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the cabinet of president yoon suk yeol offered to resign en mass yesterday. so we have leadership turnover in the foreign policy and military administration in south korea as well as the uncertain future of the president himself. host: if you have questions about south korea and what happened now would be a good time to call in. professor arrington is with us for the next 10 to 15 minutes. 202-748-8000 for democrats. 202-748-8001 for republicans. independents, 202-748-8002. we will also look for your texts and tweets. here is one of them for you. this is judy asking "how did this incident of dng martial law reflect on the health of south korea's democratic institutions, and what implications might it have for political polarization going forward?" guest: this is an extreme symptom of political polarization in south korea and a deeply historically rooted polarization that tends to be sort of a division of us versus them rather than tolerating the opposition and trying to work together towards a compromise, which is essential in democracy. it is really about de

are live pictures of a vigil taking place outside the national assembly after the president yoon suk yeolmposed, and then six hours later revoked, martial law, shocking notjust the people of south korea but many around the world. opposition parties have already submitted an impeachment bill against president yoon suk yeol after his short—lived declaration of martial law. but the fallout is spreading to his cabinet after calls for his impeachment, defence minister kim yong—hyun has offered his resignation, apologising, in a defence ministry statement, for spreading confusion and causing distress. in fact, media reports say his cabinet has offered to resign en masse. and the head of the country's biggest labour union has called a nationwide strike until mr yoon resigns. there have been mass demonstrations outside the main parliament building in seoul this morning. the crisis has alarmed many around the world. both the us and the uk say they are relieved that the president reversed his decision, but are deeply concerned about what is happening in south korea. with a round up of the events so

this is the court case that will ultimately decide whether yoon suk yeol should be barred for good orby blocking these appointments the president is being protected and they say he is no longer fit to run the country and what this means is the finance ministry takes over, and now the third in command but all this does is deepen the political vacuum here in south korea and there is uncertainty that has been played out since president yoon suk yeol unleashed this uncertainty by imposing martial law. this has global consequences because south korea is an important global economy and political turmoil means economic programmes and the currency we know is on the slide. it does and the allies and partners of south korea, us and european countries, have been looking on, wondering what is happening and it's come at a diplomatically interesting time for south korea because it is awaiting the return of donald trump which could be unsettling and yet very little attention is going into preparing for that, thinking about what could and should happen and then there is the economy, that is suffering

basically the president of south korea, yoon suk yeol, called a surprise emergency press conference withoutng many of his members of the cabinet or even his own ruling conservative party, people's power party. at the press conference he declared martial law. this is the first time since 1980 that a south korean leander has declared martial law and the first time has -- the first times in south korea became a democracy in 1987. in 2.5 hours after the direct -- after the declaration, the 190 members of the national assembly, the legislative body in south korea, voted unanimously to ask the president to withdraw the declaration. this is basically from 11:00 p.m. until 1:00 a.m., the drama that we watched unfold live with lots of media coverage. the military surrounded the national assembly and officially martial law prohibited political activity by lawmakers. but this 190 out of 300 that made it to vote in the national assembly got through the cordons of police and military to get into the building to vote. the speaker of the national assembly had to climb over a wall to get into the building.

basically the president of south korea, yoon suk yeol, called a surprise emergency press conference without notifying many of his members of the cabinet or even his own ruling conservative party, people's power party. at the press conference he declared martial law. this is the first time since 1980 that a south korean leander has declared martial law and the first time has -- the first times in south korea became a democracy in 1987. in 2.5 hours after the direct -- after the declaration, the 190 members of the national assembly, the legislative body in south korea, voted unanimously to ask the president to withdraw the declaration. this is basically from 11:00 p.m. until 1:00 a.m., the drama that we watched unfold live with lots of media coverage. the military surrounded the national assembly and officially martial law prohibited political activity by lawmakers. but this 190 out of 300 that made it to vote in the national assembly got through the cordons of police and military to get into the building to vote. the speaker of the national assembly had to climb over a wall to get into the b

