Joseph Yi is an associate professor of political science at Hanyang University in Seoul.
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol's botched declaration of martial law on Dec. 3 has shaken the foundations of the youngish democracy, plunging the nation into its biggest political crisis in decades. It's now up to the prosecutors and the courts to decide whether Yoon illegally declared martial law -- the first time since such powers have been invoked since the 1979-1980 military coup following the assassination of authoritarian leader Park Chung-hee.
