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By Se-Woong Koo

Mr. Koo, a South Korean-born writer and journalist, wrote from Seoul.

My South Korean parents and I have a great relationship. They have embraced my same-sex marriage — an unusually progressive attitude in our country — and join my husband and me on trips. We can openly discuss just about anything.

Except Korean politics.

They are convinced that Yoon Suk Yeol, South Korea’s conservative former president, did the right thing in December when, while in office, he tried to

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