Over the Yoon: South Korea ousts president

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South Korea has been paralysed since its president declared martial law in December. Even after <a href="https://www.economist.com/asia/2025/04/04/yoon-suk-yeol-south-koreas-disgraced-president-is-ousted?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence& ...

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The country’s increasingly unpopular president, Yoon Suk Yeol, backed down six hours after his shocking move of imposing martial law. South Korea’s democracy has <a href="https://www.economist.com/asia/2024/12/03/martial-law-in-south-korea-and-then-not-next-constitutional-cris ...

The election of <a href="https://www.economist.com/asia/2025/06/03/can-south-koreas-new-president-mend-a-divided-battered-country?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&utm_ter ...