Cold War ghosts loom over Yoon's impeachment

South Korea's political schism is a battle of history rather than policy

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2025-04-04 Yoon

Demonstrators stand in front of a banner with a photograph of Yoon Suk Yeol as people wait for the Constitutional Court ruling on his impeachment near his residence in Seoul on April 4, 2025. © Reuters

John Delury is a historian of East Asia and expert on US-China relations and the Korean Peninsula. He is currently a visiting professor of political science and international affairs at John Cabot University in Rome.

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