As Yoon remakes South Korea’s right, lonely conservative pushes back
“The whole situation just naturally evolved in a way that Yoon Suk Yeol became the symbol of this movement of freedom and liberal democracy, vis-a-vis communism, socialism, and tyranny,” said Lee Jung-hoon, a conservative legal scholar and dean at Seoul’s Yonsei University.
Prosecutors had one week to appeal the court’s ruling but on Saturday declined to do so. Yoon’s release has no bearing on his criminal case or his impeachment trial, legal experts say.
The night of Dec. 3, President Yoon Suk Yeol stunned South Koreans when he declared martial law on television, reawakening dark memories of military rule. JTBC via Reuters JTBC via Reuters ...
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