China-Friendly Liberal Projected To Become US Ally’s Next President

[Hol]

A left-leaning politician who said South Korea should not be as “antagonizing” toward communist U.S. adversaries is poised to become the next president of the key American ally, according to multiple reports.

Exit polls on Tuesday showed Lee Jae-myung on track to win South Korea’s presidential election by more than ten percentage points over his conservative challenger, Kim Moon-soo, according to The Wall Street Journal and The Washington Post. Lee, the former leader of South Korea’s Democratic Party, advocated for more open relations with China and North Korea and less dependency on his nation’s alliance with the U.S. while running for office.

China-Friendly Liberal Projected To Become US Ally’s Next President

A left-leaning politician who said South Korea should not be so

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[Margery]

It will be interesting to see how this turns out. South Korea has been hit with tariffs and it's hurting their economy. They are partnering with China and Japan in a Free Trade Alliance dating back to Mar 30th - this article by France 24 is one of several: China, South Korea and Japan agree to strengthen trade ties in response to Trump tariffs

"China, South Korea and Japan agreed Sunday to strengthen free trade in the face of a raft of new tariffs imposed by US President Donald Trump.

The agreement came at a meeting of top trade officials – the first at that level in five years – days ahead of the start of tariffs on a huge range of US imports, including cars, trucks, and auto parts.

South Korea and Japan are major auto exporters, while China has also been hit hard by the US tariffs."

I think one of the prophetic aspects of Trump's tariffs is getting different countries aligned into trading blocs- which might be a 10 kings scenario or it may simply be part of the development of a Rome 2.0 in Europe for example but that might also mean other trade alliances coming into being.

This might not be going as planned by the Trump administration - the law of unintended side effects continues to bite the unwary.

In this case South Korea's election may skew to the left as the voters react in anger and patriotism while the trade alliances forged may create an Asian trading bloc.