Event Coverage Highlight
In the Thick of It: South Korea
Protesters gather after South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol declared martial law in December, 2024. Photo: Hashflu, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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South Korea was thrust into political turmoil by a surprise declaration of martial law that was swiftly voted down as thousands turned out to protest President Yoon Suk Yeol. Now impeached and detained, Yoon and other senior officials are being investigated on possible charges of insurrection, abuse of authority and obstructing people from exercising their rights.
Join journalists who have been on the ground in Seoul to learn more about the challenges of covering the story, the protests, the impeachment process and where South Korea goes from here.
Max Kim is the Los Angeles Times correspondent in Seoul. He has written from the area for The Atlantic, The New Yorker, MIT Technology Review and other publications and helped to produce news documentaries for Vice News and the BBC. Kim grew up in Seoul and Princeton, N.J., and graduated from the University of Buffalo with a degree in English and comparative literature.
Chang W. Lee is a photographer for The New York Times, based in Seoul. He was part of the Times staff that won two Pulitzer Prizes in 2002, for breaking news photography coverage of the Sept. 11 attack and for feature photography in Afghanistan and Pakistan. A South Korean, Lee has been a staff photographer at the New York Times since 1994.
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Alan Zarembo is the foreign and national editor for the Los Angeles Times. He has also been a projects and investigative reporter with a focus on medicine, science and the military. Prior to joining The Times in 2003, he was the Mexico City bureau chief for Newsweek magazine and a freelance journalist based in central Africa.
