Martial law fractured South Korea. It is still recovering from the martial law crisis last December, when the president, Yoon Suk Yeol, tried to orchestrate a military takeover. This election is an opportunity to steer South Korea back onto safer, more stable ground, and heal these fractures. This has turned the election into more of a referendum on martial law than anything else. He has said he will change the constitution to make it more difficult for future presidents to declare martial law.