
Secret ballots under threat: a North Korean defector's democracy warning
An op-ed by a North Korean escapee and British political figure argues that ballot secrecy is a foundational safeguard of democracy, condemns South Korea's president for publicly exposing his ballot, and calls for accountability and renewed electoral discipline, while contrasting coercive voting in North Korea with democratic norms and warning that social media is eroding ballot secrecy in democracies.

