Originally Posted by
hardboiled718
I heard about the impeachment in Korea as well. I'm not going to comment one way or another, but I have to say I've been loosely following it and it's nice to see that after months of peaceful protests every weekend an inquiry was made and action was taken. It's really what democracy is all about.
Indeed. The political history of Korea has tended more toward letting the president get away with murder (literally), and when there was pushback it was usually about political revenge rather than enforcing the rule of law. As nasty as the underlying details of the current case are, it's been heartening to see the political and legal process work more or less the way it should in response.
Despite a large dose of initial cowardice from ruling party loyalists, almost everyone finally got more or less on board with the truth and the law, and acknowledged what a disaster it would be to let such a clearly unfit president ruin the country. Still talking about Korea here, obviously.