Photo by Daniel Bernard  on Unsplash On December 3, 2024, at 10:30 p.m. Korean Standard Time, Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol declared martial law  in an unannounced televised broadcast. Lasting only six hours, the declaration came with decisive drawbacks. Yet, the reasons prompting it and the aftermath have seemingly exposed a deeper problem within the Republic of Korea (ROK). With 2024 coming to an end, it seems that rather than cooling down, the situation in the young Republic of Korea is...