Reporter Zhao Enting.
According to the latest poll by the polling agency "Gallup Korea", South Korea's approval rating for Yoon Suk-yeol fell to 31%, while the disapproval rate rose to 62%. Since taking office in May last year, Yoon's approval rating fell below 40 percent for the first time in July last year, fell to 24 percent in August-September, and has hovered around 30 percent this year. In addition to the failure of economic and people's livelihood policies to be widely recognized by the people, Yoon Suk-yeol ** has recently carried out a large-scale reshuffle, and even the National Intelligence Service has also broken out a high-level personnel management controversy, and even the recent state visit to the Netherlands has attracted the Netherlands *** due to excessive requirements for protocol and security
Yoon Suk-yeol (data map).
The National Intelligence Agency was exposed to infighting].
As early as November 26, on the day Yoon Suk-yeol returned home from a visit to Britain and France, he encountered cabinet turmoil - the collective resignation of the leaders of South Korea's National Intelligence Service. Kim Kyu-hyun, then director of the National Intelligence Service of South Korea, Kwon-thaek of the first time, and Kim Su-yeon, the second of them, submitted their resignations and were approved by Yoon Suk-yeol. According to South Korea, Yoon Suk-yeol dismissed the three because he was dissatisfied with the personnel management controversy of the National Intelligence Service.
After the resignation of the National Intelligence Service, South Korea's top security and intelligence agency, Yoon Suk-yeol quickly appointed former diplomat Hong Chang-won and former National Intelligence Agency Hwang Won-jin as the National Intelligence Agency.
1. During the vacancy of the second president, Hong Changyuan will be responsible for the leadership of the National Intelligence Institute. The change of leadership without yet the determination of the dean highlights the severity of the infighting in the National Affairs Institute.
According to South Korea's "Jingxiang News", in October last year, Cho Sang-jun, then head of the planning and management office of the National Intelligence Agency, suddenly resigned, and Cho Sang-jun, a prosecutor-turned-prosecutor, was a close confidant of Yoon Suk-yeol. South Korea's "East Asia" reported that the decision to adjust the personnel of seven senior ** members of the National Intelligence Agency was canceled within a week, and the incident was revealed to be related to the controversy caused by Kim Kyu-hyun's cronies' excessive involvement in personnel management. South Korea's ** report said that Kim Kyu-hyun has been at odds with Kwon Chun-taek, and the latter's chosen secretary was replaced by Kim Kyu-hyun's cronies.
On December 4, Kim Dae-ki, head of the South Korean ** Secretariat, announced the cabinet reshuffle plan, and Choi Sang-mo, the current chief secretary of the economy of the ** government, was nominated by Yoon Suk-yeol as vice prime minister and minister of strategy and finance, expecting him to fundamentally improve the South Korean economy, including stabilizing prices and stabilizing employment.
At the same time, Yoon Suk-yeol also nominated Song Mi-ryung, a former senior research member of the Korea Rural Economic Research Institute, as the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry, Animal Husbandry and Food, Park Jun-woo, former president of the Korea Land and Housing Corporation, as the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport, and Kang Tu-hyung, president of the Korea Academy of Marine Science and Technology, as the Minister of Oceans and Fisheries, and nominated Oh Kyo-so, the second minister (vice minister), as the minister of small and medium-sized venture enterprises, and Kang Jung-ae, the former president of Sookmyung Women's University in South Korea, as the minister of national newspapers.
Under South Korean law, all cabinet nominees are subject to a hearing in the National Assembly. With the exception of the Prime Minister, nominees can be appointed with or without the approval of the National Assembly. Yonhap News Agency pointed out that except for the nominee for the Minister of National Newspaper, the other five are all candidates for the head of the economy-related departments, showing that Yoon Suk-yeol has prioritized policy consistency and communication within the economic team.
Yoon Suk-yeol and his wife Kim Keon-hee.
On the 19th, the vacant position of president of the National Intelligence Institute was selected. On the same day, Yoon Suk-yeol nominated Cho Tae-yong, the current director of the National Security Office, as the president of the National Intelligence Agency, and at the same time nominated Cho Dui-yeol, the former second official and former permanent representative to the United Nations, as the chief officer. According to reports, the current foreign minister, Park Jin, may be interested in running for parliament next year. Under South Korean law, civil servants are required to resign from public office at least 90 days before election day.
