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A Humbled Yoon Must Future-Proof Seoul’s Alliances
The South Korean president suffered a damaging loss in elections, but it must not lead to more whiplash foreign policy.
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South Korea’s parliamentary elections are not a referendum on the foreign policy of President Yoon Suk Yeol. Indeed, foreign policy barely ranks on the list of voters concerns, which was dominated by familiar themes of inflation, housing and the economy.
The public is well within their rights to give Yoon a black eye, such is dissatisfaction with issues including the handling of the ongoing doctors’ strike — not to mention the aloofness of the first couple that has made green onions and Dior handbags part of the national conversation.