proceedings begin in south korea, after lawmakers voted to impeach president yoon suk yeol. hello and welcome to business today. i'm suranjana tewari. china released a fresh round of economic indicators house prices fell 5.7% year—on—year in november, house prices fell 5.7% year—c a -year in november, house prices fell 5.7% year—c a consumption nber, house prices fell 5.7% year—c a consumption based not be a consumption based stimulus. and that is why november data is again much poorer than october because what they did on november eight, the national people's congress was really to announce 10 trillion rmb to clean it up, not reallyjust stimulus not really just stimulus consumption. that's why the data is where it is.— data is where it is. leaders must have _ data is where it is. leaders must have been _ data is where it is. leaders must have been getting . data is where it is. leaders - must have been getting advice all year and we've been reporting china's downturn significantly. why do you think it took so long for the stimulus measures? , , stimulus measures? the stimul

and it's being reported that south korea's suspended president yoon suk yeol authorised the militaryf needed to enter parliament during his failed bid to impose martial law. live to yuna ku from the bbc korean service. just gone 6:15pm in seoul. another impeachment in the form of the prime minister. how is the south korean media reporting it?— reporting it? the media coverage _ reporting it? the media coverage of _ reporting it? the media coverage of this - reporting it? the media | coverage of this appears reporting it? the media i coverage of this appears to reporting it? the media - coverage of this appears to be more divided compared to the impeachment of president yoon suk yeol. arguments that prime minister han duck—soo who himself bears some responsibility for the martial law incident, hindered attempts to expedite the impeachment process. some conservative outlets have been critical of the impeachment, insisting that it is an overreach by opposition lawmakers who are taking the majority seats in parliament. some are even worrying that the next acting president could also be i

young and young—at—heart sang together, united in the hope that yoon suk yeol will be removed.tial law late on tuesday night, and the country's elected politicians were forced to battle their own military to overturn it. today he said sorry, to try to save his career. translation: i sincerely apologise to the citizens i who were likely alarmed and disturbed by these events. the crowds still cried for his removal, but soon they realised the president's own party would not vote to impeach him, and the singing stopped. translation: what i believed and thought as democracy - and freedom, it all collapsed in a single moment. i'm very angry, but now is the time for each person to rise and come out here with us. the lawmakers — they should represent the people, not the president. and we're very angry, we're very upset. we are not going to back down until he is impeached. in contrast to the crowded streets, the seats of the ruling party sat empty as they boycotted the vote. all efforts to get them to return were in vain. this was not the result that they were hoping for. president yoon

colleague of president yoon suk yeol, a prosecutor, isjoining the opposition party of the impeachmenthance to stand, finish his term for them he's only finished half of his term now. even before the martial law, his approval rating was around 20%, but after that martial law, it is likely the approval rate will, you know, go below 10%. the rate will, you know, go below io%. the opposition party, not just the opposition party but the ruling party, the cabinet ministers resign and his chief of staff also offered a resignation, so it's very bleak but what i'm really concerned about is one of the reasons listed for the justification for martial law, the emergency martial law, is that the opposition party is a pro—north korea sympathiser and is always used the wind from the north, always affecting politics but there is no relation to north korea. it's actually the opposite. president yoon suk yeol is giving an opportunity for the north korean leader to take advantage of this political turmoil and there is also speculation mr yoon might use a second attempt to declare martial law by breaking

give this a listen. >> yoon suk yeol. >> we will remove yoon suk yeol from office, uproot his loyalist forces and fully suppress the insurrection. until that moment, we will pool all our resources and fulfill our historic responsibility. >> now for some background on the events that led to today's vote. south korea was plunged into political turmoil on december 3rd after the president yoon suk yeol declared martial law. then, less than two weeks after that, the country's parliament decided to vote to impeach him and he was stripped of his duties. but in order for the formal impeachment process to conclude, in order for it to end a constitutional court ruling upholding that impeachment vote is needed. but critically. and here's the problem here, kim. south korea's constitutional court is missing. a few judges needed to impose such a ruling, and it's actually the responsibility, the job of the acting president hahn, to fill those vacant spots on the bench. but so far he's refused to do so, leading to the political deadlock that we're seeing in the country right now. now, in terms of sout

