Mickey Bristow

They could get them off their hands and send them abroad. So a real patchwork of terrible things happening to these children.

They could get them off their hands and send them abroad. So a real patchwork of terrible things happening to these children.

Well, the commission itself believes that the government should apologize and bring in some kind of compensation for all those people who have been found to have been treated poorly. The adoptees themselves, some have welcomed this report. Others say it doesn't go far enough. The government hasn't responded officially yet. But I think this is going to just be the start of this.

Well, the commission itself believes that the government should apologize and bring in some kind of compensation for all those people who have been found to have been treated poorly. The adoptees themselves, some have welcomed this report. Others say it doesn't go far enough. The government hasn't responded officially yet. But I think this is going to just be the start of this.

As I suggested before, only a fraction of cases have been investigated yet. This ruling will probably lead to a lot of private prosecutions and a lot of unearthing of this past, which the chairperson of this committee said is a shameful episode really in South Korea's history.

As I suggested before, only a fraction of cases have been investigated yet. This ruling will probably lead to a lot of private prosecutions and a lot of unearthing of this past, which the chairperson of this committee said is a shameful episode really in South Korea's history.

The announcement was made after six flowers appeared on the cherry tree at the Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo that's used as the guide to the start of the season. Visitors at the tourist attraction broke out in applause when the news came. a blossom arrived exactly on schedule this year.

The announcement was made after six flowers appeared on the cherry tree at the Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo that's used as the guide to the start of the season. Visitors at the tourist attraction broke out in applause when the news came. a blossom arrived exactly on schedule this year.

The date of its appearance has been recorded for hundreds of years and can be used to measure how the world is warming. But for most people in Japan, the white and pink flowers are simply something to enjoy.

The date of its appearance has been recorded for hundreds of years and can be used to measure how the world is warming. But for most people in Japan, the white and pink flowers are simply something to enjoy.

There's a lot of complications to this story. Essentially, it began back in December when the President Yoon Sung-yeol had declared martial law. He tried to declare martial law. He was impeached, removed from office a week later. and into the breach stepped Han Duk Su. He became acting president. He was the prime minister, became acting president.

There's a lot of complications to this story. Essentially, it began back in December when the President Yoon Sung-yeol had declared martial law. He tried to declare martial law. He was impeached, removed from office a week later. and into the breach stepped Han Duk Su. He became acting president. He was the prime minister, became acting president.

But then he too was removed from office, impeached by the National Assembly. And so a third politician had to step into the role as acting president. What the constitutional court has done today is to say that Mr. Han should not have been removed from office as acting president, and they've reinstated him. So he's gone straight back to the office, resumed duties, as you heard there.

But then he too was removed from office, impeached by the National Assembly. And so a third politician had to step into the role as acting president. What the constitutional court has done today is to say that Mr. Han should not have been removed from office as acting president, and they've reinstated him. So he's gone straight back to the office, resumed duties, as you heard there.

He thanked the judges. So still a lot of change, still a lot of upheaval. We've got an acting president back in office in the shape of Mr. Han.

He thanked the judges. So still a lot of change, still a lot of upheaval. We've got an acting president back in office in the shape of Mr. Han.

Yeah, this court ruling today is essentially a sideshow, a minor event compared to the big event, which is the constitutional court's decision on whether to endorse the impeachment of the president, Yoon Suk-yool, for declaring martial law. It was possible that today's ruling could have indicated which way the judges were thinking.

Yeah, this court ruling today is essentially a sideshow, a minor event compared to the big event, which is the constitutional court's decision on whether to endorse the impeachment of the president, Yoon Suk-yool, for declaring martial law. It was possible that today's ruling could have indicated which way the judges were thinking.

But in actual fact, what they did, they were looking narrowly at whether Mr. Han, the acting president, had been involved in in martial law. They decided that he had nothing to do with that. So essentially, it doesn't really give as much of an indication of how they're going to rule in the bigger decision on Mr. Yoon's impeachment. Now that's expected. Well, it was expected already.

But in actual fact, what they did, they were looking narrowly at whether Mr. Han, the acting president, had been involved in in martial law. They decided that he had nothing to do with that. So essentially, it doesn't really give as much of an indication of how they're going to rule in the bigger decision on Mr. Yoon's impeachment. Now that's expected. Well, it was expected already.