Recently elected President Yoon Seok-youl faces a credibility crisis over his arrogance and nepotism. He must change.


Hyung-A Kim is Honorary Associate Professor at the Australian National University. She is the author of the Korean Skilled Workers: Towards A Labor A... ristocracy, 2020.
Recently elected President Yoon Seok-youl faces a credibility crisis over his arrogance and nepotism. He must change.

Neither of the front-runners in the race has won public trust that he can resolve South Korea’s many problems.
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President Moon and his party should see the results of the Seoul and Busan mayoral by-elections as a warning sign.

And Koreans are taking notice.