to be honest, the ball is squarely in yoon suk yeol�*s court. of the house were saying that legally the president must lift the marshall though immediately. he called the declaration of martial law doll and —— null and void. politically, this would be a huge gamble that he just cannot afford to lose. would be a huge gamble that he “ust cannot afford to losei cannot afford to lose. thank you very much. _ cannot afford to lose. thank you very much. jake. _ cannot afford to lose. thank you very much, jake, reporting - cannot afford to lose. thank you very much, jake, reporting livel cannot afford to lose. thank you - very much, jake, reporting live from very much, jake, reporting live from the scene in seoul. the bbc says it will not broadcast two masterchef celebrity christmas specials in light of the controversy surrounding one of the presenters, gregg wallace. but the corporation said the current series of masterchef: the professionals would continue to be shown as planned. tonight, more allegations about gregg wallace's inappropriate behaviour

this is the court case that will ultimately decide whether president yoon suk yeol should be bored ford by blocking these appointments the president is being protected and they say he is no longer fit to run the country and what this means is the finance ministry takes over, and now the third in command but all the third in command but all the stars is deep and is the political vacuum here in south korea and there is uncertainty that has been played out since president yoon suk yeol unleashed this uncertainty by imposing martial law. this has . lobal imposing martial law. this has global consequences - imposing martial law. this has global consequences because | global consequences because south korea is an important global economy and political turmoil means economic programmes and the currency we know is on the slide. it programmes and the currency we know is on the slide.— know is on the slide. it does and the allies _ know is on the slide. it does and the allies and _ know is on the slide. it does and the allies and partners | know is on the slide. it does | and the allies and part

south korea's constitutional court has started preparations for president yoon suk yeol�*s impeachmental. justices are reviewing saturday's parliamentary vote in favour of suspending him from office after his failed attempt to impose military rule. the court has up to 100 and 80 days to decide whether to uphold the impeachment or reinstate mr yoon. —— the court has up to 180 days to decide. meanwhile, the leader of the ruling people power party, han dong—hoon, has said that he will step down. the impeachment vote on saturday saw an estimated 12 members of his party break from their party line to vote in favour of impeachment. he said it had become impossible to carry out his duties as party chief. let's get more on the latest developments from our seoul correspondent jean mackenzie. great to have you on the programme. how is the mood in seoul this morning after the weekend's events?- seoul this morning after the weekend's events? things here this morning — weekend's events? things here this morning feel— weekend's events? things here this morning feel as _ weekend's events? things here

south korea's opposition fails in its effort to impeach president yoon suk yeol for his short—lived declarationf martial law. a man has died after a tree fell onto his van during storm darragh, as three million people in wales and the south west of england are urged to stay at home. i'm live in paris outside notre dame, where five years after the fire ravaged the cathedral people here in the city, across the country and around the world are looking forward to the reopening ceremony later. hello, i'm martine croxall. breaking news from syria, where the situation is developing rapidly. with reports a group of rebels are just ten kilometres from the southern gates of damascus, the syrian state news agency is denying reports president bashar al—assad has left the city, insisting he is carrying out his work from damascus. but these are pictures obtained by the news agency afp, which the bbc has verified, of a bust of the president's father hafez al—asad being toppled in president's square in the damascus neighbourhood of jaramana. meanwhile, the group of rebels are advancing on the capital after sna

