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WSJ What’s News

Turmoil in Seoul: What We Know

WSJ What’s News

The Wall Street Journal

News, Daily News

4.14.2K Ratings

🗓️ 4 December 2024

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

A.M. Edition for Dec. 4. A day after declaring martial law, South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol is facing the prospect of impeachment. The WSJ’s Timothy Martin helps us make sense of a historic 24 hours. Plus, with Donald Trump’s choice of Pete Hegseth to run the Pentagon facing mounting scrutiny, the president-elect mulls replacing him with Gov. Ron DeSantis. And Marine Le Pen prepares to square off with France’s government and markets in a no-confidence vote today. Luke Vargas hosts. Sign up for the WSJ’s free What’s News newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Donald Trump weighs a shakeup in his pick to run the Pentagon as Pete Hegseth faces scrutiny in Washington.

0:41.0

Plus, the latest from South Korea after a tumultuous 24 hours for the country's politics.

0:47.3

Most people you would encounter in South Korea have painful memories of the era of militarized rule.

0:52.4

So to see a modern president attempt something that seemed to be a

0:56.2

relic of the past was quite shocking to many South Koreans and angered many of them. And France's

1:01.8

government faces a no-confidence vote spurred by a budget showdown. It's Wednesday, December 4th.

1:08.4

I'm Luke Vargas for the Wall Street Journal, and here is the AM edition

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of What's News, the top headlines and business stories moving your world today.

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We are exclusively reporting that Donald Trump is considering Florida Governor Ron DeSantis

1:24.6

as his pick to run the Pentagon, possibly replacing his current nominee,

1:29.9

former Fox News host Pete Hegseth. Republican senators are concerned over mounting sexual assault

1:36.3

and other allegations that Hegseth is facing, and while none have publicly said they would

1:41.6

oppose him, they have warned him that he'd face a grilling

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