Park's resignation may also be related to a recent visit to the Netherlands that led to a dispute over protocol and security. From December 11 to 14, Yoon Suk-yeol paid a state visit to the Netherlands, which was the first state visit to the Netherlands by South Korea since the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries in 1961. However, South Korea's "** exclusively broke the news on the 14th that before Yoon Suk-yeol's visit to the Netherlands, the Netherlands summoned South Korean Ambassador to the Netherlands Choi Xin-chan to make excessive demands on the South Korean side in protocol and security work.
The report quoted sources as saying that the South Korean side had asked the Dutch side to provide information such as the size of the elevator at the visit site on the grounds of security needs. The Dutch side has repeatedly coordinated with the ROK side through diplomatic channels on some unacceptable demands, but the ROK has not changed its position.
In September last year, Yoon Suk-yeol had a brief conversation with U.S. ** Biden at a meeting while attending the United Nations General Assembly in New York.
Domestic and foreign affairs are constantly controversial].
This is not the first time South Korean diplomacy has sparked controversy. In September last year, when Yoon Suk-yeol went to New York to attend the United Nations General Assembly, he met with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida for less than half an hourYoon Suk-yeol and U.S.** Biden chatted for just 48 seconds between attending a meeting.
What is even more shocking is that at that time, Yoon Suk-yeol made expletive remarks in front of Foreign Minister Park Jin and others to belittle the US Congress, and these words were recorded by the cameras of reporters at the scene. In this regard, the Democratic Party of Korea, the largest opposition party in South Korea, violently criticized Yoon Suk-yeol's visit as "neither purposeful nor fruitful, only a diplomatic tragedy that disgraces the international community." That month, the Democratic Party of Korea pushed for the passage of a bill against Park Jin in the National Assembly, but was vetoed by Yoon Suk-yeol.
At the end of October last year, Itaewon *** died in Seoul, South Korea, causing serious casualties. However, Yoon Suk-yeol**'s investigation into the incident did not satisfy the opposition parties and the public, and in February this year, the Democratic Party of Korea (DPK) again pushed through the bill against Minister of Public Administration and Security Lee Sang-min in the National Assembly. However, the case was dismissed by the Constitutional Court of South Korea in July.
In September this year, South Korean Prime Minister Han Deok-so was defeated by the Democratic Party's dominant parliament, which was the first time that the South Korean parliament passed the prime minister's bill, one of the reasons was the ineffective handling of Itaewon. However, the ** case was once again vetoed by Yoon Suk-yeol. In addition, Yoon Suk-yeol did not participate in the memorial event for the first anniversary of Itaewon's death on the grounds that the opposition party participated in the event.
Yoon Suk-yeol has visited 16 times in the 19 months since he came to power, the most in the same period in South Korea's history. The latest polls show that Yoon's approval rating fell to 31 percent and his disapproval rating rose to 62 percent, mainly due to his unrecognized performance in the economy, people's livelihood, and price suppression**, as well as his weak diplomatic performance.
This is a photo taken on November 5 at Deoksugung Palace in Seoul, South Korea.
According to data released by Statistics Korea earlier this month, South Korea's consumer consumption index (CPI) in November was 3 year-on-year3%, which has been above 3% for 4 consecutive months. Among them, agricultural products **year-on-year**136%, the largest increase since May 2021. In addition, residential electricity and gas were 14 year-on-year0% and 56%。According to the poll, 56 percent of respondents expect South Korea's economy to "deteriorate" next year.
Last year, South Korea ran a deficit of $47.8 billion for the first time in nearly 14 years. In the first 11 months of this year, there was still a deficit of $14.5 billion. The Bank of Korea's revised economic outlook report released at the end of November said that it maintained its economic growth forecast of 1 this year4% unchanged, but the economic growth forecast for next year was lowered by 01 percentage point to 21%。
South Korea's "East Asia**" reported that low fertility and aging are becoming important factors hindering economic growth. South Korea had 24 births last year90,000, and the total fertility rate (the average number of children per woman of childbearing age) is 078, both of which were the lowest on record. The total fertility rate fell to 0 in the first three quarters of this year7, well below the 2 needed to ensure that the country's population stabilizes at 50 million1。
The aging trend and the continued low birth rate have led to a decline in the number of young people in South Korea, which is expected to fall to half of its 2020 level in 2050, according to data released by Statistics Korea at the end of last month.
The Bank of Korea released a report earlier this month saying that South Korea's economy will fall into negative growth in 2050 if effective measures are not taken to boost the sluggish fertility rate. According to expert analysis, South Korea's economy has lost its vitality and has begun to enter a "contraction economy".
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