appeared the president had grown frustrated with the opposition party and was declaring martial law so he could simply dictate policy.]]>