The Republic of Korea spent three surreal hours under martial law this week as President Yoon Suk Yeol sought unsuccessfully to enact strict authoritarian control, an episode one Korean-American in Seoul wryly described as “martial LOL.” In an emergency session, South Korea’s parliament voted unanimously to overrule the president and end the brief perio…
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