South Korean president declares martial law, but it doesn’t last long

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🗓️ 3 December 2024

⏱️ 50 minutes

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South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol issued a surprise televised announcement overnight imposing martial law, saying "North Korean forces" needed to be eradicated. Lawmakers quickly acted to cancel the emergency declaration, but the bitter political divide in the country remains unresolved. Also, a coalition of rebel forces in Syria is continuing its advance after capturing Aleppo, making its way through towns and villages toward the central city of Hama. And, a court in Vietnam upholds the death penalty for property tycoon Truong My Lan following her April conviction for embezzlement and bribery amounting to $12.5 billion. Plus, an aging population across Japan is redefining what it means to work.

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0:00.0	The president of South Korea imposed martial law on his country.
0:11.6	The backlash came quickly.
0:14.1	I'm Carolyn Beeler.
0:15.3	And I'm Marco Wurman.
0:16.4	Today, the latest news out of Seoul on this emergency measure.
0:19.6	Also in Syria, anti-government groups came
0:21.8	together to capture Aleppo. They have one thing in common. All of these rebel groups are just
0:26.3	overjoyed that they're finally getting the upper hand over Assad for so many years, and they're
0:30.8	all going after the regime as best they can. And the global spread of the virus known as
0:35.8	bird flu has experts worried. H5N1 is something that's on the radar screen of the virus known as bird flu has experts worried.
0:37.9	H5N1 is something that's on the radar screen of a lot of public health officials because
0:43.3	it's doing something we haven't seen before, which is to spread between mammals.
0:48.6	And black ice cream, elado negro and his blue collar music.
0:52.5	That's all ahead today on The World.
0:57.3	This is The World. I'm Carolyn Beeler.
1:00.3	And I'm Marco Wurman. Thank you for joining us today.
1:03.0	We begin the program in South Korea where President Yun Sakhjol issued a late-night announcement imposing martial law on the country.
1:10.7	Yun said he had no choice but to declare an emergency in order to protect South Korea
1:15.2	from, quote, pro-North Korean and anti-state forces. The announcement sparked an immediate response
1:21.7	with protesters showing up outside the National Assembly Building in the Capitol, Seoul.
1:26.4	The world's Matthew Bell reports.
1:28.5	In the middle of the night, local time in South Korea,
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