The World from PRX

South Korea trial could remove President Yoon Suk Yeol from office

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49:07

South Korean police officers stand in front of the Constitutional Court in Seoul, South Korea, Jan. 14, 2025.

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A trial is underway this week in South Korea’s Constitutional Court that could remove the country’s president from office. Also, Mexico sends a team of firefighters to California to help battle the wildfires that have devastated parts of Los Angeles. And, the trip in fishing boats from Morocco’s western Atlantic coast to Spain’s Canary Islands is just the final leg of a long, harrowing trip that can last for years. Plus, Village Hydroponics in Vermont grows and shares food, for free, with people displaced from their home countries.

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In This Episode

‘Angst in the air’: South Koreans demonstrate for and against impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol
Special Coverage
5:17
NATO launches new mission to protect undersea cables
3:59
Mexicans and Mexican Americans fight fires and support community in fire-ravaged LA
3:56
The UK wants to become an AI superpower
4:16
Vermont shipping container farm grows vegetables for immigrant communities
3:50
Migrants are increasingly taking dangerous boat journeys to reach Europe
Special Coverage
5:53
Women in combat: a global perspective
6:08
Russia is offering higher pay to lure more military recruits
Special Coverage
4:35
Britain’s first legal drug use room opens
5:04
Workers die after months in illegal South African mines
0:41
Trove of scores by trailblazing composer lost in LA fires
2:15