President Yoon Suk Yeol and Han Dong-hoon, the interim leader of the ruling People Power Party (PPP), share a short-term goal: winning the April 10 general elections. If people share a goal, they have less reason to fight. But some do, particularly when their ideas on how to achieve it are poles apart and both are so hardheaded that neither side is ready to make concessions. When their ideas have little in common, it’s tough to narrow their differences.
First lady Kim Keon Hee’s alleged acceptance of a designer handbag from a Korean American pastor in September 2022, caught on spy cam, has become something the presidential office must address. The pastor, Choi Jae-young, conspired with a YouTube channel called Voice of Seoul to film his meeting with Kim using a camera on his watch, without informing Kim that she was being filmed. Choi said in a press conferenc.