Myunghee Lee
banner
immyungheelee.bsky.social
Myunghee Lee
@immyungheelee.bsky.social
Assistant Prof. at JMC, Michigan State University. Previously at the University of Copenhagen. Studies authoritarian politics, democratization, protest, security, Korea and China. https://jmc.msu.edu/faculty-staff/directory/Lee.html
Exactly!
April 8, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Love this. I also need an escape.
March 27, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Happy to see this journal on Bluesky!
February 25, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Reposted by Myunghee Lee
Meanwhile, the ruling PPP keeps arguing that the arrest is illegal (it's a court order, so def legal/legitimate)🤦. Treating them as 'another voice' is dangerous. Bothsidesism nips at the heels of democracy.
January 3, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Reposted by Myunghee Lee
I have to add that Yoon does this while instigating unrest by dog-whistling far-right wing activists--YouTubers, evangelical churches, and the notorious 'Taguekgi' troops. My colleague @immyungheelee.bsky.social wrote about who these people are: www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...
Protectors of liberal democracy or defenders of past authoritarianism?: authoritarian legacies, collective identity, and the far-right protest in South Korea
Between 2016 and 2019, South Korean conservatives organized a movement called the T’aegŭkki Rallies to oppose the impeachment of President Park Geun-hye and to protest against President Moon Jae-in...
www.tandfonline.com
January 3, 2025 at 12:35 AM
In conclusion, Han's refusal to appoint the three nominees could cause significant instability in the country by delaying the Constitutional Court's judgment process on Yoon's impeachment case. fin/
December 27, 2024 at 4:44 PM
The PPP's refusal to participate in these processes is unjustifiable and can only be interpreted as a deliberate attempt to obstruct Yoon's impeachment—a straightforward case in which the president declared martial law and disrupted the constitutional order. 5/n
December 27, 2024 at 4:44 PM
Second, at least two out of the three nominees, whose hearing and voting process the ruling party (PPP) refused to participate in, were prearranged through a consensus between the opposition and the ruling party before December 3. 4/n

www.segye.com/newsView/202...
여야, 22일까지 국회 몫 헌법재판관 추천키로
헌법재판관 추천을 두고 이어진 여야의 힘겨루기 끝에 18일 여야가 현재 공석인 국회 몫의 3명을 22일까지 추천하기로 합의했다. 더불어민주당 박찬대 원내대표는 이날 서울 여의도 국회에서 우원식 국회의장 주재 양당 원내대표 회동을 마친 뒤 “국회 추천 몫 헌법재판관 3인을 2...
www.segye.com
December 27, 2024 at 4:44 PM
This is wrong for two reasons. First, the 3 justices appointed to the Constitutional Court are for the seats allocated to the legislature. Han's role in their appointment is a formality. (other 3 seats are assigned to the Supreme Court, and 3 to the president.) 3/n

imnews.imbc.com/replay/2024/...
헌재도, 후보자도, 학계도 모두 "문제 없어"
앞서 보셨듯이 국민의힘은 헌법재판관 임명을 대통령 권한대행이 하는 건 문제라고 주장하고 있습니다. 하지만 헌법학계에선 권한대행이 국회가 선출한 헌법재판관을 임명하는 데...
imnews.imbc.com
December 27, 2024 at 4:44 PM
Han refused to appoint three Constitutional Court justices, despite the risk of disrupting the formalization process of Yoon's impeachment. He claims that a bipartisan consensus is necessary for appointing the justices.2/n
December 27, 2024 at 4:44 PM