On Wednesday night, South Koreans braved sub-zero temperatures outside the National Assembly to mark one year since former President Yoon Suk Yeol’s failed martial law attempt.

On one side of the boulevard, lawmakers and citizens gathered for a joint rally by the Democratic Party (DP) and civic groups celebrating what they called the nation’s “democratic resilience.” Music, chants and calls to “root out insurrection” filled the square.

Just meters away, separated by lines of police, pro-Yoon demonstrators waved U.S. and South Korean flags, demanded President Lee Jae Myung’s execution and chanted “Yoon again.”

The juxtaposition captured the lingering fractures