He is behind the wheel of Asia's fourth largest economy: Who is Yoon Suk-yeol?

Yoon Suk-yeol; He is a South Korean prosecutor and politician and the 13th elected president of South Korea. He served as the 59th chief and 43rd attorney general of the Seoul Central District Attorney's Office. Yoon played a leading role in convicting former president Park Geun-hye of misconduct.

Date of birth: December 18, 1960 - Presidential term began on May 10, 2022.

Yoon Suk-yeol, who was elected President of South Korea in March 2022, promised huge economic support to North Korea on the condition that it is denuclearized on the very first day.

Analysts think Yoon's offer of denuclearization in exchange for economic support will not go unanswered. North Korea, which spends a large part of its national income on armament, has previously rejected similar offers and emphasized that it will not give up its nuclear weapons.

Yoon Suk-yeol (born 18 December 1960) is a South Korean politician, former public prosecutor and lawyer who has been serving as the 13th and current president of South Korea since 2022. Prior to his presidency, he served as prosecutor general of South Korea between 2019 and 2021.

Han Duck Soo is the Prime Minister of the Yoon administration, which will last for 5 years.

Moon Jae-in, the predecessor of Yoon, was instrumental in holding a summit between US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and made efforts to improve relations with North Korea. However, negotiations collapsed in 2019 and diplomatic contact between the two countries has since ceased.

The process that brought Yoon to power

Yoon Suk-yeol entered the world of politics in 2021 and gained popularity with his successful lawsuit against former conservative president Park Geu-hye, who was involved in a large-scale corruption scandal.

Yoon has been compared to former US President Donald Trump, as he frequently broke the pot during the election campaign. For example, he used the term "a good politician" for former president Chun Doo-hwan, who was accused of mass murder of protesters at a demonstration in 1980.

South Korea has one of the worst women's rights records in the developed world. Yoon, on the other hand, pledged to abolish the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family, citing the low birth rate in the country as the rising feminist movement.

Yoon also said he wants to take a tougher stance on China. He expressed his desire to work more closely with the Quadruple Security Dialogue, known as the Quad, between the US, Australia, India and Japan, which aims to keep China's growth and dominance in the region under control.

August 2022

Didn't meet Nancy Pelosi face to face

The evening Pelosi arrived in South Korea, Yoon Suk-yeol was watching a play in northern Seoul, taking selfies, and having dinner with the actors of the comedy about a subway station worker.

The President's office said in a statement that Yoon would not be able to meet with Pelosi in person.

September 2022

He denied the allegation of swearing heard over the open microphone during his US visit

South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol described the media reports as "untrue" after he was caught swearing on an open microphone during his visit to New York, and claimed that the news in question was intended to harm relations with the United States.

The blunders and controversies eclipsed Yoon's first major trip abroad, including to the UK and Canada, causing his ratings to drop and sharp criticism from some lawmakers, even within his own party.

While leaving an event in New York on Wednesday, after a short conversation with US President Joe Biden, Yoon was using harsh words to US officials in the open microphone.

The opposition accused Yoon of insulting Biden and humiliating South Korea, while local media quoted Yoon as saying that Biden would be embarrassed if the US Congress did not pass a bill on financing a global initiative.