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Amanpour

In South Korea, a Pledge to Unite

Amanpour

CNN

News

4.2929 Ratings

🗓️ 4 June 2025

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

"I will uphold the mission of fully overcoming the insurrection." Those are the words of new South Korean leader Lee Jae-myung, who promises to unite a divided nation. Journalist Ken Choi joins the show to discuss what Lee's election might mean for both South Korea and the rest of the world.  Also on today's show: Investigative journalists Irina Borogan and Andrei Soldatov, tell me how the hopes of their generation were crushed by Vladimir Putin's regime. Plus, pioneering designer Prabal Gurung tells Hari Sreenivasan about his extraordinary journey to the top of the fashion world.    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hello everyone and welcome to Ammanpur. Here's what's coming up.

0:07.0

I will uphold the mission of fully overcoming the insurrection.

0:13.0

A pledge to unite a divided nation and a new era for South Korea.

0:19.0

Journalist Ken Choi joins me to discuss the election of Li Jiam

0:23.0

and what it might mean for the rest of the world too. Plus, she looks like a totally

0:28.5

different woman now. She also looks like she's aged 10 years in the past seven months. And

0:35.9

she's really putting her buddy on the line for Alex's freedom.

0:39.3

On hunger strike and at risk of death, a mother fighting for her son's freedom, a special report.

0:46.3

Then, our dear friends in Moscow, investigative journalist Irina Boraghan and Andrei

0:52.3

Soldatov tell me how the hopes of their generation were crushed by Vladimir Putin's regime.

0:58.0

And...

0:59.0

I used to tell my mother, she reminds me, like, I was to say something like,

1:02.0

you know, Mom, I know my worth, the world just needs to catch up to it.

1:06.0

Pioneering designer Prabol Gurung tells Harry Srinivasa about his extraordinary journey to the top of the fashion world.

1:13.6

Welcome to the program, everyone.

1:30.2

I'm Biana Gooderigan, New York, sitting in for Christian Amunpur.

1:33.4

A martial law decree, an impeachment, massive protests, and a constitutional crisis.

1:38.8

It has been an extraordinary six months of turmoil for South Korea.

1:43.2

And now it seems the country is turning a corner

1:45.3

with opposition candidate E.J. Meng winning a decisive victory in the presidential election.

1:52.0

The brief and disastrous move to declare martial law last December set off huge protests and

1:57.3

ultimately ended former President Yun Suk Yul's career. Now, he was impeached and removed

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