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what comes next for president yoon suk yeol - in him.and in him. what comes next for - president yoon suk yeol and his agenda, he had been bringing south korea closer to allies like this? —— like the us. in like this? -- like the us. in terms of— like this? —— like the us. in terms of foreign policy, so foreign policy is slightly more divorced from the parliament here, the president has much more autonomy, going forward we are likely to see the president focus attention on foreign policy because this is an area policy because this is an area policy you can control and that is what we have seen him do over the last couple of years because don't forget before wednesday, the ruling party still did not control the parliament, we could see him continue to focus on foreign policy, as you say he has done some radical things when it comes to foreign policy, he has aligned himself closely with the united states and japan to counter china and north korea. the real issue he will face as when it comes to the domestic agenda, is now going to struggle
what comes next for president yoon suk yeol - in him.and in him. what comes next for - president yoon suk yeol and his agenda, he had been bringing south korea closer to allies like this? —— like the us. in like this? -- like the us. in terms of— like this? —— like the us. in terms of foreign policy, so foreign policy is slightly more divorced from the parliament here, the president has much more autonomy, going forward we are likely to see the president focus attention on foreign...
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the result is a blow to president yoon suk yeol and many of his senior officials offered to resign, including han duck—soo. even though mr yoon has been unpopular, nobody expected him to suffer such a punishing defeat. let's speak to our correspondent in seoul — jean mackenzie. why has this result happened? 0ffice office of resignation but what has been the reaction to these results? , , ., , has been the reaction to these results? , , ., , , ., ., results? this is a big blow for the ruling _ results? this is a big blow for the ruling party _ results? this is a big blow for the ruling party here - results? this is a big blow for the ruling party here becausej the ruling party here because although the liberal party have got this landslide victory, really it is more a defeat for the ruling party than anything else and a defeat for the president because it has as you say really been seen as a mid—term referendum on president yoon suk yeol and his first two years in office and he has been popular since the beginning but over the last two years approval ratings have hovered around 30 — a0%. peopl
the result is a blow to president yoon suk yeol and many of his senior officials offered to resign, including han duck—soo. even though mr yoon has been unpopular, nobody expected him to suffer such a punishing defeat. let's speak to our correspondent in seoul — jean mackenzie. why has this result happened? 0ffice office of resignation but what has been the reaction to these results? , , ., , has been the reaction to these results? , , ., , , ., ., results? this is a big blow for the ruling...
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for president yoon suk yeol he does have still have three years and so long as he wants to maintain hisursue what his party and himself want to suggest for the country, i'm very sure he and his party want to get enough seats to get in the national assembly. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. to the us now. the parents of a school shooter in michigan have been sentenced in a landmark case. james and jennifer crumbley are the first to be held responsible for a gun attack carried out by their teenage son. ethan crumbley killed a classmates and injured 7 others in 2021 at oxford high school. he is serving life in prison without parole. his parents were both found guilty of four counts of involuntary manslaughter and face 10 to 15 years in prison. here's our north america correspondent, john sudworth. ethan crumbley was just 15 years old when he was given the semiautomatic handgun as an early christmas present. he put it in his backpack, took it to school, and carried out the mass shooting that claimed the lives of four of his fellow students. such is the epidemic of gun v
for president yoon suk yeol he does have still have three years and so long as he wants to maintain hisursue what his party and himself want to suggest for the country, i'm very sure he and his party want to get enough seats to get in the national assembly. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. to the us now. the parents of a school shooter in michigan have been sentenced in a landmark case. james and jennifer crumbley are the first to be held responsible for a gun attack...
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suk yeol.litics. the democratic party of his arch—rival, leejae—myung, is expected to retain its parliamentary majority. that�*s all for now — stay with bbc news. hello there. tuesday, unfortunately brought more stormy weather with it and coastal flooding with the high tides, as well as inland flooding. a brief ridge of high pressure is pushing that low pressure out the way, but the weather fronts are hot off the heels again off the atlantic with more rain to come through the day ahead. this is what we had on tuesday — 60 millimetres and more across beddgelert in north wales. many of the other wettest places seeing 30—110 millimetres of rain. and despite the showers having ease, the rain and the winds through the night and it turns chilly with a touch of frost, potentially a few areas first thing and some mist and fog in the south. already, temperatures are rising in the west ahead of the next band of rain that you may have seen there. so wet through the morning rush across northern ireland, un
suk yeol.litics. the democratic party of his arch—rival, leejae—myung, is expected to retain its parliamentary majority. that�*s all for now — stay with bbc news. hello there. tuesday, unfortunately brought more stormy weather with it and coastal flooding with the high tides, as well as inland flooding. a brief ridge of high pressure is pushing that low pressure out the way, but the weather fronts are hot off the heels again off the atlantic with more rain to come through the day ahead....
