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Martial law briefly came to South Korea. Could it happen here?

9 December 2024

Dr Brian Klaas (UCL School of European Languages, Culture & Society) said “Sometimes, incompetent authoritarians botch plots to seize power [...] And sometimes, the power grabs succeed — because presidential democracy is not protected by constitutions written with magical ink.”

Read: The Atlantic (£); More: The Hill