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== Political Uncertainty ==

Despite technical prominence, South Korea is held back by political turbulence. The United Nations has only considered South Korea a Developed Country as of 2021<ref>https://www.korea.net/AboutKorea/Economy/Koreas-Rise-to-a-Developed-Country</ref>, and as of 2025, 9 of 13 Korean presidents were either exiled, removed by coup, forced to resign, assassinated, arrested or impeached<ref>https://lemmy.ml/post/26713143</ref>. South Korea has an active ceasefire with [[North Korea]]<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_Armistice_Agreement</ref>, and has issued Martial Law as recently as 2024<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_South_Korean_martial_law_crisis</ref>, giving the military sweeping powers including search without warrant<ref>https://blogs.loc.gov/law/2024/12/falqs-south-korean-martial-law/</ref>.

Despite technical prominence, South Korea is held back by political turbulence. The United Nations has only considered South Korea a Developed Country as of 2021<ref>https://www.korea.net/AboutKorea/Economy/Koreas-Rise-to-a-Developed-Country</ref>, and as of 2025, nine of thirteen Korean presidents were either exiled, removed by coup, forced to resign, assassinated, arrested or impeached<ref>https://lemmy.ml/post/26713143</ref>. South Korea has an active ceasefire with [[North Korea]]<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_Armistice_Agreement</ref>, and has issued Martial Law as recently as 2024<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_South_Korean_martial_law_crisis</ref>, giving the military sweeping powers including search without warrant<ref>https://blogs.loc.gov/law/2024/12/falqs-south-korean-martial-law/</ref>.

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 == Political Uncertainty ==
-Despite technical prominence, South Korea is held back by political turbulence. The United Nations has only considered South Korea a Developed Country as of 2021<ref>https://www.korea.net/AboutKorea/Economy/Koreas-Rise-to-a-Developed-Country</ref>, and as of 2025, 9 of 13 Korean presidents were either exiled, removed by coup, forced to resign, assassinated, arrested or impeached<ref>https://lemmy.ml/post/26713143</ref>. South Korea has an active ceasefire with [[North Korea]]<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_Armistice_Agreement</ref>, and has issued Martial Law as recently as 2024<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_South_Korean_martial_law_crisis</ref>, giving the military sweeping powers including search without warrant<ref>https://blogs.loc.gov/law/2024/12/falqs-south-korean-martial-law/</ref>.
+Despite technical prominence, South Korea is held back by political turbulence. The United Nations has only considered South Korea a Developed Country as of 2021<ref>https://www.korea.net/AboutKorea/Economy/Koreas-Rise-to-a-Developed-Country</ref>, and as of 2025, nine of thirteen Korean presidents were either exiled, removed by coup, forced to resign, assassinated, arrested or impeached<ref>https://lemmy.ml/post/26713143</ref>. South Korea has an active ceasefire with [[North Korea]]<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_Armistice_Agreement</ref>, and has issued Martial Law as recently as 2024<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_South_Korean_martial_law_crisis</ref>, giving the military sweeping powers including search without warrant<ref>https://blogs.loc.gov/law/2024/12/falqs-south-korean-martial-law/</ref>.
+== References ==