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they are being seen as a midterm referendum on the current president, yoon suk yeol, who has been inpected him to be punished this much. if his party loses in a big way, it will weaken his authority and make it nearly impossible for him to push ahead with his agenda and pass legislation. the big number that everybody is interested in is 200. this is what is needed to get what is called a supermajority here, and it means that if the opposition party and the smaller parties get 200 seats or more between them, they can join forces to push through laws the government doesn't want. the president will no longer be able the use his veto and that could make politics chaotic, but we will have to wait until the morning here in korea to find out the results for real and what they mean. but they could have big implications for how this country is run over the next three years. the european parliament has approved sweeping measures to reform the eu's rules on migration and asylum. welcoming the vote, the european commission vice president, maragaritis schinas, said europe would now manage migrati
they are being seen as a midterm referendum on the current president, yoon suk yeol, who has been inpected him to be punished this much. if his party loses in a big way, it will weaken his authority and make it nearly impossible for him to push ahead with his agenda and pass legislation. the big number that everybody is interested in is 200. this is what is needed to get what is called a supermajority here, and it means that if the opposition party and the smaller parties get 200 seats or more...
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south koreans head to the polls in what is being widely seen as a test of president yoon suk yeol�*set down by weak evidence and a lack of research on medical interventions in gender care. hello and welcome to bbc news. i'm lukwesa burak. we start with the middle east, us presidentjoe biden says he thinks the israeli prime minster, benjamin netanyahu, is making a mistake in his approach to the war against hamas in gaza. mr biden also urged israel to agree to a ceasefire for six to eight weeks. he made these comments whilst speaking to univision, which is a us spanish—language tv network. let's have a listen. i think what he is doing is a mistake. i don't agree with that. i think it is outrageous that. i think it is outrageous that those three vehicles were hit by drones. and taken out on a highway, wasn't like it was on the shore or a convoy etc. what i am calling for the
south koreans head to the polls in what is being widely seen as a test of president yoon suk yeol�*set down by weak evidence and a lack of research on medical interventions in gender care. hello and welcome to bbc news. i'm lukwesa burak. we start with the middle east, us presidentjoe biden says he thinks the israeli prime minster, benjamin netanyahu, is making a mistake in his approach to the war against hamas in gaza. mr biden also urged israel to agree to a ceasefire for six to eight...
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they are being seen as a midterm referendum on the current president, yoon suk yeol, who has been in the start, but neither side expected him to be punished this much. if his party loses in a big way, it will weaken his authority and make it nearly impossible for him to push ahead with his agenda and pass legislation. the big number that everybody is interested in is 200. this is what is needed to get what is called a supermajority here, and it means that if the opposition party and the smaller parties get 200 seats or more between them, they can join forces to push through laws the government doesn't want. the president will no longer be able the use his veto and that could make politics chaotic, but we will have to wait until the morning here in korea to find out the results for real and what they mean. but they could have big implications for how this country is run over the next three years. the parents of a us schoolboy who killed four of his classmates in a school shooting in 2021, have both been sentenced to at least ten years in jail. in the first case of its kind, ethan crum
they are being seen as a midterm referendum on the current president, yoon suk yeol, who has been in the start, but neither side expected him to be punished this much. if his party loses in a big way, it will weaken his authority and make it nearly impossible for him to push ahead with his agenda and pass legislation. the big number that everybody is interested in is 200. this is what is needed to get what is called a supermajority here, and it means that if the opposition party and the smaller...
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the results will determine how much power president yoon suk yeol wields for the rest of his term.a now and speak to lim eunjung. she's an associate professor in international studies at kongju national university. thank you forjoining me today to talk about this. what's the main reason the result of this election is important for president yoon? well, south korea, of course, is a liberal democracy and the republic system which resembles the american system a lot. again, of course, the president does have, of course, very strong powerfor the does have, of course, very strong power for the executive branch. however, the same time, national assembly, the parliament, they can't check and balance against the president —— can. especially when the present�*s governing ruling party is different from the majority partner —— party of the national assembly. again, for president yoon during the last one in two years, again the majority party in the national assembly was different from his own party, so he did have many conflict or even stalemate situations in the korean politics. so for presi
the results will determine how much power president yoon suk yeol wields for the rest of his term.a now and speak to lim eunjung. she's an associate professor in international studies at kongju national university. thank you forjoining me today to talk about this. what's the main reason the result of this election is important for president yoon? well, south korea, of course, is a liberal democracy and the republic system which resembles the american system a lot. again, of course, the...
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they are being seen as a midterm referendum on the current president, yoon suk yeol, who has been inars now. he has been unpopular from the start, but neither side expected him to be punished this much. if his party loses in a big way, it will weaken his authority and make it nearly impossible for him to push ahead with his agenda and pass legislation. the big number that everybody is interested in is 200. this is what is needed to get what is called a supermajority here, and it means that if the opposition party and the smaller parties get 200 seats or more between them, they can join forces to push through laws the government doesn't want. the president will no longer be able the use his veto and that could make politics chaotic, but we will have to wait until the morning here in korea to find out the results for real and what they mean. but they could have big implications for how this country is run over the next three years. that was jean mackenzie reporting from seoul south korea. still to come on the world today — an aspiring artist's bold bid to get noticed... by smuggling hi
they are being seen as a midterm referendum on the current president, yoon suk yeol, who has been inars now. he has been unpopular from the start, but neither side expected him to be punished this much. if his party loses in a big way, it will weaken his authority and make it nearly impossible for him to push ahead with his agenda and pass legislation. the big number that everybody is interested in is 200. this is what is needed to get what is called a supermajority here, and it means that if...
