China announced that it would cut off supplies to South Korea, and within 24 hours, Yoon Suk-yeol changed six ministers in one go
South Korea has faced a serious economic blow from China in recent days after China abruptly announced that it would cut off urea to South Korea**. After this news broke, South Korea** and the industry were in a state of tension and anxiety. According to reports, within 24 hours of the outbreak of this crisis, Yoon Suk-yeol** began to carry out cabinet rectification, quickly replacing six ministers. This shows that the current predicament facing South Korea is very serious.
It is reported that China has suspended the customs clearance process for South Korea's automotive urea solution, which has put South Korea's ** and the industry in a difficult situation. Of particular concern is the fact that South Korea's current stockpile of urea solution is only enough to last for three months. This sudden economic pressure has had a severe impact on South Korea, forcing Yoon Suk-yeol** to take emergency measures to defuse the crisis.
Not only that, but this is not the first time South Korea has been hit by China's suspension of urea exports. In the past two years, China has cut off its export of urea to South Korea, causing South Korea's logistics to be nearly paralyzed. It is worth noting that there are up to 976% is imported from China, so South Korea is almost entirely dependent on China for urea. This makes China's move a considerable shock to South Korea.
Despite this, South Korea has confirmed to the Chinese side through various channels that China's suspension of urea exports to South Korea is not for political reasons, but to prioritize ensuring domestic stability. Subsequently, the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy, the Ministry of Strategy and Finance and other leading institutions quickly held an emergency meeting to discuss strategies to deal with the urea problem.
However, in a short period of time, it will be almost impossible for South Korea to find urea ** outside of China. At present, China is not only the world's largest producer and exporter of urea, but also South Korea has a huge demand for automotive urea, and it is difficult for other countries to fill the gap caused by China.
So the only solution for South Korea now seems to be to hope for Chinese assistance. To this end, Yoon Suk-yeol has proposed to the relevant Chinese industrial departments to launch a dialogue channel on the ** chain, and it is expected that China and South Korea will carry out dialogue and consultation within this month.
It is worth noting that just 24 hours after China announced the cut off of urea supply, Yoon Suk-yeol** began a large-scale cabinet reshuffle. This rectification involves the change of the heads of six departments. It is reported that the leaders of the six ministries, including the vice prime minister and minister of strategy and finance, the ministry of land, infrastructure, transport and tourism, and the ministry of agriculture, food, livestock, and food, have all been replaced within a short period of time.
Yoon Suk-yeol plans to make another cabinet reshuffle before the end of the year. At this moment, there are at least two important reasons why Yoon Suk-yeol is undergoing a broad cabinet reshuffle. First of all, in order to prepare in advance for next year's election of members of Congress. Since Yoon Suk-yeol took office, his cabinet's approval ratings have been declining. According to the latest poll results, Yoon Suk-yeol's praise rating for his political performance is only 376%, a decrease of 05%。
Given this trend, next year's congressional elections could face a difficult situation. As a result, Yoon Suk-yeol is trying to regain support by making a broad cabinet change in preparation for the upcoming parliamentary elections. Second, to deal with the country's domestic economic problems. At present, South Korea is facing multiple problems such as rising inflation, slowing economic growth, and challenges to the ** chain.
Under these circumstances, Yoon Suk-yeol has stabilized the management organization through a cabinet reshuffle, and all the ministries that have been reshuffled this time are closely related to the economy, except for the Ministry of National Newspapers and Honors. Although this move does not really solve South Korea's economic problems, it can also be seen as a response to the South Korean people.
However, there are many negative voices in South Korea about Yoon Suk-yeol's reshuffle. South Korea's largest opposition party, the Democratic Party of Korea, harshly criticized Yoon Suk-yeol for rushing to reshuffle just to fill vacancies in the National Assembly election. Kwon Qi-seung, the chief spokesman of the Democratic Party of Korea, accused Yoon Suk-yeol of re-appointing the person involved in the Park Geun-hye scandal in this reshuffle, and questioned whether he could not find anyone else available
It can be seen that Yoon Suk-yeol is currently facing a rather difficult situation, especially in the economic aspect. It is clear that it is difficult to really solve the problem through a cabinet reshuffle alone. In the future, South Korea** may make some adjustments in its foreign policy, especially the need to ease relations with China at this critical moment.
Of course, the current situation is also caused by Yoon Suk-yeol himself. Since taking office, Yoon has focused much of his attention on currying favor with the United States, Japan and other countries, while ignoring the real thorny issues within South Korea. It is precisely because of Yoon's foreign policy imbalance that it may limit South Korea's future development. If Yoon Suk-yeol continues to ignore reality in this regard, South Korea may continue to suffer even greater losses.