2024-12-05
49 分钟South Korea has started impeachment proceedings against its President after thwarting a shock move to impose martial law. Presenter Rahul Tandon discusses the economic fallout with Senior Asia correspondent for Bloomberg Rebecca Choong Wilkins who is based in Hong Kong and the President of US based Greenwood Capital Walter Todd who is based in North Carolina in the US. France is facing difficult economic challenges after the government collapses. Prime Minister Michel Barnier leadership was called into question after he used special powers to push through the budget without a vote. We also discuss a social media trend that encourages women to quit their jobs and become stay-at-home wives and girlfriends in Sweden. We look at what this might mean for families in the future.
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Hello and welcome to Business Matters here on the BBC World Service with me, Rahul Tandon.
Sometimes on the program, we sort of take a theme and try and look at it in more detail because that's linked to events that are taking place across the world.
And we're looking at the impact of political instability on economies on the program.
Why?
Well, if you've been listening to the BBC World Service, you'll have heard a lot about what's been taking place in South Korea.
Also, we had on Wednesday the French government losing a no confidence vote.
So their economy now facing a number of challenges.
We could have started the program by looking at either country, but because of the time in Asia, things are developing in South Korea.
So that's the story we're going to begin with.
As always, to guide us through, we have two guests.
We have Rebecca Chung Wilkins, senior Asia correspondent for Bloomberg.
And considering what's been happening in Asia over the last 48 hours, Rebecca, I think that trip to Latin America may feel like a distant dream.
Yeah, it feels a very long time away.
I'm just sort of trying to keep my head above water.
Things developing so quickly here now.
They really are.