South Korea’s President faces uncertain future after his attempt to impose martial law

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  Hello and welcome to Business Matters here on the BBC World Service with me, Rahul Tandon.

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  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.

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  And we're looking at the impact of political instability on economies on the program.

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  Why?

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  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.

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  Also, we had on Wednesday the French government losing a no confidence vote.

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  So their economy now facing a number of challenges.

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  We could have started the program by looking at either country, but because of the time in Asia, things are developing in South Korea.

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  So that's the story we're going to begin with.

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  As always, to guide us through, we have two guests.

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  We have Rebecca Chung Wilkins, senior Asia correspondent for Bloomberg.

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  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.

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  Yeah, it feels a very long time away.

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  I'm just sort of trying to keep my head above water.

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  Things developing so quickly here now.

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  They really are.

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