Tag: Yoon Seok-yeol

2024 Election: 20-inch nails in Korean democracy’s coffin

This year's ballot paper for proportional representation is more than 51cm (20 inch) long.

In this year’s election, a total of 59 parties are asking for a vote. Does the biggest-ever number suggest the height of South Korean democracy? I’m a bit skeptical. How many of them are really serious? I took a count of the number of leaflets included in the official election packet sent by the election…

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…

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…