Months of political upheaval in South Korea have come to a head recently with the impeachment and removal of President Yoon Suk Yeol from office, following his attempt to invoke martial law last December. A snap election has been called, but the country’s economic and social challenges mean the crisis is far from over. So in this Squiz Shortcut, we’ll cover what’s been happening, where things stand going into the election, and what comes next.

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Reading: If you’d like to go deeper into South Korea’s social and political challenges, this article published in The Conversation is a good explainer

Watching/Listening: Remember this? Professor Robert Kelly - aka BBC Dad - is still providing analysis on Korean politics, and he gives a little update on his daughter (who’s now 12) in this interview about Yoon’s presidency…

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