Skip to main content
K-pop hits become anthems of South Korea’s protests against President Yoon
HYUN KYONG HANNAH CHANG draws attention to the role that music has always played in South Korean protest
Protesters gather during a rally demanding South Korea's impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol to resign, in downtown Seoul, South Korea, December 28, 2024. The signs read "Arrest, Yoon Suk Yeol." [(AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)]

WHEN South Korea’s president, Yoon Suk Yeol, attempted to institute martial law in early December, the public responded with massive protests.

These protests have continued across the country. On December 14, for example, an estimated one million people gathered outside the National Assembly in the capital, Seoul, as lawmakers convened to vote on the motion to impeach Yoon.

The 95th Anniversary Appeal
Support the Morning Star
You have reached the free limit.
Subscribe to continue reading.
Similar stories
PS
Books / 29 January 2026
29 January 2026

JULIA TOPPIN recommends Patti Smith’s eloquent memoir that wrestles with the beauty and sorrow of a lifetime

THE HORROR REMAINS: (above) ‘The Terror of War’, photograph showing naked Phan Thi Kim Phuc (9 surrounded by brothers and cousins) running down a road near Trang Bang, Vietnam / Pic: Public domain/CC
Culture / 2 January 2026
2 January 2026

If true, the photo’s history is a damning indictment of the systematic exploitation of non-Western journalists by Western media organisations – a pattern that persists today, posit KATE CANTRELL and ALISON BEDFORD

autism
Books / 23 December 2025
23 December 2025

JOSEPHINE BARBARO welcomes a diverse anthology of experiences by autistic women that amounts to a resounding chorus, demanding to be heard

FRESH THINKING NEEDED: Brazilian firefighters walk outside the venue for the Cop30 UN Climate Summit, in Belem, Brazil
Features / 11 November 2025
11 November 2025

Reaching co-operation is supposed to be the beginning, not the end, of global climate governance, argues LISA VANHALA