SEOUL -- Lim Ji-yeon is cursed or screamed at a few times a day by the customers she speaks with in her job at a call center.

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol has entered his second year as president. The question is whether he can spur growth in a sputtering economy. © Nikkei montage/Source photo by Getty Images
Subsidy and patronage habits keep economy tied to inefficient old ways