Earlier this week, about 8,500 South Koreans took to the streets near the presidential residence in Seoul. Many of the protesters called for President Yoon Suk Yeol’s arrest on insurrection charges after he briefly imposed martial law on Dec. 3. Yoon already faces an impeachment trial and suspension of his duties.
Other demonstrators came to support Yoon, who belongs to the conservative People Power Party. They waved South Korean and American flags and held up signs that read, in English, “Stop the steal,” a slogan popularized in the United States in 2020 amid accusations of fraud in the presidential election. Pro-Yoon demonstrators hope President-elect Donald Trump,…