we'll start with some breaking news from south korea and president yoon suk yeol has defended his decisiono impose martial law last week. in a public address, the president hit out at the opposition party accusing them of creating a "national crisis". the benchmark conisbee index was affected but has since recovered. that is off the back of tech companies railing on tuesday. the latest data showed that prices rose 2.7% in november compared with a year before. that's in line with what analysts were predicting. markets reacted positively to the news with the tech—heavy nasdaq topping 20,000 points for the first time. inflation has generally been cooling throughout 2024, but concerns around the cost of living have been a hot—button issue. for more, i'm joined by economist paul gruenwald. a slight uptick in the inflation numbers, we are kind of going sideways. may one good piece of news was shelter inflation went down a bit but in line with expectations, so no big surprises as far as the market is concerned. looking back over the year, what are your overall thoughts on inflation this year? goi

south korean president yoon suk yeol apologises for declaring martial law, as he faces a potential impeachmentote. rebel forces in syria say they have reached the outskirts of the city of homs. islamist fighters have already captured the cities of aleppo and hama after launching their surprise offensive last week. and five years after it was devastated by fire, notre dame cathedral reopens — with world leaders, celebrities and royalty meeting to celebrate. hello. welcome to the programme. three million people in coastal areas of wales and southwest england have been urged to stay indoors because of the danger posed by storm darragh. an emergency alert was sent to people's mobile phones in the affected area last night and a red warning issued by the met office has come into force. winds could reach 90 miles per hour, and heavy rain is also predicted for south wales. our correspondent divya talwar has more. this is the text warned of significant disruption, and urged people to stay indoors if you can. for most serious threat is along the west and south coast of wales and the bristol channel were

pictures from the south korean national assembly — where mps have voted not to impeach president yoon suk—yeolve years after it was devastated by fire, notre dame cathedral reopens — with president—elect trump arriving on his first overseas visit. the ceremony will take place later today. arriving on his first overseas visit. the ceremony will take place later today. hello, this is bbc news, i'm catherine byaruhanga. a rare red weather warning in areas of wales and southwest england has ended, but amber warnings are still in place, meaning a possible risk to life. tens of thousands of homes are without power and travel is being disrupted across the whole country. in parts of wales, winds reached 93 mph with heavy rains. cardiff airport has closed its runway and both rail and coach services have been disrupted. sports fixtures are also hit, including the merseyside derby. tomos morgan reports from penarth in south wales. it's tomos morgan reports from penarth in south wale trees in uprooted a number of trees in rural and coastal areas across wales. part of the main motorway in south wales, the

president soon suk yeol, has since reversed his shock decision — confirming the army had been withdrawnrom the streets. he'd ordered their deployment a few hours earlier, accusing the opposition of being criminals. protestors who'd gathered on the streets of seoul to demonstrate against the sudden introduction of military rule are celebrating the equally sudden reversal. this is the scene live now in the capital, where it's just after 9am. earlier, thousands of protestors clashed with police as they tried to get in to the national assembly building. some broke through barricades or climbed fences to get inside the building. yoon suk yeol said he imposed martial law to protect south korea from what he described as �*north korean communist forces�*. less than two hours later — parliament defied the president and voted to block the move. but the army had said it needed to be revoked by the president himself. our correspondent laura bicker reports now from seoul soldiers and police block the entrance to the south korean parliament following the orders of a desperate president. locked in a b

korean national assembly where ruling party mps have walked out on a vote to impeach president yoon suk—yeolup to 150,000 people are calling for the president to go. meanwhile, rebel forces reach which the outskirts of homs, islamist fighters have already captured aleppo and hama. five years after it was devastated by fire, notre dame cathedral reopens with president elect trump has arrived for his first overseas visit since winning the election. we start in south korea, where an impeachment vote to remove the president, yoon suk—yeol, appears to be injeopardy with members of mr yoon�*s own governing party boycotting the proceedings. this is the scene in the parliament. there are questions as to whether there were enough mps in the house for this impeachment vote to pass, the bill needs at least 200 members of parliament to vote for it. it seems at the moment that there were not enough of them in the house. the opposition, even though they are the biggest bloc, appears not to have gained enough support from the ruling party for this vote to pass. this is the scene outside the parliamenty whe

