almost always, i'm afraid i'll never see him again. no. when. oh you lost under the stats december 18th on dw the. this is dw news line from berlin. south greece, president drops his plan to impose marshal on june. so he owns, wrote about phase comes after protest. her surrounded the apartment building and lawmakers voted against the president had earlier some shock waves to the nation with an unannounced late night tv dress. also in the program, syrian revel forces closing on the key city of hama. as the advance against the regime of bashar assad. syrian army says it's striking back with russian air support. the

. i'm aaron tilton, thank you very much for joining us. south koreans president is facing calls to resign after him post martial law and then lifted it just hours later. even so fuel was forced to back track after a backlash from lawmakers and protesters is the 1st time martial law has been declared in south korea since 1980, where the country was not yet to democracy. humans drastic move comes after he lost his parliamentary majority in april and his approval rating hit. an all time low. thousands of people took to the streets and so confronting army troops and police citizens were in shock, and opposed to what they had just heard in late night. tell the vice presidential address of declaring martial law to protect the free re public of korea from less threat of north korean

communist forces to eradicate the despicable pro north korean empty states forces that are plundering the freedom and happiness of our people and to protect the free constitutional order over some problem. you know, protest is also gathered outside south korea's parliament. i believe it is a citizen of this country. i have to step up and take action. this kind of thing should never happen. it feels like we're returning to the air of dictatorship. it's simply not right for president june to just take things into his own hands like this good news. i felt anxious after watching the news. i also suppose this is such a national shame. zip cable was

a stand of developed in front of the parliament as protests as try to prevent soldiers from entering. the building on the helicopters, landed on the roof and troops forced entry, seemingly in the fields to prevent lawmakers from getting inside. but with the help of citizens, 190 lawmakers managed to get in and hold an extraordinary session. in a vote, they unanimously rejected use declaration and demanded that the most lo be lifted to know what to do. something go ahead to, hey, i'm, you know, the tube soon with do and show to the, off to you and spoken tv again. announcing the reversal kelley k on hedges, after the national assembly demanded the marshal law, be lifted. the marshal, our troops have been withdrawn. although i will accept the national assemblies

demand and lift martial law through a cabinet meeting, question me the president, humans move to impose and then read the smallest law came abruptly though he plain north korea and dia position analysts believe humans. decree was actually an attempt to hold onto power and pushed through his cabinets agenda as to call him and is controlled by the opposition. if that was really the case, it clearly backfire. catherine moon is a professor of political science and chair of asian studies at wellesley. lizzie, excuse me, college in massachusetts? i asked her to explain why the south korean president imposed and then quickly lifted martial law. so it's very hard to make sense of this to be fully honest here . um, we don't really know why president union declared martial law late at night and it only lasted 2 and a half hours. the national assembly quickly gathered and the

leader of the opposition democratic party, as well as the leader of his phone, conservative people's power party work together to unite naturally. assembly members who showed up in the middle of the night and unanimously voted to a know and revoke this martial law declaration. so it's possible that he felt so pressed by the inability, his inability to actually govern. and that might have caused this declaration. there are people in korea who say that his wife, who has been covered with political scandals, even before his election, had started in the campaign back in 2021, 2022. she has continued to gather

a media and public coverage because of allegations regarding stock price, manipulation of drives through the receivable of luxury goods and a whole slate other accusations, the democratic party members in the national assembly or intend on trying to get a special counsel or investigator to uh, to investigate the situation. and um, president, you also has such a low favorability ranking down at 17 percent or so and has not been able to be effective in any way. so i think his own personal and political weakness made him act in this way, but it really does not make sense. it's such a drastic, drastic reaction to whatever trouble he felt he was having. and as you were just saying, there lawmakers from his own party voted against the declaration where they boring

the public pressure, or did you overplays hand, or i think he overplayed it. and i don't think he even thought about his hand. it's really hard to understand why what prompted him, and i would not say that the national assembly members bowed to public pressure and the people were in bed sleeping. for the most part by the national assembly members, they took action right away. and some even climbed over the fences and walls surrounding the national assembly building because the police for blockading it, but they want it to get into the building in order to do their job. and it's really the public came out early in the morning and then later today and obviously expressed their deep discontent and uh, worries about what is happening to their democracy. yeah. and they're saying that the public is still under feeding soul. so how do you see the situation plain? i know that martial law has been rescinded. could we see a continued escalation?

