South Korean court upholds impeachment of president
Global News Podcast
BBC
4.2 • 7.8K Ratings
🗓️ 4 April 2025
⏱️ 31 minutes
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Summary
The impeached president of South Korea apologises as he's stripped of power. Also, China hits back at US tariffs by imposing high taxes on American imports and a rogue bird is caught after terrorising an English village.
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| 0:00.0 | This is the Global News podcast from the BBC World Service. |
| 0:04.8 | I'm Valerie Sanderson, and at 14 hours GMT on Friday the 4th of April, these are our main stories. |
| 0:11.0 | South Korea's top court has upheld the impeachment of President Yun Sung-Yal immediately removing him from office. |
| 0:18.3 | China has announced a raft of new tariffs and trade restrictions targeting |
| 0:22.5 | in the United States in retaliation for import taxes announced by President Trump on Wednesday. |
| 0:29.2 | Syria's only female minister has told the BBC it's very lonely for her in the interim cabinet, |
| 0:34.5 | but then more women will take up leadership positions in the country. |
| 0:40.4 | Also in this podcast, the boss of Microsoft Brad Smith explains the crucial component for the rolling out of AI. |
| 0:48.2 | We should make sure that humans not only remain in the loop, but remain the decision makers for the things that are truly |
| 0:55.4 | consequential in people's lives. |
| 1:03.2 | In South Korea, Seoul's Constitutional Court has voted to uphold the impeachment of President |
| 1:09.0 | Yun Sung-Yal, four months after he invoked martial law |
| 1:12.5 | and kicked off the worst political crisis in the country for decades. |
| 1:17.1 | Now, with the former leader leaving power, the country will hold fresh elections, as Katie Watson |
| 1:21.9 | reports from so. |
| 1:37.8 | A unanimous decision by the court and a unanimous cheer from Mr. Youan's opponents, some of whom had been waiting hours to hear these words. |
| 1:41.9 | They wanted to be here for what they saw as a historic day. |
| 1:46.0 | I slept on this place from yesterday. I just slept on the ground for this to watch this happening. |
| 1:51.0 | I don't know how to explain this in any language. |
| 1:57.0 | I think I should say I'm overwhelmed. |
| 2:00.0 | South Korea is a symbol of hope. This is such an exciting. I think I should say I'm overwhelmed. |
| 2:03.5 | South Korea is a symbol of hope. |
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