In South Korea, democracy holds after martial law declared but Koreans on edge

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🗓️ 4 December 2024

⏱️ 50 minutes

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In South Korea on Wednesday, the streets were relatively calm after a night that many saw as the beginning of a coup d'état. That followed the president's controversial declaration of martial law. With the president now facing an impeachment effort by parliament, many Koreans are calm but concerned. Also, new research out of Canada shows that the company Amazon restricts access to books in Middle Eastern countries such as Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. And, a new law in Belgium makes sex workers eligible for labor rights and protections.

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0:00.0	Young Georgians are on the streets in Tbilisi because their government is not pushing harder to join the European Union.
0:11.0	My potential will be gone. Everything that I strive for, everything I work in life.
0:16.4	I'm Marco Werman. And I'm Carolyn Beeler. Today, what's at stake for protesters in Georgia and in South Korea?
0:23.7	We saw soldiers with rifles and automatic weapons.
0:27.8	They were ready.
0:28.8	What people feared when their president imposed martial law.
0:32.1	Also in the U.S., a list of the most mispronounced words of the year is out.
0:36.5	And surprise, Americans have a hard time with foreign words.
0:40.0	Plus, winners of the first TikTok Awards say they are not contributing to brain rot.
0:44.8	They're teaching us things, like how to use lasers.
0:47.4	Man's got one laser there, in it?
0:48.9	And I want to use it to see how light travels through different materials, in it?
0:52.0	We explain today on the world.
0:57.2	This is the world. I'm Marco Wurman.
0:59.6	And I'm Carolyn Beeler. Thank you for joining us today.
1:02.7	In South Korea this morning, kids went to school, businesses opened, trains were on schedule.
1:09.4	Actually, right now, everything looks like normal.
1:12.8	It looks a little bit different from 24 hours ago.
1:16.3	A chaotic and scary 24 hours for South Koreans,
1:19.1	where the president surprised the country
1:20.6	by announcing national security threats and imposing martial law.
1:24.9	Police and military surrounded the parliament building in Korea on
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