Kuala Lampur, Nov. 5 -- South Korea stands at a historic crossroads. A nation once admired for its democratic transformation and technological dynamism is now confronting the darkest shadows of its political past.

The shocking testimony in the trial of former President Yoon Suk-yeol-that he allegedly ordered the capture of political opponents so that he could "shoot and kill them all" himself-has rocked the republic to its core.

Yet, paradoxically, these chilling revelations have reignited something profoundly democratic: the insistence that no one, not even a president, is above the Constitution.

When institutions push back

On November 4, 2025, a former special forces commander's testimony stunned the Seoul courtroom and reverberated...