in a surprise late night address, president yoon suk yeol declared martial law. he said it was to restore order and draw out anti—state forces. he has been reduced to a lame duck, and this week, the main opposition party slashes budget and moved to impeach his cabinet. the martial law something south korea was not seen since 1979 when the leader was assassinated. butjust hours after, the opposition passed a motion demanding the president lift martial law. now all eyes are on yoon suk yeol as the nation hopes to return to normal times. people have been here chanting for hours as well, telling the police to open the door, they want to get into the national assembly and support the lawmakers who just demanded the lifting of the martial law. they're still 100s of police officers mining up the perimeter of the national assembly. it looks like the crowd is not going away. the national assemblymen, the members are still in there. 190 of them are still staying put. legally, president yoon has to lift the law immediately, but politically, we don't know where it's going to

he'd succeeded the former president, yoon suk yeol, who was impeached after trying to impose martialused of supporting the plan for martial law and then blocking the appointment ofjudges that parliament had chosen to oversee the case against the former president. this man, choi sang—mok, the finance minister, will now become south korea's third president in two weeks. he said the government had ordered the military to step up vigilance amid fears north korea could take advantage of the political turmoil in the south. 0ur correspondentjean mackenzie has more from seoul. there were these dramatic and angry scenes in parliament earlier, as mps voted to remove the prime ministerfrom office, who has been standing in as the president ever since. in as the president ever since president yoon sung yeol was impeached himself less than two weeks ago. now, it is the opposition party here in south korea that has done this. they have a huge majority in parliament, and as they voted to impeach mr han, it was members of mr yoon�*s party, the ruling party, that leapt to their feet and surrounded the

national assembly — where ruling party mps have walked out on a vote to impeach president yoon suk—yeolousands gather calling for the president to go, after his declaration of martial law last week. five years after it was devastated by fire, notre dame cathedral reopens — with president—elect trump arriving on his first overseas visit since winning the election. it has been a long five years and i am here outside the cathedral in paris as paris and indeed the world prepares for the reopening of notre—dame. hello, you're watching bbc news, i am catherine byaruhanga. three million people in coastal areas of wales and southwest england have been urged to stay indoors because of the danger posed by storm darragh. an emergency alert was sent to people's mobile phones in the affected area last night and a red warning issued by the met office has come into force. in parts of wales, winds have reach 93 miles per hour, and heavy rain is also lashing south wales. both rail and coach services have been disrupted, sports fixtures have been hit, including the merseyside derby. oli constable is in b

south korea's opposition fails in its effort to impeach president yoon suk yeol for his short—lived declarationf martial law. i'm live in notre dame in paris, as parisians, the french nation and the world await the reopening ceremony, five years after a fire devastated much of the cathedral�*s roof. and ahead of that ceremony, us president—elect donald trump has been meeting with the french president emmanuel macron. it is the us president's first trip abroad since his election victory last month. hello, i'm martine croxall. breaking news from syria where the situation is developing rapidly. with one group of rebels claiming to have reached the suburbs of damascus in what they describe as the �*final stage�* of their offensive. the syrian state news agency is denying reports president bashar al—assad has left the city, insisting he is carrying out his work from damascus. but in pictures obtained by the news agency afp, which the bbc has verified, protesters can be seen toppling a bust of the president's father hafez al—asad in president's square in the damascus neighbourhood ofjaramana, about t

