South Korea President Disputes Translations of Hot Mic Insult
- Comments didn’t reference Biden, Congress, spokeswoman says
- US, South Korea at odds over new electric vehicle subsidies
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President Yoon Suk Yeol’s office disputed translations of remarks by the South Korean leader widely interpreted as an insult to the US Congress, as he faced growing calls at home to apologize.
Yoon was overheard insulting American lawmakers, after briefly meeting President Joe Biden in New York to discuss issues including US electric-vehicle subsidies that South Korea wants to change. “What an embarrassment for Biden, if these idiots refuse to grant it in Congress,” video broadcast on South Korean television showed Yoon telling his foreign minister.