Excerpt - "How could Biden not lose damn face if these f****rs do not pass it in Congress?"
Yoon didn't pay respects to Queen Elizabeth II's coffin lying in state even though he went to the UK to go to the funeral. Yoon did not arrange a warm welcome for U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit to South Korea in August.
There was no welcoming delegation for Pelosi when she arrived. No one of similar position to welcome her. And Yoon did not meet her, probably because he is conservative and hates liberals and progressives.
And the media says Yoon is strengthening ties with the US and that the US made new promises to protect Korea.
Korean media also emphasizes Yoon met with Biden and the Japanese Prime Minister and talked about important matters. He met very briefly with Biden and with the Japanese Prime Minister for less than 30 minutes. Making it seem like they had serious discussions.
Media says Yoon is repairing relations with Japan that the previous administration messed up. Japan took unilateral actions against Korean and refused to talk.
How could Yoon blame that on the previous administration? Average Koreans boycotted Japanese products and Japan trips for over a year because Japan abruptly restricted exports of chemicals needed for production of semiconductors to Korea. Tried to negotiate and talk, but Japan was very arrogant. Korea now produces the chemicals locally. LOL
Yoon seems to assume that most Koreans have forgotten this.
Calling the US congress f***kers. Showing Yoon's true colors! Very uncouth.
After over a month of intense media promotion of Yoon with pictures of him holding semiconductor wafers, visiting flooded areas, ordering compensation for flood victims and prevention of floods, and other mundane actions, his approval rating has risen to 32%.
Trying to conduct deals and meet other leaders at a funeral? Very uncouth. Guess who.
I thought Yoon had the lowest ever approval rating for a Korean president after 100 days. I was wrong. It was former conservative president and current convict Lee Myung-bak with 21% (out of prison for health reasons, applied for extension of medical stay)
Yoon is trying to spend government money to help construction of infrastructure for semiconductor plants near Seoul. The government department in charge of planning and budget refused to allocate any funds stating that Samsung and SK Hynix had already planned the project and stepping in now to provide funding assistance would be inappropriate and would only serve to help Samsung and SK Hynix's spend less money on their projects.
Yoon is stated to have lost his temper and ordered his staff to get the funding. Very autocratic, yes? Seems like something Kim Jon-un would do.
The article tries to make it look as if the future of the semiconductor industry is dependent on government funding of $ 2bn over 5 years. Samsung and SK Hynix can afford to pay many tens of billions of dollars.
There's a whole ecosystem for semiconductors. Korea, US also, needs to promote the entire ecosystem. Specialized solvents, wafers, process and production equipment, parts, Korea learned that when Japan restricted exports for specialized solvents used in chip manufacturing. Took a couple of years to develop local production. The other smaller companies and workers involved need help, not so much Samsung and SK Hynix, in my opinion. TSMC, Intel, ARM and others do well without government assistance.
Would the US federal government give $ 2bn to help build infrastructure for an Apple or Tesla plant after the companies had already planned it? Before, maybe as an incentive to get something.
Yoon says Korea's survival depends on chip industry (no concrete plans, just chips are important and I will make plans to promote the industry - 20 September 2022). Tried to push government to pay for infrastructure but still making plans?
Actually, Lee is the one who said why are the developers getting all this profit and got them to pay for parks and other community infrastructure. Conservatives hate him.
They both periodically spout praises and accomplishments of their leaders, Kim Jong-un and President Yoon.
Like SBS News where commentators are criticizing political parties, but interrupt to state Yoon is going abroad and working hard to further Korea's economy and status, and that it isn't right for the ruling conservative party to be in a fight with its suspended party leader.
Yoon is going to Queen Elizabeth's funeral and to speak at the UN. It's a sudden trip and not planned for business deals or economic policies.
First time, I've heard Korean news stating that the president is going abroad to work hard for the economy. Doubt news in other countries report it that way either. Seems to occur in mainly autocratic countries.
Could be investigated by prosecutors for posts like this. LOL.
Inserting news about opposition parties among bad news (deaths, accidents, bad economy, etc.) and news about Yoon and the conservative party among good and pleasant news.
Wonder if this occurs, or will catch on (become popular) in other countries?