Earlier in the week, special counsel Cho Eun-suk released the results of a six-month investigation into the insurrection case involving former President Yoon Suk Yeol. With this announcement, key standards have now been established regarding the circumstances, background, responsible actors and possible directions for punishment surrounding the attempted self-coup by a sitting president, which stunned the Korean public just over a year ago.

While the findings themselves did not diverge significantly from what many had anticipated, several aspects deserve special attention. These points are not merely about assigning blame; they offer lessons that should serve as a cautionary reference for future generations.

First, the most striking revelation concerns Yoon’s motivation for illegally declaring martial law, which ultimately led to his own ruin.

According to the special counsel, Yoon concluded that the use of force to eliminate political opponents and to monopolize power and retain it amounted to insurrection.

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