Category: Translating Democracy

  • “28 Hours at Namtaeryeong: I felt ashamed of my country. But I also saw its future in these women.”

    Image Credit: IKP News Translators’ Note: From December 16 to 21, 2024, the “Jeon Bong-jun Struggle Group,” a coalition of eight agricultural and food-related organizations, drove tractors and other vehicles to Seoul from the southern regions in protest, calling for the arrest of impeached president Yoon Suk Yeol. Upon their arrival at Namtaeryeong—the border between

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  • “We are all part of this shared struggle”

    “We are all part of this shared struggle”

    Image Credit: Emergency Coalition for Yoon Suk-yeol’s Immediate Resignation and Social Reform (윤석열즉각퇴진·사회대개혁 비상행동) Translators’ Note: On December 31, 2024, a district court in Seoul ordered the detention of recently impeached president Yoon Suk Yeol and the investigation of his office and residence. In response, Yoon shamelessly resisted the arrest warrant issued over his shocking

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