What South Korea’s short-lived martial law says about nation’s democracy and the autocratic tendencies of President Yoon

By Myunghee Lee, Assistant Professor, Michigan State University

During a whirlwind few hours in South Korean politics, President Yoon Suk Yeol placed the country under martial law on Dec. 3, 2024, only to lift it just a short while later.

It marked the first time that a South Korean leader has imposed the emergency power since 1979. And although…

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~	‘It’s the worst feeling’ – young New Zealanders regret their vaping addictions but feel unsupported to quit

~	Spotify Wrapped is about more than what songs you listen to – it’s about what makes you you

~	NZ school science results improve – but international testing highlights a stubborn socioeconomic gap

~	Payal Kapadia’s ‘All We Imagine As Light’ disrupts popular narratives of Mumbai

~	How a director of national intelligence helps a president stay on top of threats from around the world

~	Social media platforms are throttling access to news – with far-reaching implications for democracy

~	Microsoft, TikTok and AI are ‘disrupting’ book publishing. But do we want their effortless art?

~	Chatbots won’t help anyone make weapons of mass destruction. But other AI systems just might

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