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suk yeol who has been in office another two years.ve bristled at what they see as quite a confrontational political style, but also he has been accused of mishandling the economy. so when we spoke to people at polling stations yesterday, they were telling us that they were worried about the rising cost of food or how difficult it is to buy an apartment here and they didn't believe that mr yoon had a vision for this country and was going to be able to fix these problems. but even so, i don't think either side was expecting him to be punished quite this much. this is a landslide for the opposition party, and it does dent the president's authority. when it comes to the day—to—day politics, it means that it will be more difficult for him to pass laws and pursue his agenda because now the opposition in the smaller parties are going to be able to come together to block the laws that they don't like. that means that there is going to be more gridlock going forward. we've already had two years of gridlock because the opposition controlled the
suk yeol who has been in office another two years.ve bristled at what they see as quite a confrontational political style, but also he has been accused of mishandling the economy. so when we spoke to people at polling stations yesterday, they were telling us that they were worried about the rising cost of food or how difficult it is to buy an apartment here and they didn't believe that mr yoon had a vision for this country and was going to be able to fix these problems. but even so, i don't...
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if confirmed, the result would be a blow to president yoon suk—yeol and his people power party.ckenzie. a landslide predicted for the opposition in south korea. how much of a surprise is this? we have most _ much of a surprise is this? we have most of _ much of a surprise is this? - have most of the results now and it does appear that the liberal opposition party have won a landslide majority. now president yoon has been unpopular ever since he took office so his approval ratings have tended to go between about 30 and 40%. people here have wrestled at what they see is quite a confrontational political style. quite a confrontational politicalstyle. he's quite a confrontational political style. he's been accused of mishandling the economy but even so i don't think either side expected him to be punished quite so much. this is a landslide, as we said, for the liberal opposition party. yes, they did when this many seeds in the last general election back in 2020 but the circumstances were very different than. you had a very different than. you had a very popular liberal president in
if confirmed, the result would be a blow to president yoon suk—yeol and his people power party.ckenzie. a landslide predicted for the opposition in south korea. how much of a surprise is this? we have most _ much of a surprise is this? we have most of _ much of a surprise is this? - have most of the results now and it does appear that the liberal opposition party have won a landslide majority. now president yoon has been unpopular ever since he took office so his approval ratings have tended...
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if confirmed, the result would be a blow to the people power party of president yoon suk yeol who wasm seoul. the fist thing to note is that exit polls in korea are unreliable. they have been wrong in the past and think don't take account of the early voting happens here in the past week so we don't want to read too much into them. if they are correct, it means that the liberal opposition party is oncourse to win a significant majority in the parliament. these election although just parliamentary election they don't decide the president, they are being seen as a midterm friend on the current president, who has been in office for two years now, he has been unpopularfrom in office for two years now, he has been unpopular from the start, but neither side expected hip to be punished this much. if his party loses in a big way it will weaken his authority and make it nearly impossible for him to push ahead with his agenda, the big number everybody is interested this is 200. this is what is needed to get what is called a supermajority here and it means that if the opposition party and the sm
if confirmed, the result would be a blow to the people power party of president yoon suk yeol who wasm seoul. the fist thing to note is that exit polls in korea are unreliable. they have been wrong in the past and think don't take account of the early voting happens here in the past week so we don't want to read too much into them. if they are correct, it means that the liberal opposition party is oncourse to win a significant majority in the parliament. these election although just...
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suk yeol who has been in office now for two years.hovered between 30 and 40%. people have bristled at what they see as quite a confrontational political style, but also he has been accused of mishandling the economy. so when we spoke to people at polling stations yesterday, they were telling us that they were worried about the rising cost of food or how difficult it is to buy an apartment here and they didn't believe that mr yoon had a vision for this country and was going to be able to fix these problems. but even so, i don't think either side was expecting him to be punished quite this much. this is a landslide for the opposition party, and it does dent president yoon's authority. when it comes to the day—to—day politics, it means that it will be more difficult for him to pass laws and pursue his agenda because now the opposition in the smaller parties are going to be able to come together to block the laws that they don't like. that means that there is going to be more gridlock going forward. we've already had two years of gridlock
suk yeol who has been in office now for two years.hovered between 30 and 40%. people have bristled at what they see as quite a confrontational political style, but also he has been accused of mishandling the economy. so when we spoke to people at polling stations yesterday, they were telling us that they were worried about the rising cost of food or how difficult it is to buy an apartment here and they didn't believe that mr yoon had a vision for this country and was going to be able to fix...