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President Yoon Seok-yeol held his first official press conference on the 100th day of his inauguration yesterday (17th) and lowered his stance, saying that he would humbly support the public opinion.
However, he practically avoided answering sensitive questions such as the cause of the drop in approval ratings or the position of former CEO Lee Jun-seok.
Reporter Ki-tae Kim reports.
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During the 54-minute press conference, President Yoon Seok-yeol first devoted 20 minutes to highlighting the achievements of the last 100 days of state affairs.
He nailed the Moon Jae-in administration's income-led growth and nuclear phase-out as a wrong policy, and emphasized the economic stance centered on the private sector, the market, and the common people.
In a situation where the cold public sentiment showed a low approval rate for state management, President Yoon acknowledged trial and error and lowered his stance.
[President Seok-Yeol Yoon: Looking back on everything from now on, what problems are there in the organization, policy, and the process of operation and implementation of these tasks…
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However, we reaffirmed our negative stance on immediate and total human renewal.
[President Seok-Yeol Yoon: (President Seok
-Yeol Yoon): I don’t think it should be done for political purposes such as changing a political phase or rebounding approval ratings, and I think it will take some time.]
In response to the conflict-related questions, he maintained a non-responsive stance, calling him 'another politician'.
[President Yoon Seok-yeol: I do not have a chance to properly take care of what other politicians have said.
The People's Power gave a positive evaluation, saying that it "expressed an attitude to properly serve the people," while the Democratic Party downgraded it, saying it was "only shameful self-praise."
Lee Jun-seok, former leader of the People's Power, said, "I was worried about democracy within the party, so I couldn't keep up with what the president said."