Conservatism

Controlling the military is key to consolidating democracy in South Korea

By: Phone Min Thant, Staff Writer Content warning: brief mention of sexual harrassment and suicide. When I found myself waking up to the news of martial law in South Korea last month, my first thoughts were, “Not the military again.” Videos of armed special forces breaking into the parliament to arrest opposition politicians and tanks rolling into Seoul mirrored the images of past military coups, events still vividly remembered by those who rose up in protest. This was followed by a stand-off between the police and the military in the former’s failed attempts to arrest the impeached president Yoon Suk…

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