When South Koreans came out to defend democracy in the face of a surprise martial law declaration by their president, history ...
whenever I hear 'martial law' I do think of the old days, the oppression of human rights," Lee said. Hundreds of people are ...
I immediately thought of 1980, and the fear and desperation we felt,” said a 60-year-old lawmaker who lived through the ...
Days later, martial law was declared. South Korea is widely considered a peaceful beacon of democracy in Asia, but that ...
In the uncertain hours early Wednesday, many recalled the nation’s last martial law, which came after a coup installed a ...
A surge in dramas and literature dealing with the country's political trauma has helped older generations keep the memory of ...
During South Korea's decades under autocratic governments and military rule, martial law was a common response to political ...
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol is facing possible impeachment for sending heavily armed soldiers into Seoul's streets ...
Last year, a political blockbuster gripped South Korea with a dramatization of a painful memory from its authoritarian past, ...
In 1980, violent clashes between government forces and pro-democracy demonstrators in the southwestern city of Gwangju ...
The president’s short-lived declaration of a military emergency late Tuesday was young South Koreans’ first exposure to a ...
South Korea’s President Yoon Suk Yeol is facing parliamentary moves to impeach him after he sent heavily armed forces into ...