South Korea's Democracy Index drops 10 places...classified as a ”flawed democracy”

Last year, South Korea ranked 32nd out of 167 countries worldwide in terms of democratic maturity, down 10 places from the previous year, dropping it from the top ranking to being classified as a "flawed democracy."
The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), a research division of the British weekly news magazine The Economist, released the Democracy Index 2024 on the 27th (local time), which showed that South Korea
The country ranked 32nd. The EIU explained in its report that "South Korea's scores for political functioning and political culture have been revised downwards due to the declaration of martial law and the subsequent political stalemate."
South Korea received a score of 7.75 out of 10 in the overall evaluation, down from 8.09 points (22nd place) in 2023, and has not received the "Complete Civil Rights" rating for four consecutive years since 2020.
Norway came in first with a score of 9.18, Taiwan came in 12th with 8.78, Japan came in 16th with 8.48, and the United States came in 7.8.
Japan ranked 28th with a score of 5, while China ranked 145th with a score of 2.11. Meanwhile, North Korea ranked 165th (same as last year), the third lowest, with a score of 1.08, and was classified as an "authoritarian political system."
It was classified.