in a national address, south korean president yoon suk yeol apologises for declaring martial law and says he won't do it again, but does not offer to resign. live pictures there as the president faces an impeachment vote in the coming hours. and a month on from the election, the shape of donald trump's top team is becoming clear. hello, i'm carl nasman. south korea's embattled president yoon suk yeol has apologised in a a dramatic but brief address to the nation — his first public appearance since rescinding martial law. president yoon did not offer to resign, or mention the impending impeachment vote he faces in parliament later on saturday. opposition leader, lee jae—myung, called for the president's resignation, saying that the biggest risk to the nation is "the existence of the president himself." lee's coalition needs just eight members of yoon�*s party to impeach him. friday gave the first clear sign yoon�*s own party may vote with the opposition, when the ruling party's leader called for yoon�*s swift suspension. south korea has been plunged into political turmoil since yoon d

give this a listen, yoon suk yeol. >> we will remove yoon suk yeol from office, uproot his loyalist forces and fully suppress the insurrection. until that moment, we will pool all our resources and fulfill our historic responsibility. >> now, some background on the events leading up to today's vote. as you described, south korea was plunged into a political crisis earlier this month when the president, yoon suk yeol, declared a very short lived martial law. then shortly two weeks after that, the country's parliament voted to impeach the president, and he was stripped of his duties. but in order for the formal impeachment process to actually end a constitutional court ruling, upholding this decision is required. but critically, and this is the problem facing south korea right now. they don't have enough judges within the constitutional court to issue such a ruling. and actually, it's the job of the acting president han, to fill those vacant spots. but he's refused to do so, which has led to this political deadlock we're currently seeing in the country. now for south korea's future. what hap

but this person, yoon suk-yeol, has done something crazy that violates the constitution.e essentially committed a coup d'etat. impeachment is not a choice anymore, it's a must. >> this is still a moving situation, so let me just share with you the latest comments, the latest flashes we're getting out of south korea. the defense minister has offered to resign. let's see how this will evolve, but of course the announcement from the president yesterday has had implications here as well for the defense ministry. let's see how this will continue to evolve, but in the meantime, i want to discuss really what are the ram my cases. you have been working quite closely with south korea over the years. my first yes to you is trying to understand what has happened here. did the announcement from the president show a domestic risk here? or is there any sort of evidence, perhaps, that actually there is some sort of interference happening at this stage coming from north korea? >> as far as anybody can tell, it's entirely a decision by president yoon, unaffected by any recent activity by

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korea's ruling party walk out of the national assembly ahead of vote to impeach president yoon suk yeol. thousands gather calling for the president to go after his declaration of martial law last week. three million people in wales and the south west of england are urged to stay at home as storm darragh hits rebel forces reach the outskirts of syria's third largest city, homs. islamist fighters have already captured aleppo and hama iam i am live outside the cathedral of notre dame where five years after a fire ravaged parts of the cathedral the opening ceremony will begin in a few hours�* time. hello. we start in south korea where an impeachment vote to remove the president, yoon suk yeol appears to be injeopardy with members of mr yoon�*s own governing party boycotting the proceedings. this is the scene at the national assembly. just three members of the ruling party are inside and they need eight members to vote for the impeachment in order for the impeachment in order for the impeachment in order for the motion to pass. technically mps have just over four more hours to vote. that is

is urging americans to exercise caution as protesters demand the resignation of president yoon suk yeol yoon abruptly declared martial law late tuesday, only to rescind his order under pressure a few hours later. >> the president says he did it to protect against anti-state forces and threats from north korea. now, labor unions are threatening to strike unless yoon leaves office, and six opposition parties have submitted an impeachment bill yoon's emergency order set off chaos in and around parliament as protesters and lawmakers clashed with troops who were blocking the building what you're watching here is video of one woman arguing with a soldier that has gone viral as you can see, she tries to grab the rifle from the soldier shouting, aren't you embarrassed? >> the south korea's opposition party leader, who ran against yoon in the 2022 presidential election, livestreamed himself climbing over a fence to get into the parliament building. well, the protests are still taking place outside the national assembly, but with martial law over the situation now is much more relaxed. >> big que

