Arius M. Derr

Dec 9, 2024 | international.thenewslens.com | Arius M. Derr

What you need to know South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol's brief martial law declaration failed due to resistance from key officials and the public. By Arius DerrFor the first time since democratisation, South Korea was placed under martial law on 3 December 2024.

Mar 11, 2024 | eastasiaforum.org | Arius M. Derr |Benjamin Katzeff Silberstein |Troy Stangarone |Kyuseok Kim

Tensions on the Korean Peninsula have not been this high since 2017, when then US president Donald Trump and North Korean Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un exchanged threats of nuclear war and North Korea tested its first long-range missile capable of reaching the United States. On 16 January 2024, Kim ordered a change to the country’s constitution — a document of unclear utility in an Orwellian personality cult — so that peaceful unification of North and South Korea was stricken from official policy.