John Delury is a historian of East Asia and expert on US-China relations and the Korean Peninsula. He is currently a visiting professor of political science and international affairs at John Cabot University in Rome.
With the Constitutional Court’s unanimous decision to uphold the impeachment of President Yoon Suk Yeol, South Korea’s perilous political vacuum can finally be filled by a new leader. The liberal standard-bearer, Lee Jae-myung, will be the man to beat as conservatives decide on a challenger (or challengers) in the snap election to be held two months from now.