i don't think there will be a public escalation. i think the president is and will continue to be under fire to resign. and i am sure that the national assembly will be proceeding with impeachment, processing fees or procedures. the public will be clamoring for resignation, impeachment, and accountability uh, through law. so i think he's in a lot of trouble. i don't know how he can possibly hold on to his his position. what's also interesting is that he tried to lean on his cabinet in order to follow a procedure or protocol to actually lift martial law when he took no such action. prior to it, he did it really deliberate with anybody except for the defense minister. it seems and caught his entire government for the most part off guard. but his cabinet members are also in a very insecure position. he had about

a week ago already announced at the end of november, or that he was planning to do a cabinet re shuffling. so there is a lot of unrest, a lot of uncertainty coming from the presidency itself. and we'll see in the next few days and weeks how things uh um, continue to either clear up or possibly get the in the, in fighting between the parties and within his own people's power party. i think it's going to be pretty intense. yeah, we are seeing some really chaotic times in political soul right now. our. i'm afraid we have to leave it there. that was catherine moon at wellesley college. thank you very much for joining us. thank you. let's take a look now. some other stories making headlines around the world. nato secretary general mark root has urgent member states to step up. their military support for ukraine is call at a meeting of nita foreign ministers comes after president award is a lensky again, pushed on program progress. on joining the alliance need to have so far declined to

offer a free membership over concerns and could be drawn into the war. nobody has met with his and golden carter part to lori and so in the capital luanda he was president, is on a 3 day visit to discuss a major round core door intended to showcase us investment. and the counter china is growing an influence on the african continent. president lori and so described the bible visit as a key turning point and us and goal that relations, as i said, may be in george's, thomas court has rejected and challenged the countries october elections. the countries outgoing president filed the lawsuit, seeking to have the parliamentary vote declared unconstitutional. the ruling comes after a 5th night of protest sparked by the government's decision to pause. a session talks with the european union to data cables connected and sweden and finland had been damaged near how, sinking, affecting thousands of internet users. initial port sparks alarm after the recent

suffering of 2 baltic c cables. but authorities now say the new breaks at least were accidental revels and syria are closing in on the city of hama, pushing ahead with their assault against government forces. the city of palmer was a bastion of opposition against president bashar assad when purchased 1st started in 2011. it is in space to a series of violent regime crackdowns. these were misled, rumbles, launch their lightning the salt last week. quickly capturing the city of a level, the one says nearly 50000 people have been displaced in over 100 civilians killed in this latest flare up of the syrian so for on highway to humble as long as troubles are advancing further south. they've now captured new towns in the province. so down is just north of homeless city. the last time rebels were here, 7 years ago. they say they're hoping to walk them back civilians who support the

opposition for exile by government forces. the sort on the law, they noticed that the one we are in the town to sit around because has granted us victory. thank god. how about uh, mean uh as well. but i said, well, what i wanna say for deliberative from is that scans and then we're now working on returning civilians to the homes, you know, be with the him, certainly being a vine mean leading new, sensitive as an, as long as militant crew co pay at the heading of sham or h t. s. have long been designated to terrorist organization by the un and the us. various arms groups have joined them, including fighters, backed by turkey. as they advanced to the south. their next goal is to seize the city of homes, giving them control of the strategic highway linking damascus to the syrian coast. well, and if the job, the job, we're heading to home a city. and after that i'll go willing to homes and then to damascus. and the rest

of syria will be liberated again to feel as though we just some residents of damascus have already started to weigh their options. they say they will stay, no matter what, what's the issue we're living in our homeland, our land, our country. we won't leave, that's all true on the side of the government has vowed to fight back aided by russia and iran back miller heroes who have been preoccupied with their own conflicts. the un says tens of thousands have been displaced since the latest defensive began by highlighting that this reset the discussion of supposedly this has caused. many civilian casualties, displays tens of thousands of people are interrupted, create the concept of disease understood update our data in operations. defensive as the most serious escalation of the conflict in years,

