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South Korea shook a presidential power grab – failure to impeach now risks damaging democracy

By Myunghee Lee, Assistant Professor, Michigan State University
Sungik Yang, Assistant Professor of History, Arizona State University

In 1972, a South Korean president instigated a self-coup and succeeded. Understanding why – and why the latest attempt failed – helps explain how far the country’s democracy has progressed and how fragile it could become.

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