EP99: Yoon Suk Yeol

Yoon Suk Yeol has been the President of South Korea since May 2022. A public prosecutor until two years ago, Yoon won the Presidency on a knife-edge, having thrown in his lot with the "New Right", a pro-American, capitalist faction which rails against the cultural liberalism espoused by Korean progressives. His election suggests a degree of cultural polarisation, but debates over economic policy since Yoon took office has been relatively narrow and non-polarised. This is perhaps an indic...