it has only added to what is one of the world's largest displacement crises. more than 11000000 people have been displaced in the 13 years of war in syria. and finally, authorities in the state of pennsylvania. if you're an elderly woman who disappeared while looking for her cat may have fallen into a single rescue. a search the whole with cameras and sensitive listening devices, but found nothing except for what could be issue. crews are continued to search the whole which was probably caused by previous coal mining the area, local se must have opened up in the hours before the woman disappeared. so here's a quick reminder of the top story. we're following you for this at this hour. south korean president, even so you'll has lifted, marshall was just hours after he declared it. the reversal came after protesters surrounded parliament. lawmakers voted unanimously to block the decrees

coming up next, a visit to a mexican city where women will be economic power and run public life. states in for that, thanks for joining us. the via humming does not get drunk. why do gravitational waves squeeze our bodies? how much do we need to put a stop fund queen for help find beyond fis gets much on d. w. science, outtake talk channel mexico . these are tricky, that's up to date,

so it's very good put in it shows just made them uh oh, glad trees knew me. i it says it guide when he failed and mexico 90 years ago, soviet director, 2nd items time was especially taken by the defendants of a civilization that is over 2500 years old. does that protect so on and the jeanette that i bought the just that i never did speak that cash they put on that situation last to get them some writers really any so that this money at the, the daily so you'll see that there's a lot you see me in the shirts, the change in that i bought the fish and that was a nice change and that would it was she and even though it

must be outside the send you all the kids to sit each one of the main all matriarchy in mexico. it may have existed some 100 years ago, but is it possible that there is a society in which women rule today, in a country often seen with an overbearing masculinity, are to imagine what remains of this women's world a century later the

an estimate in the south of the country were eisenstein once pointed his camera. this narrow land bridge where north and south atlantic and pacific meet serves as a hub of commerce. trade has supposedly always been a woman's job here the modern life has given rise to towns were ancient villages. one store which he ton for one with its 100000 inhabitants. the local market is considered the center of power for the wind bows. say i have tried turtle eggs. yeah, whatever fresh eggs here. and here to trim these, all the

i have to model is with act, you know, chicken and green saucer. i have chicken nice hot chickens for your most or chicken legs. nice and hot. hot chicken the, there's no kids. no, it's great. this will be my yodi or the inputs she ton, nearly all the shop this all women are they say like whether this selling tortillas, glaylock store shoes, what access woods like, did you know? few sell out and meets and you know, all heard only in the feminine versions. yeah. much it as, because women a so long. okay. this one, if you are somebody in the market or why did you buy that? that's what i will say from the colorado, from the juniors toyota for the job titles here, or female, you know, for a menu i see my, your main, the brother name is the woman's business name was a,

we're the ones who buy and sell it as long i can predict when a man comes to buy something from us, well, we always decide whether to sell to him or no. it looks like his selling is for women. so as to what's going on. okay. but as you have to suffer to be beautiful, the more i suffer, the more beautiful i'll be off the wordly. so that's it. so a lack of data. my name is lola cabrera and i'm from ccci 10 in the state level. how come in and i'm a show phone on to a single naval. i have a shop called low hoping this to low now and then the become was a know making sale. traditional regional closing on that list is simply jesus. i always wanted to have a shop as a name. i always wanted to sell things at been that, i mean my,

my foot moments. yeah. my mother sold things and they my grand mother. so things nice. the sold to tia yeah, this is pretty much for my home, several business women and my female custody. stay with then nothing was going far as i know. no woman in my family has any other profession. what that means, that is 4350 for the lot that will come wife has since you're a friend federal boy you'll be one soon to 12300. and are there really beautiful? so there's one more thing the cab. oh, it's as though we were raised to have shops and d can know making dependency into a corner make. i'm in. know if that goal is that i don't know what the customer is in other places. but all the tier a woman traditionally receives her dowry from her mother. i mean my, my dna is costumed licking me. they me, the mothers give them little go go. yes. and the guideline gold coins. hey, alan juanita, the order hello has given me the i don't that's, i've invested all the gold i was given to build up my business. the client id is c

i n. what i may assist you that its customer here for woman to use that goal. and when she needs money for a house or a business that has the same 1250 and depa skipped like the one i bought last time. please. uh huh. kind of as a way and but if i always shop at the market data, know that wants to pick the white balsamic to sign. when i see something i like to i ask the price squared of them and if it say my buy it not i got they, i don't tackle. i also didn't like it when customers going to haggle with me. i have a meeting, i work on the assumption that everyone sets reasonable price is i'll pay for this $1.00 to $5.00 on there. if that's the contract total. okay, since they look, i trying to buy as much as possible at the market,

some of the competitive when i send my employees to show them. yeah. when i tell them to buy from people with friends with confidence, oh, nice k, the new most of the stuff, friendship is important to now business, i'm sorry for the cabinet, for example, where we always buy a pool from senior, around route to you because she's a customer and she buys from me and i buy from her, like in the corporate, that's true for regular stance on that good. we suppose each other. that's just how it is with women. is that the more harris the, is this one, an economy developed by women? looks like a reciprocal system promoting fair distribution. what would you like? i'll make you a friendly d of the 2 supermarkets now stand at the outskirts of the village.

