Growing Protests at Seoul Point to a Society Deeply Divided Along a Left-Right Axis
‘If this continues, there could be civil war,’ one protester in central Seoul says.
SEOUL — Rising protests against the impeachment, jailing and possible ouster of Korea’s President, Yoon Suk-yeol, reflect growing divisions in a society torn between old-style conservatism and leftist fears of a return to dictatorial rule that ended with adoption of the country’s “democracy constitution” in 1987.
Liberals and leftists appeared to be winning when Mr. Yoon was jailed and charged with “insurrection” for his disastrous attempt at imposing martial law on December 3, but now his advocates and sympathizers are waging a massive campaign that many of them hope and pray will influence judges on the constitutional court, which must decide whether to approve his impeachment.
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