Korea's national crisis is far from over. Government dysfunction will likely last well into the new year, entrenching the country's economic and social problems.
The crisis also threatens to undo the substantial progress that Korea has made in strengthening ties with the West, and to leave Seoul woefully unprepared to address Donald Trump's return.
The opposition trounced Yoon's ruling party in national elections in April. Since then, Yoon's political nemesis, Lee Jae-myung, has helped ensure that the legislature blocks all of the president's bills.
In an apparent attempt to crush his political opposition and silence his wife's critics, Yoon declared martial law.
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