South Korea’s Martial Law and Coup Explained

Two Yoons have been in the news recently. Yoon Mee-hyang, who once headed a comfort women compound in South Korea, has been convicted (again) of defrauding the women out of donations made to help them in their old age. And Yoon Seok-yeol, the president of South Korea, suddenly declared martial law—for reasons yet to be adequately explained.

There’s a lot in the background to all this. Get up to speed with this explainer of recent events in South Korea.