Shamans and presidents: strange relationships in South Korean politics

For nearly two years leading up to suspended President Yoon Suk Yeol’s sudden martial law declaration on Dec. 3, a military intelligence chief reportedly visited a fortune teller in South Korea’s port city of Gunsan, 175 kilometers south of Seoul. Throughout the course of over 20 visits, he asked for the fate of different military officials, including that of now-detained ex-Defense Minister Kim Yong-hyun and several others, who would later become accused of playing key roles in the botched impo