r/InternationalNews 25d ago

Asia South Korean President Declares Emergency Martial Law

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u/Stunning_Pen_8332 25d ago

Now it’s time to familiarise ourselves with the word Self-coup again:

A self-coup, also called an autocoup (from Spanish autogolpe) or coup from the top, is a form of coup d’état in which a political leader, having come to power through legal means, stays in power through illegal means through the actions of themselves and/or their supporters. The leader may dissolve or render powerless the national legislature and unlawfully assume extraordinary powers not granted under normal circumstances. Other measures may include annulling the nation’s constitution, suspending civil courts, and having the head of government assume dictatorial powers.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-coup

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u/burbular 25d ago

Over here in murica we just did one of those

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u/Neco-Arc-Chaos 25d ago

Nope, it was planned. If Trump didn’t win, Harris would have done the same thing as trump.