and an arrest warrant is approved for suspended president yoon suk yeol after he failed to report foris declaration of martial law. welcome to newsday. i'm steve lai. south korea has ordered a complete review of airline safety procedures in response to the country's worst ever plane crash. 179 people were killed when the plane landed without landing gear at high speed, skidded off the end of the runway and smashed into a concrete structure housing a navigation system, bursting into flames. authorities say they've identified all but 15 of the people who died. they're planning to use dna testing for those they can't identify by their fingerprints. the boeing 737—800 was arriving at muan international airport in the south of the country. the exact cause is unclear, though investigators are looking

locked in a bitterfight with his political rivals, and deeply unpopular, yoon suk yeol took drastic actiontranslation: through this martial law, i will rebuild i and protect the free republic of korea, which is falling into the depths of national ruin. within hours, thousands of protesters made it clear they would not comply with what they viewed as an attempted coup. "withdraw the martial law, arrest yoon," they chanted. translation: i believe i should step forward and take action. - things like this should never happen. translation: after watching the news, i felt anxious, - and i also thought that this is such a national shame. clashes broke out, as police tried to hold them back, while helicopters thumped overhead. meanwhile, members of the country's national assembly battled their own military to take back their elected seats, getting there in whatever way they could. the vote was unanimous — martial law was overruled, while the country's parliament bore the scars of the evening's chaos. many protesters stayed in place, and had to wait hours to hear that, finally, president yoon accep

the cabinet of president yoon suk yeol offered to resign en masse yesterday come so we have leadership turnover in the form policy and military administration in south korea as well as the uncertain future of the present himself. >> host: if you have questions about south korea and what happened this week they'll be a good, good time to call in. celeste arrington with us for the next and 50 minutes. phone lines as usual, 202-748-8000 democrats. 202-748-8001 republicans. independence 202-748-8002. we'll also look for your text and tweets pic is one of them for you. asking how does this incident of declared martial law reflect on the health of south korea's democratic institutions and what implications might have it for political polarization going forward? >> guest: this is an extreme symptom of political polarization in south korea. it's a deeply historically rooted polarization that tends to be sort of a division of us versus them, rather than tolerating the opposition and trying to work together towards a compromise, which is essential in democracy. it's really about destroying the o

south korea's constitutional court has asked president yoon suk yeol to provide written answers to aarations for his impeachment trial. mps voted to impeach yoon on saturday over his failed attempt to impose martial law, which sparked protest across the country. the court now has up to 180 days to decide whether to uphold the impeachment, which would trigger an election, or allow mr yoon to remain as president. in a separate investigation by police, south korean investigators have made an attempt to raid president yoon suk yeol�*s security service in the last hour. president yoon and his team have resisted requests from the investigators to appear for questioning. they have requested to speak with him again on wednesday. gil—soo han is a korea expert and professor at monash university in melbourne, australia. i asked him about how president yoon may respond to questions he's being asked. i understand the constitutional court, the notice they have sent to yoon is not necessarily asking a series of questions but i understand it is a formal writ, asking for a formal reply or letting him

south korea's constitutional court has started preparations for president yoon suk yeol�*s impeachmentrial. justices are reviewing saturday's parliamentary vote in favour of suspending him from office after his failed attempt to impose military rule. the court has up to 180 days to decide whether to uphold the impeachment, or reinstate mr yoon. if it's upheld, a snap election will be held within 60 days. president yoon is also yet to appear for questioning in a separate investigation by the prosecutors�* office despite multiple requests. investigators now hope to speak to him on wednesday. meanwhile, the leader of the ruling people power party has said that he will step down. the impeachment vote on saturday saw 12 members of his party break from their party line to vote in favor of impeachment. he said it had become impossible to carry out his duties as party chief. i spoke to moon chung—in who was special adviser to president moonjae—in. who is in charge in south korea now? the prime minister. han duck—soo, has become the acting president. he will take care of the transition process.

