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Eugene

(61,592 posts)
Fri Sep 23, 2022, 11:51 PM Sep 2022

South Korea president criticised over gaffes at Queen's funeral and UN

Also: Hot Mic Busts South Korean President Calling U.S. Lawmakers ‘Idiots’ (Daily Beast)

Related: South Korean president overheard insulting U.S. Congress as ‘idiots’ (Washington Post)

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Source: The Guardian and agencies

South Korea president criticised over gaffes at Queen’s funeral and UN

Yoon Suk-yeol accused of discourtesy in London and of swearing after chat to Joe Biden

Justin McCurry in Osaka and agencies
Fri 23 Sep 2022 10.18 BST
Last modified on Fri 23 Sep 2022 19.06 BST

South Korea’s president has been accused of causing a “diplomatic disaster” after his first major international trip, to the Queen’s funeral and the UN general assembly, was marred by alleged discourtesy and an expletive directed at members of the US congress.

Yoon Suk-yeol, a conservative who was already battling low approval ratings only months after taking office, drew criticism from across the South Korean political spectrum after he failed to attend the Queen’s lying in state despite traveling to London.

On Wednesday, he was then caught swearing after a chat with Joe Biden on the sidelines of the UN general assembly that reportedly lasted less than a minute.

Speaking as he left an event in New York, Yoon was caught by a “hot” microphone saying to aides: “How could Biden not lose face if these fuckers do not pass it in Congress?” – apparently in reference to Biden’s push to increase the US contribution to the Global Fund to Fight Aids, Tuberculosis and Malaria, which would require congressional approval.

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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/sep/23/south-korea-president-criticised-over-gaffes-at-queens-funeral-and-un-yoon-suk-yeol

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Source: Daily Beast

IS THIS THING ON?

Hot Mic Busts South Korean President Calling U.S. Lawmakers ‘Idiots’

Dan Ladden-Hall
News Correspondent
Published Sep. 23, 2022 9:33AM ET

South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol gave a disaster-class in diplomacy Wednesday when a hot mic caught him calling U.S. lawmakers “idiots.” Yoon made the comment after meeting with President Joe Biden at the Global Fund’s Seventh Replenishment Conference in New York City, where Biden committed $6 billion from the U.S. to support the public health campaign. The funding, which requires congressional sign-off, would go toward tackling global health issues including AIDS and malaria. “It would be so humiliating for Biden if these idiots don’t pass it in Congress,” Yoon was heard saying to aides as they departed the event. Yoon’s spokesperson later said that he didn’t actually say “Biden,” instead using a similar sounding Korean word, claiming that he was referring to South Korea’s parliament instead of the U.S. Congress.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/hot-mic-busts-south-korean-president-yoon-suk-yeol-calling-us-lawmakers-idiots-after-meeting-with-biden

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South Korea president criticised over gaffes at Queen's funeral and UN (Original Post) Eugene Sep 2022 OP
OYE! elleng Sep 2022 #1
I guess a state visit and dinner will be off at the waffle house Historic NY Sep 2022 #2
This message was self-deleted by its author soryang Sep 2022 #3

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