March 28, 2024
Analysis

In the name of national security

How a 1948 law influences S. Koreans’ views of the North

About three months after former Rep. Lee Seok-gi’s arrest, the Unified Progressive Party still awaits a Constitutional Court decision as to whether they will be banned.

The South Korean ex-National Assembly member – the assembly as a whole stripped him of membership in September – was convicted of conspiring with North Korea to lead an armed insurrection in the event of war. Now, the government is seeking to disband the nation’s third largest party – albeit one holding just a few seats in the assembly.

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