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South Korea's voters miss President Moon Jae In a memorandum
The victory of conservative candidates in the mayoral elections in the country's two largest cities is a blow to Moon's Democratic Party.
South Korea's voters miss President Moon Jae In a memorandum
The victory of conservative candidates in the mayoral elections in the country's two largest cities is a blow to Moon's Democratic Party.
The local elections could have an impact on foreign policy.
Mayoral elections in South Korea's capital Seoul always have national significance.
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by @NZZAusland
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Mayoral elections in South Korea's capital Seoul always have national significance.
Source:
by @NZZAusland
nzz.ch/international/…
The ruling Democratic Party of President Moon Jae In not only lost Seoul to a candidate from the conservative opposition, but also the second largest city, Busan.
The election in Seoul in particular is an important barometer for the presidential elections in 2022. Almost a fifth of South Korea's 51 million inhabitants live in the city.
Moon's political weight is now diminished by the fact that a change of power at the national level could radically change foreign policy, which previously focused on rapprochement with North Korea.
Even before the elections, the failed negotiations with North Korea, rising house prices and government scandals had scratched Moon's image as a doer and cleaner.
In Seoul and Busan, the situation was made even more difficult by the fact that the left-wing mayors in both cities had resigned their positions on charges of sexual abuse.
Seoul's chief Park Won Soon committed suicide, while Busan's mayor Oh Keo Don simply resigned.
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