Headline : South Koreas democracy held after a 6-hour power play. What does it say for democracies elsewhere?

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A short-lived martial law decree by South Korea's leader last week raised worries about budding authoritarianism around the world

SEOUL, South Korea -- In an era of rising authoritarianism, at the heels of a six-hour martial law decree that unfolded while many South Koreans slept, something noteworthy happened: Democracy held.

The past week in Seoul, officials and academics warn, is what a threat to democracy looks like in 2024. It's a democratically elected president declaring martial law over the nation he leads, asserting sweeping powers to prevent opposition demonstrations, ban political parties and control the media. It's members of the military attempting to block lawmakers from exercising their power to vote on cancelling the power grab.

And here's what it took to defeat President Yoon Suk Yeol 's lurch toward government by force:

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