You're listening to the Globalist, first broadcast on 22 January 2025 on Monocle Radio.
The Globalist in association with UBS live from Zurich.
This is Globalist.
I'm Andrew Muller.
Coming up, supporters of President Yoon Suk Yeol of South Korea lend their support as their man begins explaining himself to a court.
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ambassador to Ukraine as Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy pleads once again for greater European resolve.
We'll find out what a change in US Administration looks like from the perspective of the intelligence services.
Plus, we'll take a look at the how the World Economic Forum is seen from Asia and we'll review the morning papers out of the UK and Switzerland.
All that and more coming up on the Globalist, live from Zur.
But first, a look at what else is happening in the news.
Dozens of people are reported dead in a fire at a hotel in the Turkish ski resort of Bolu.
Israel's senior most soldier resigns over security failures ahead of the hamas attack of October 7, 2023.
And US President Donald Trump threatens tariffs on goods from China, Mexico and Canada.
Stay tuned to Monocle Radio throughout the day for more on those stories.
But now in South Korea, a is being made to answer for his attempt to overthrow the constitutional order to his own advantage.
Imagine that President Yoon Suk Yeol has made his first appearance before the Constitutional Court, which, following Yoon's impeachment by Parliament, is deciding whether or not to remove him from office.
A separate criminal investigation is pending on possible charges of leading an insurrection.