Yoon Suk Yeol's midterm report card: Talk less, do more

Bold actions needed to build competitive muscle in the globe's most dynamic neighborhood

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South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol's mid-20s approval rating is quite a climb down for a leader who took power with a 53% support rate. © Reuters

William Pesek is an award-winning Tokyo-based journalist and author of "Japanization: What the World Can Learn from Japan's Lost Decades."

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol took office in May 2022 with bold talk of remaking Asia's fourth-biggest economy. Voters bought his plan to revitalize the nation of 51 million with "fairness and common sense."

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