investors of capitalism that stand incomplete opposition to the solidarity based economy of gold and the other women. but they just don't believe in their model and don't feel threatened. that's not a coincidence. the their ancestors successfully defended their hometown against napoleon. the 3rd soldiers in 18. 66 in the 20th century does not protect women, made a name for themselves as an outstanding traders. they didn't shy away from traveling as far as mexico city themselves. some 700 kilometers a way to do business. the. their tenacity and independence made them heroines. and their traditional headdress, the rest blend door, adorns not only bank notes, but also prominent artists to administer icons for you to kind of adopted it for

herself. when i say, and we are you, i'm pretty sure it was fun for a man. one who i like a lot once told me he married a woman from somewhere else because we live in the matriarchy here. women have the final say, i guess they say that women get the last word here, but isn't not the case everywhere. so, you know, yeah, so no, it's true here. i do have the final say here, i think we'll move . hello. hello. i've come to see how you're all doing that all and what do you think? and you'll have it finished by next week to friday via via this friday. yes,

i'll deliver it and let you know. that is something that i know, but that's it. that's very beautiful. and i'm working on another one. i can bring you to me. there's a unique, 2000 and pay thoughts that wouldn't be bad for the the, the take advantage of it. i'll see things oh nice. and you wonder, like if the elderly women, i work with credit, which she gradually pays off with work going in for the walking center, the face to face and you still have on i was calling every now and then this. but employees come to me because they conte finance laundry expenses and congrats before and i have to lend the money for the stablish, but i live the less. it's important to me to help them. and i, me is because they also helped me with my what may you with, i mean the,

that so dirty also helps to heal the wounds left by a catastrophic event that nearly wiped out lola and all the shop owners in which he con, the natural disaster almost destroyed their women's trade society. the 1st quick with a magnitude of 8 point to shut the region. on september 7th, 2017. nearly 100 people died. the would you done? the city closest to the epicenter was decimated. not a stone was left standing. in the market, the city's lifeline collapse. and the simple check women feared for their position . the queen, i know too. it happened that night. everything's dante checking suddenly it tens of midnight. my door to paulina was up says i ran outside and told my husband gets

polinos as close as i believe he is suspended. she met him on the says he's i don't know. then we'll have to each other just along the mind. we held hands and clung to the clothes line when they mixed up because everything was swain the symbol, they wouldn't stop the for the buy that we didn't know what to do. let's have you almost guess said i'm sorry, the good of my and i can get on it when we were allowed to enter the market in the morning. a policeman shouted at your own risk telemundo. everyone run in. they will wanted to get less

things for stuff to car, almost like you could barely move in the aisles. it was madness, a hand. sure. because we tried to open the registers on the block. we took out as much as possible to put people on the screen unless you have made a call to my customers and sold them everything i still had and i invested the proceeds in the store and new merchandise. the escalade changed everything for me. i've been going on the little to the left for the yes, that's the best 10 to the sides, besides the best, ahead and that's how it is like that. so we can see your smile better. my more to the left, but i know the fan now when you see i the somebody say the my your are you send them my oldest is 30. she was in new york when the quake hetzel and wanted to come

back immediately, a see if you liked it, the ceiling less cost. when she sold the destroyed houses, she said up in america, let's take photos of your dressed. isn't post them for those this, this thing called facebook on my face. well, i didn't know about it, joe, for the 5. yeah. not a so maybe here on, through long as i could, i have to wait the go set up a profile for me and now we sell most of our goods on line. and they most facing the new the younger generation has helped lola and the other women get back on their feet. they've managed to jointly restart the remarkable motor. that's long powered the redistribution faced society. the huge parties are being prepared for the weekend in every part of town, the perfect opportunity to spend an increased consumption.