< span class = "section-news" > 1. US President Joe Biden announced an amnesty for his son Hunter Biden on December 1. Biden has repeatedly said that he will not use executive power to pardon his son or mitigate his punishment. Trump called Biden's pardon decision an "abuse of justice". < br > < span class = "section-news" > 2. South Korean President Yin Xiyue issued an emergency martial law on the evening of December 3. Opposition leader Lee Jae-ming said that Yin Xiyue's declaration of martial law violated the constitution. At 5 am on the 4th, the South Korean National Assembly passed a resolution to lift the emergency martial law. Yin Xiyue faced the crisis of quitting the party, impeachment and stepping down. < br > < span class = "section-news" > 3. French Prime Minister Barnier forcibly passed the 2025 budget without a vote. French lawmakers will vote on a no-confidence motion at 4 pm local time (23:00 Beijing time) on Wednesday. The Barnier government may become the first French government to be forced to step down due to a no-confidence vote since 1962. < br > < span class = "section-news" > 4. German Chancellor Scholz announced on November 6 that he would dismiss Finance Minister Lindner, who led the Liberal Democrats to withdraw from the current coalition government. This means that Scholz's Social Democratic Party, the "traffic light" ruling coalition formed by the Liberal Democrats and the Greens collapsed, and the government was reduced to a minority in the Bundestag (the lower house of parliament).