Another Take: What is fueling South Korea’s political drama?
The Take
Al Jazeera
4.7 • 748 Ratings
🗓️ 7 June 2025
⏱️ 23 minutes
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Summary
Every Saturday, we revisit a story from the archives. This originally aired on January 14th, 2025. None of the dates, titles, or other references from that time have been changed.
Impeachment proceedings against suspended South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol are in full swing. Authorities have made a second attempt to detain him over his brief martial law declaration, but he remains holed up in his fortified residence, backed by supporters waving US flags and “Stop the Steal” banners. What lies ahead for South Korea?
In this episode:
- Se-Woong Koo, Managing Editor of Korea Exposé
Episode credits:
This episode was updated by Sarí el-Khalili. The original production team was Sarí el-Khalili, Sonia Bhagat, Amy Walters, Phillip Lanos, Spencer Cline, Melanie Marich, Hagir Saleh, Noor Wazwaz, and our guest host, Kevin Hirten.
Our sound designer is Alex Roldan. Our engagement producers are Adam Abou-Gad and Vienna Maglio. Aya Elmileik is lead of audience engagement. Alexandra Locke is The Take’s executive producer, and Ney Alvarez is Al Jazeera’s head of audio.
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| 0:00.0 | Al Jazeera Podcasts. |
| 0:07.0 | Hi, it's Salil Khalili, a senior producer with a take, back with another take, where we bring you episodes from the past. |
| 0:18.0 | Today we're in South Korea, where power just changed hands. |
| 0:23.8 | Li Chi Myung just took office after a landslide win on Tuesday. In his first speech, he promised to |
| 0:31.0 | tackle the political and economic mess that South Korea has been dealing with for months. |
| 0:39.0 | It is time to restore our democracy, |
| 0:42.4 | which has been destroyed by armored vehicles and rifles, |
| 0:46.3 | our livelihoods and economy, |
| 0:49.4 | which have collapsed due to indifference and irresponsibility, |
| 0:53.9 | and our national security and peace, which have been due to indifference and irresponsibility, and our national security and peace, |
| 0:56.0 | which have been reduced to tools of political strife. |
| 1:02.0 | Lee is stepping in after President Yun Sokul was ousted. |
| 1:06.0 | You might remember the national poorer last year |
| 1:09.0 | when Yun briefly declared martial law, |
| 1:12.1 | claiming the country was under threat from what he called anti-state forces and North Korean |
| 1:17.7 | infiltration. Yun's criminal trial on rebellion charges kicked off this April. |
| 1:24.5 | Back in January, we spoke with South Korean journalist Si Wung-Koo about that time. |
| 1:30.4 | Here's that episode now. |
| 1:31.9 | None of the dates or other references have changed from January 14 when it originally aired. |
| 1:53.0 | Music Today, the aftermath of South Korea's failed coup. Thousands of South Koreans are gathering in Seoul for rival demonstrations as investigators prepare another attempt to arrest Yun |
| 2:01.7 | over his short-lived martial law decree. |
| 2:05.6 | As President Yun Suk Yul's trial kicked off, |
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