Source: Global Times [Global Times Special Correspondent in South Korea Ma Fei Global Times Special Correspondent Han Wen] "If we use the poll support rate to summarize, then President Yin Xiyue's report card is really bleak." On August 17, South Korean President Yoon Seok-yue ce

Source: Global Times

[Global Times special correspondent in South Korea Ma Fei Global Times special correspondent Han Wen] "If we use the poll support rate to summarize, then President Yin Xiyue President's report card is really bleak." On August 17, South Korean President Yoon Seok-yue celebrated his 100th day in office. Some Korean media made the above evaluation of his work performance. On this day, Yoon Seok-yue held a press conference at the Yongsan Presidential Office in Seoul to summarize the results of the past 100 days and elaborate on the future direction of national government operations. Yonhap News Agency reported on the 17th that North Korea test-fired two cruise missiles in the early morning of the same day. Korean media interpreted that this was to pour cold water on Yin Xiyue's previous "bold plan" concept against North Korea. Korean media said that in the context of tense international situations, increasing uncertainty about global economic recovery, and intensifying competition in the U.S.-China industrial chain, the "value diplomacy" upheld by the Yoon Seok-yue government is facing multiple tests.

Promise not to ignore the voices and demands of the people

html On the morning of 17th, Yin Xiyue, wearing a purple tie, appeared in the press conference room of the Presidential Palace. The press conference that day lasted a total of 54 minutes, 14 minutes longer than the scheduled time. Before answering reporters' questions, Yin Xiyue delivered a speech for about 20 minutes, focusing on the future direction of national government operations and the results of the past 100 days. Yin Xiyue said that in the future, he will put people's livelihood first and make every effort to tap South Korea's economic growth momentum and future development potential. He emphasized that public opinion is the top priority in the operation of state affairs, and the voices and demands of the people will not be ignored.

South Korea's JTBC said that Yin Xiyue emphasized his diplomatic achievements in his speech, saying that in the early days of taking office, South Korea and the United States reshaped their alliance through summit talks, further consolidated the joint defense posture, and then strengthened the extended deterrence system against North Korea. Regarding relations between South Korea and Japan, Yin Xiyue reiterated his willingness to improve bilateral relations, saying that the worst relationship with Japan in history is also rapidly recovering and developing.

Yin Xiyue also mentioned that he participated in the NATO summit for the first time, launched summit diplomacy, strengthened substantive cooperation (with other countries) in fields such as semiconductors and nuclear power, and achieved export results. In particular, taking the NATO summit as an opportunity, it exported weapons to Poland , achieving the largest arms export in history. If the supersonic fighter KF-21 can be officially put into production, it is expected to have a production-induced effect of approximately 24 trillion won, making South Korea one of the world's four largest arms exporters after the United States, Russia and France, and becoming a military power.

North Korea pours cold water?

At the press conference that day, Yin Xiyue’s statement about North Korea attracted attention. When asked whether South Korea had any plans to propose talks to North Korea, and how it would respond if North Korea requested to ensure system security, Yin Xiyue said that North Korea's system security is not guaranteed by South Korea, and South Korea has no intention to change North Korea's status quo. Yin Xiyue said that the most important thing is to achieve sustainable peace between the north and the south. What South Korea hopes to see is that South Korea provides various economic and diplomatic support to North Korea, and North Korea will naturally change accordingly.

Korean media said that on the 100th day of Yin Xiyue's inauguration, North Korea, which had been silent for a while, suddenly launched two cruise missiles. "Two days after (Yin Xiyue) proposed the idea of ​​a 'bold plan', North Korea's cruise missile 'thrown cold water' on it." Yonhap News Agency reported on this topic that this is the first two days since North Korea launched the ballistic missile on June 5. The missile was launched again in many months. It was also the fourth missile launch since the establishment of the Yin Xiyue government.

reported that although North Korea's move may be for testing purposes, judging from Yin Xiyue's 100th day in office, it may be aimed at South Korea. In particular, this test launch occurred after Yin Xiyue mentioned the "bold plan" concept for North Korea in his speech on the 15th. The report stated that although this cannot be regarded as North Korea's direct response to the idea of ​​"bold plan", what is certain is that it poured cold water on the Yin Xiyue government, which is looking for a breakthrough in the North Korean issue.

Yonhap News Agency stated on the 17th that after Yin Xiyue formally proposed the "bold plan" concept on the 15th, although North Korea has not yet made any reaction, it is likely to take a negative attitude. In addition, North Korea's missile test is likely to be of a strong resistance nature, because South Korea and the United States launched the "Ulchi Freedom Shield" joint military exercise preparatory exercise the day before (16th).Yonhap News Agency also mentioned that cruise missiles are different from ballistic missiles and do not violate the United Nations Security Council’s sanctions resolutions against North Korea.

Media Summary "Report Card": Dismal

Although Yin Xiyue did not give a positive answer when asked about his low support rate, personnel chaos and other governance performance at the press conference, his sluggish support rate is still the focus of media attention. According to South Korea's "Seoul News", the latest poll results released by South Korea's polling agency Rnsearch on the 17th showed that 30.2% of respondents gave a positive evaluation of Yin Xiyue's implementation of state affairs, an increase of 0.7% from last week's survey results (29.5%). %, which is also the first increase in the three weeks since the survey by the polling agency.

South Korea's "no cut" news website took stock of Yin Xiyue's "report card" in his first 100 days in office. The article stated that since Yin Xiyue took office 100 days ago, if we use the poll support rate to summarize, President Yin Xiyue's report card is really bleak. Recently, Yin Xiyue's support rate once dropped to half of the general election vote rate (48.65%). The article stated that only three months and 10 days have passed since the five-year term, and the disappointment and anxiety of the people seem to be serious. There are widespread claims that the South Korean people are beginning to feel tired of the Yoon Seok-yue government that has just come to power. Although Yin Xiyue himself may think that this is due to insufficient publicity, in fact, this is the result of his "self-inflicted failure" - which can be supported by the negative evaluation reasons that frequently appeared in many public opinion surveys, such as "lack of experience and ability" and "arbitrary behavior" "Inappropriate personnel arrangements" etc. The article believes that Yin Xiyue should admit the fact that his transcripts in the past 100 days have failed and start over.