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Calls for South Korean president Park Geun-Hye to quit are growing. Mrs Park is accused of being part of a shadowy cult to which she passed classified information forcing major conglomerates to funnel billions of won to foundations run by her friend and former aide. The allegations have come at a bad time for Asia's fourth largest economy which is trying to reassure investors that growth remains on track following a slump in exports. Robert Van Egghen reports.

Tim Evans, professor of Business and Political Economy at Middlesex University is back in the studio discussing Trump-onomics: What will Trump’s economic policies be? The five ways a Donald Trump Presidency could change the world and the Euro founding father, Otmar Issing, warning about the project’s future.

Euromonitor International released their 2016 World Travel Market Global Trends Report earlier this week and to find out what it entailed, Gregor Watt was joined by Paul Nelson of World Travel Market.

Legendary cricketer Sir Vivian Richards captained the West Indies in 50 Test matches from 1984 to 1991. He also had a distinguished career in English county cricket and has been voted one of the five Cricketers of the Century and chosen by Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack as the greatest One Day International batsman of all time.

London hosts the World Travel Market. The annual event brings together tour operators, hotel companies, airlines and tourist boards from around the world to talk about the newest trends and arrange the holidays they will be selling to travellers over the next 12 months. Paul Nelson of World Travel Market will be revealing the latest travel trends. And we will also have legendary cricketer Sir Vivian Richards discussing the importance of sport tourism to Antigua.

Yesterday, we talked about the chances of Donald Trump being able to close the division between voters on different sides of the presidential race. We've since heard about wide spread demonstrations following the result. What is the mood in the US today? Simon was joined by Share Radio's political correspondent, Colin Bloom.

Surveyors have warned of a "dire shortage" of housing in the UK, which is continuing to drive up prices. The warning, from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors comes ahead of a government White Paper on housing supply, expected this month. Rics said that house hunters were returning to the market after the EU referendum in June, but there was not enough property for them to buy. Simon Rose speaks to RICS's chief economist Simon Rubinsohn for more.

Every week The Investment Trust Show - brought to you in association with Henderson Global Investors - provides insight into some of the most interesting and misunderstood features of investment trusts. This week, Share Radio's Ed Bowsher investigates how the fallout from the US presidential election will affect investment trusts. He's joined by Ben Lofthouse, co-Manager of the Henderson International Income Trust, and Kieran Drake, Research Analyst at Winterflood. To delve further into the world of investment trusts, visit the Investment Trust Show audioBoom page: https://audioboom.com/channel/shareradio-investmenttrustshow

Having a career change can be difficult, especially if you're an older woman wanting to break into an industry which has a reputation for discriminating against your demographic. Well that's exactly what Kathy Trevelyan did when she took the plunge and studied at drama school in her 50s. To talk us through the whole process, Kathy joined Georgie on the line.

Today is Equal Pay Day. But why is it important. Well, the 10th November marks the time women are effectively working for free because of earning less on average than men. Equal Pay Day is calculated using the mean full time pay gap, which is currently 13.9%. At the current rate of progress, it will take over 60 years to close the gender pay gap. So from today, all women in full time work are effectively working for free. For more information, Georgie spoke to Jemima Olchawski, Head of Policy at The Fawcett Society.