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Yoon vs doctors: scapegoating works every time
What should President Yoon do to improve his dismal approval rating? A noble man君子 would seek for a reform. Fortunately, there is—and will ever be—no shortage of issues that are of national urgency: um, how about improving corporate governance and shareholder value? That’s what delivered Japanese stock market from its decades-long gloom, they say. No…
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Yoon handed his Brutus a dagger and he’s ready to wield it
President Yoon doesn’t cling to approval ratings. He has repeatedly said so, and even his administration seems indifferent (or incapable) in trying to improve it. His ratings have been stagnating around 30% for the most part of his term in the office. One way to look at his peculiar stance on approval ratings is that…
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Downward momentum of Lee’s Minjoo party
Lee has a much smaller pool of people for his designated hitter for the next election.
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Yoon Seok-yeol: who he actually is and what awaits him in the April election
Past twelve months have revealed much more about who he actually is as a politician. And it’s not good.
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The gangster who sent $8m in cash to North Korea
Lax regulations and the lack of scrutiny have made the South Korean financial market a hotbed for fraud and corruption.
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