Martial Flaw: The Cabinet of Choi Sang-Mok, 2024

On December 3, 2024, South Korean President Yoon Suk-Yeol suddenly declared martial law in South Korea, sending a bastion of democracy into chaos.

Yoon has been struggling to govern faced with a National Assembly controlled by the opposition liberal party, the Democratic People’s Party. In a desperate attempt to maintain his power, Yoon declared martial law in a televised address to South Korea in the middle of the night, accusing the Democratic People’s Party of collaborating with a hostile North Korea to spread communism and establish a dictatorship. The declaration rocked the democratic foundations of South Korea’s government, prohibiting political gatherings, halting the free press, and arresting political opponents. The National Assembly has the power to overturn martial law, but will they have the votes? Will President Yoon’s rule continue, or is impeachment on the horizon?

South Korea is deeply acquainted with martial law’s dark history in dictatorships, coups, and anti-democratic crackdowns during the late 20th century. It is up to the delegates of the National Assembly to determine how to proceed. Will South Korea be able to contend with the threat of North Korean interference? Will this be the death knell for democracy in East Asia? With the eyes of the international community on South Korea, it is up to the delegates to resolve a spiralling democratic crisis.

Chair:
Ryan Reamy

  • Ryan Reamy is a member of the Class of 2026 in Georgetown’s Walsh School of Foreign Service majoring in International Political Economy, with minors in Statistics and International Business Diplomacy. Hailing from Seattle, Washington, Ryan is a proud product of the Pacific Northwest. He previously served as a Crisis Analyst and Chair in previous iterations of the National Collegiate Security Conference (NCSC) and the Director of Operations for NAIMUN LXI. 

    On campus, Ryan is involved in Georgetown’s Student Activities Commission, the Hilltop Microfinance Initiative, and Innovo Consulting. In his free time, Ryan loves getting outdoors and trying new restaurants around Washington. Ryan is thrilled to welcome delegates to DC as Chair of the Cabinet of Choi Sang-Mok and can’t wait to meet you all in the fall! 

CRisis Manager:
Yu Fan Mei

  • Yu Fan Mei is a member of the class of 2027 majoring in mathematics with dual minors in public health & computer science. He hails from Boston, Massachusetts, where he grew up immersed in the rich history of the area. He is a member of team GUMUN, where he competes in crisis. Yu Fan has served in every possible committee position in some capacity, including as a grand crisis manager at NAIMUN LXII. Outside of MUN, he is the music director for No Pressure Creatives, a performing arts club that specializes in original student-made musicals. He has also been involved in global health research & is interested in biostatistics. In his limited free time, you can catch him running downtown or exploring one of the district’s many libraries. Yu Fan is super excited for Martial Flaw and can’t wait to see what delegates want to do!

USG: Ava Manaker

This committee is in the Cabinets Organ, and your Under-Secretary General is Ava Manaker. Committees in this organ are governmental crises with around 20 delegates.


If you have any questions about your committee, please reach out to a.manaker@modelun.org.