Lee’s pragmatic foreign policy must disengage from the US-led NATO expansion into Asia that destabilizes the Indo-Pacific.

If Yoon’s impeachment opened extraordinary spaces of participation, now they must become integrated into the ordinary workings of democracy.

Yoon, whose government was highly unpopular due to authoritarian policies and escalating war efforts, was impeached by the country’s parliament for imposing a short-lived martial law over the country last year in December.

The call to cancel the military exercises takes on increased urgency given the military accident last week when South Korean jets bombed their own citizens in the region bordering North Korea during the preparation of yet another joint military exercise with the US.

Dae-Han Song discuses with Mikaela Nhondo Erskog last December’s attempted coup in South Korea – why it took place, how it was defeated and the effect that will have on the country’s politics.

Activists stage protests across the United States against the expansion of the “Freedom Shield” military exercises

Activists are set to mobilize across the country to call for the cancellation of Freedom Shield military exercises between the US and Republic of Korea

Yoon Suk Yeol, South Korea’s first sitting president to be arrested, is under investigation over his martial law decree in December 2024.

Opposition lawmakers are alleging the full scope of President Yoon’s coup involved a months-long plot to trigger a “limited war” with North Korea

Following Yoon’s failed attempt to impose martial law, the situation continues to unfold as each passing moment shakes the foundation of the current social order and further opens the horizon of possibility.

Yoon Seok Yeol’s failed attempt to impose martial law and the subsequent impeachment vote have blown the lid off of a much deeper political crisis in the country.

Demonstrators stage rallies across the US, joining popular demands within South Korea for the resignation of President Yoon Suk Yeol