Jo Carter

1 month ago | globalvoices.org | Yewon Kang |Jo Carter

On April 4, the South Korean Constitutional Court upheld former president Yoon Suk Yeol’s impeachment. The impeachment movement not only punished Yoon for the grave betrayal of people’s trust with his declaration of martial law on December 3, 2024, but also enlivened a group of young activists who led demonstrations for consecutively 123 days — from Yoon’s December 3 insurrection until April 4 — and vowed to continue fighting against social injustices that have long plagued the country.