Posted : 2021-04-08 07:47
President Moon Jae-in / Yonhap
Voters frustration and rage towards the Moon Jae-in administration s policy missteps, particularly blunders in trying to curb skyrocketing housing prices, were heard loud and clear in Wednesday s by-elections results in both Seoul and Busan.
And as the mayoral elections, especially in Seoul, which is home to nearly 10 million of the country s total 52 million population, are seen as harbingers of public opinion ahead of next year s presidential election, the result is expected to speed up the onset of lame duck status for President Moon in his final year in office.
For the time being, Cheong Wa Dae will undoubtedly reflect on its key policies. Moon is expected to face increased pressure to veer away from some key initiatives, including the signature policy drive to improve inter-Korean ties and pave the way for lasting peace on the Korean Peninsula.
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South Korea s ex-prosecutor climbs in presidential poll after resignation
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Former Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-youl ranked No. 1 in a South Korean presidential poll that showed Yoon leading over potential rivals. Yoon has not made a formal campaign announcement. File Photo by Yonhap/EPA-EFE
March 8 (UPI) A former South Korean prosecutor who abruptly resigned last week is soaring in a local poll ahead of a presidential election in 2022.
Yoon Seok-youl, who was appointed to the top position in 2019 by President Moon Jae-in, polled above potential rivals in a Korea Society Opinion Institute survey conducted nationwide on Friday, News 1 reported Monday.
Stars critical of gov t asked to shut up
Posted : 2021-02-02 14:18
By Kang Hyun-kyung
Two stars have suffered the consequences of their political views critical of the Moon Jae-in administration: One lost his job and the other was criticized by some supporters of Moon.
Singer JK Kim Dong-uk, best known for his 2002 mega hit song Life Sentence, was recently let go by the Ulsan-based broadcasting company UBC. For the past 10 years, he had been the MC of UBC s evening music show, Open Art Stage Dran, better known by the short name Dran . UBC fired him on Jan. 26, days after he appeared on a YouTube channel run by right-wing journalists.