South Korea's martial law crisis

韩国的戒严危机

Learning English from the News

语言学习

2024-12-04

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South Korea's president is facing a political crisis after failing to impose martial law. Beth and Phil teach you vocabulary from news headlines about this story. SUBTITLES AND WORKSHEET Find full subtitles and a worksheet for this episode at: https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/features/learning-english-from-the-news_2024/2411204 FIND BBC LEARNING ENGLISH HERE: Visit our website ✔️ https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish Follow us ✔️ https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/followus LIKE PODCASTS? Try some of our other popular podcasts including: ✔️ 6 Minute English ✔️ Learning English for Work ✔️ Learning English Stories

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  • From BBC Learning English this is Learning English from the News, Our podcast About the News headlines.

  • In this Program Political Crisis in South Korea.

  • Hello, I'm Phil.

  • And I'm Beth.

  • In this program, we look at one big news story and the vocabulary in the headlines that will help you understand it.

  • You can find all the vocabulary and headlines from this episode, as well as a worksheet on our website, bbclearningenglish.com so.

  • Let'S hear more about this story.

  • South Korea's President Yun Seung Yul declared martial law, asking the armed forces to suspend normal democratic freedoms.

  • For example, being able to protest, Yun.

  • Said martial law was needed because of threats from North Korea.

  • But critics say Yun wanted to use martial law as a response to scandals and problems he faces.

  • The armed forces were unable to stop national assembly members voting against this measure.

  • Facing opposition, President Yun ended the state of martial law just hours after it had been declared.

  • President Yun is now facing calls to resign, and the opposition has launched an attempt to impeach him.

  • To impeach is to formally accuse a senior official, like a president, of committing a serious crime.

  • It can lead to the removal of that person from power.

  • Our first headline is talking about the situation at the time of recording political.