Easley

President Yoon's declaration of martial law was a "legal overreach and a political miscalculation", according to Leif-Eric Easley, professor of international studies at Ewha Womans University in Seoul.

"With extremely low public support and without strong backing within his own party and administration, the president should have known how difficult it would be to implement his late-night decree," Dr Easley told the BBC.

Meanwhile, North Korea, which has ratcheted up tensions with the South in recent months, may “attempt to exploit divisions in Seoul,” said Dr Easley.

“I think it was very popular with his base, and with the folks who were throwing money at him,” said Amber Easley, a mother in San Bernardino County whose 17-year-old son, Milo, is transgender.

Many Black and brown communities disproportionately criminalized for marijuana possession are still dealing with the trauma that this caused, and a legalization plan that centralizes the health of these communities is necessary, Frederika Easley, president of the Minority Cannabis Business Association, told Salon.