Martial Law in South Korea: What Happened and What’s Next?

Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation at the Harvard Kennedy School Webinar
Co-sponsored by the Kim Koo Forum at the Harvard Korea Institute 

When presented with a clear threat to democratic norms and institutions by the President’s declaration of Martial Law, many quarters of South Korean politics and society rejected that violation almost instantaneously. This stands in contrast to the politically polarized responses to election skepticism and January 6th in the United States. Why was this and who led the defense of South Korean democracy? 

Welcoming remarks by Archon Fung, Director of Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation and Winthrop Laflin McCormack Professor of Citizenship and Self-Government

Han-Koo Yeo, former Minister for Trade of South Korea and Senior Fellow at Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government at the Harvard Kennedy School 

Aram Hur, Kim Koo Chair in Korean Studies and Assistant Professor of Political Science at the Fletcher School, Tufts University 

Chaired by Jeeyang Rhee Baum, Adjunct Lecturer in Public Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School

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