http://dx.doi.org/10.59704/da01024ffa168f17 https://verfassungsblog.de/k-scholactivism/ “Going Back to Authoritarianism is Simply Unacceptable” - Five Questions to Jeong-In Yun Yun, Jeong-In Hong, Mathias eng 2026-11-13 electronic resource text/html ddc:342 Activism Coup d'Etat Crisis Impeachment South Korea Südkorea democracy Südkorea Verfassungsblog Verfassungsblog--2366-7044 CC BY-SA 4.0 For Korean democracy, the winter of 2024 was a decisive time. On 3 December, the Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol declared martial law and ordered the military and police to seize control of the National Assembly. He tried in vain to prevent parliament from lifting his declaration. Two days later, constitutional scholars began to organise. On 25 December, 110 of them from across the country formally launched the “Constitutional Scholars Council for Enhancement of Korean Constitutionalism”. I interviewed Professor Jeong-In Yun of Korea University, who is a member of this Council, about this “K-Scholactivism”.