A year after South Korea’s martial law crisis, the president urges unity, but the wounds are still raw

A supporter of South Korea's ousted president Yoon Suk Yeol holds up a red banner reading "Yoon, Again!" during a rally marking the first anniversary of the declaration of martial law. Photograph: Jung Yeon-Je/AFP/Getty Images

South Korea’s President Lee Jae Myung has marked the anniversary of an attempt to impose martial law by declaring that those behind the bid to topple its democracy must face justice, while adding that the fight to secure the country remains unfinished.

“Investigations and trials of those who participated are still ongoing,” Lee said in a televised address. He pledged that “righteous unity” would be possible only once accountability was delivered.