<div dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">Hello, KS colleagues! What bewildering time we're living in... Please join us this Friday for an all-out conversation about the impeachment in South Korea, popular resistance, and the meaning of democracy today.</span><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr"><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/live/F01uf6lgYbM" target="_blank">Also Live via YouTube</a>.</div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font size="4"><b>Aftermath of Martial Law: What South Korea Tells Us about Resistance and the Form of Democracy<br></b><br>University of Hawaii at Manoa<br>Center for Korean Studies Auditorium</font></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font size="4"><b>April 11, 2025, 3 - 5 pm</b><br><span style="background-color:rgb(0,255,255)">Also via YouTube Live</span></font></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="4"><span style="background-color:rgb(0,255,255)"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/live/F01uf6lgYbM" target="_blank">www.youtube.com/live/F01uf6lgYbM</a></span><br></font></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font size="4"><br></font></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font size="4">All-Out Dialogue with<span> </span><i>Tae-Ung Baik, Myungji Yang</i>, and<span> </span><i>Cheehyung Harrison Kim</i><br><br>The challenging political situation in South Korea is a moment for critical reflection about the fluctuations of democracy, which compels us to question its form. The Martial Law incident of December 3, 2024, has left a wake of sociopolitical distresses, whether for good or ill, including the impeachment and prosecution of President Yoon Suk Yeol, the fracturing of political parties, the public's distrust of elite politicians, and protests from the left to the right that are on-going. This dialogue is to ponder the legal, social, and political ramifications of December Third, as well as the meaning of democracy in South Korea and around the world.<br><br>TAE-UNG BAIK. Professor of Law at the University of Hawai\u2018i at M\u0101noa and author of <i>Emerging Regional Human Rights Systems in Asia</i></font></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font size="4">MYUNGJI YANG. Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Hawai\u2018i at M\u0101noa and author of <i>From Miracle to Mirage: The Making and Unmaking of the Korean Middle Class, 1960- 2015</i>, and an upcoming book on South Korea's right-wing movement</font></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font size="4">C. HARRISON KIM. Associate Professor of History at the University of Hawai\u2018i at M\u0101noa and author of <i>Heroes and Toilers: Work as Life in Postwar North Korea, 1953-1961</i></font></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br>The event is free and open to all. For further information, including information regarding disability access, telephone the Center for Korean Studies at 808-956-7041. This event is in part supported by the Academy of Korean Studies Strategic Research Institute Program (AKS-2020-SRI-2200001).</div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><img src="cid:ii_m97fxjvl1" alt="After Martial Law poster final.jpg" width="385" height="562"><br></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></div></div>
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