On Dec 3 President Yoon Suk Yeol of South Korea caused a political crisis by calling for Martial Law. To provide some background to this situation we are revisiting our interview about Democracy in South Korea, recorded back in February 2024.

This week I am re-releasing all the interviews from this podcast in their full-length versions. This is in preparation for the last episode of the season, an interview with anthropologist Nicola Sharratt on Democracy in the United States. Look out for that interview, coming later in December 2024.

In this interview my guests Kim and Zeno explain why every former president gets impeached, why compulsory conscription shapes the way voting is organized, and the pros and cons of a one-term Presidential limit. My guests also help me understand political acts that might be misunderstood abroad such as hunger strikes.

What Democracy Looks Like In... is a podcast where ordinary voters explain how democracy works in their countries. In each episode an emigrant voter and a voter currently on the ground describe their lived experiences of democracy, of voting, and of trust versus corruption in their home country.

Find out more about the topics discussed in this episode and the series as a whole at ⁠⁠⁠www.democracyinpodcast.com⁠⁠⁠!