South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol on Monday suspended his near-daily media briefings amid a spat over banning a major TV broadcaster's reporters from boarding the presidential plane for what he called 'malicious' and 'fake' news.
South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol speaks on the government budget at the National Assembly in Seoul, South Korea, 25 October 2022. JEON HEON-KYUN/Pool via REUTERS
The end of the free-wheeling briefings came three days after an MBC reporter shouted a question to Yoon asking what was "malicious" about their reporting, to which Yoon walked off without an answer. Just months after taking office as a political newcomer in May, Yoon is struggling with low approval ratings as he tries to drive a post-COVID economic recovery and deal with North Korea's nuclear and missile tests.
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