Last month, amid a series of mounting economic and political crises, South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol issued a martial law decree—the first in more than 40 years. Yoon claimed that it was necessary to “eradicate anti-state forces” and “protect constitutional order.” Meeting overnight in an emergency session, the National Assembly voted unanimously to revoke the measure, but on December 4, just hours after the emergency order was declared, tens of thousands of Koreans gathered outside