prosecutors in south korea say the impeached president, yoon suk yeol, has failed to respond to a summonstical after years of advocay from the australian government, after years of advocacy from the australian government, the group were flown back to australia today, after a deal struck between the two governments. the gang�*s two ringleaders were executed by firing squad in 2015. seven people have been taken to hospital in fiji after suspected alcohol poisoning. it�*s believed all those affected were guests at a resort where they drank cocktails in the bar on saturday night and fell ill shortly afterwards. it comes just a few weeks after the death methanol poisoning. prosecutors in south korea say the impeached president, yoon suk yeol, has failed to respond to a summons for questioning. united in fighting the case but there are challenges ahead for president yoon and his supporters. it�*s a very rough neighbourhood here where the korean peninsula is it located by all these big powers with nuclear weapons. this is a slight setback, not only for south korean politics and for the people, b

yoon suk yeol made a failed bid to impose martial law last week, but survived an impeachment vote ond the president would resign early, and until then would not be involved in either national or international affairs. however the opposition says it would be unconstitutional for the ruling party to continue running the country and pledged to hold another impeachment vote later this week. to talk more about this political crisis in south korea i am joined now by professor yong—chool ha who is the director of korean studies at the university of washington. professor, what do you think is likely to happen next? you have written about his style of leadership and how it explains his decision to impose martial law, can you talk us through that? thank you for the invitation was basically, he is a very unique politician and a sense that he had not had any political experience prior to being elected three years ago as president. he was a well—known prosecutor who resisted political pressure which made him very famous. then this time around we can see how strong his legal minded person he is an

we begin in south korea where the highly anticipated vote to impeach president yoon suk yeol passed onn the property sector. the government has been rolling out measures to try to revive the market for questions remain over whether they have been enough. meanwhile, retail sales data for november shows an uptick of 3% and that is lower than estimated also to unpack what all this means for china's economy and the prospects for next year, i am joined by economist alicia garcia, good to have you with us. firstly your reaction to the data? with all the stimulus coming in, was it too little too late? it coming in, was it too little too late?— coming in, was it too little too late? ., , ., ., ., too late? it was not related to consumption _ too late? it was not related to consumption so _ too late? it was not related to consumption so we _ too late? it was not related to consumption so we should - too late? it was not related toj consumption so we should not see anything else. we did see an improvement in october but that was basically... meaning the stimulus that had been

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and an arrest warrant for suspended president yoon suk yeol has been requested over his short—lived declarationf martial law earlier this month. welcome to newsday, i'm steve lai. the former us president and nobel peace prize winner, jimmy carter, has died at the age of 100. he died on sunday afternoon at home in georgia and was the longest—lived president in us history. his presidency in the 1970s is remembered for the camp david accords which resulted in egypt recognising israel for the first time and the iran hostage crisis. after leaving office, he went on to work for peace and socialjustice. there have been reactions from the us and around the world but first, we start our coverage with our north america correspondent gary o'donoghue, on the life of president carter as a candidate and as a president, i'll never tell a lie. that was the essence ofjimmy carter. people may have questioned his ability but not his honesty, sincerity and passion that propelled a peanut farmer to the presidency. he was born in the deep south — in plains, georgia. james earl carter cut short a promising naval care

prime ministerfrom office, who has been standing in as the president ever since president yoon sung yeol weeks ago. now it is the opposition party here in south korea that has done this. they have a huge majority in parliament and as they voted to impeach mr han, it was members of mr yoon�*s party, the ruling party, that leapt to their feet and surrounded the speaker of the house. they were shouting at him. they are angry that he's even allowed this vote to go ahead. this is the level of animosity here now between the two parties. so how did we get here? well, over the past couple of days, this row has erupted between the prime minister and the opposition party. mr han has refused to appoint the judges that parliament had chosen to oversee mr yoon�*s impeachment trial. this is the court case that is going to decide whether mr yoon is ultimately barred from office. and the opposition party have decided that mr han, by refusing to appoint thesejudges, has been protecting the president, and so he's no longer fit to run the country. what this means is that the country's finance minister is n