Former leader of South Korea's People Power Party (PPP). On the night of Yoon Suk Yeol's martial-law declaration in December 2024, Han broke with the president and rushed to parliament to help block him. "I thought this was anti-democratic and must be stopped," he recalled. Yet most PPP parliamentarians boycotted a vote to overturn martial law and refused to impeach the president. Han was recently expelled from the party by its "Yoon Again" faction, which considers him a traitor. He argues that continuing to stand by the disgraced president is a sure-fire way to alienate the broader public. "Many people are trapped in partisan frameworks, prioritising political battles over safeguarding democracy," he told The Economist before his expulsion.
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