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Yoon’s martial law gambit rooted in South Korea’s blood sport politics
Beneath the gloss of the country’s soft power and economic prowess lies a harsh and deeply polarised political system that punishes severely those who fall from power.
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Protesters calling for the resignation of South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol in Seoul on Dec 4.
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By nearly every measure of good governance – rule of law, corruption indexes, institutional quality – South Korea excels, outpacing many other countries in Asia.
As a regional middle power, its resilience is nothing short of extraordinary, holding its ground against the perpetual menace of a volatile, nuclear-armed North Korea and the towering shadow of a dominant China with unwavering resolve.
