{"id":1172807,"date":"2021-12-30T14:04:35","date_gmt":"2021-12-30T19:04:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1172807"},"modified":"2021-12-30T14:04:37","modified_gmt":"2021-12-30T19:04:37","slug":"south-korean-presidential-candidate-young-koreans-do-not-like-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/south-korean-presidential-candidate-young-koreans-do-not-like-china\/","title":{"rendered":"South Korean Presidential Candidate: Young Koreans &#039;Do Not Like China&#039;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsouth-korean-presidential-candidate-young-koreans-do-not-like-china%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1172807&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/GettyImages-1326028427-640x335-1.png\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">South Korean presidential candidate Yoon&nbsp;Seok-youl of the opposition People Power Party (PPP) prompted outrage from the Korean left this week by accusing incumbent Moon Jae-in\u2019s foreign policy of increasing anti-Chinese sentiment in the country.<\/p>\n<p>Moon, of the far-left Democratic Party, has attempted to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/national-security\/2017\/05\/10\/china-reaches-south-koreas-liberal-president-elect\/\">improve<\/a> relations between Seoul and Beijing through yielding to pressure to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2021-08-15\/japan-and-south-korea-tensions-flare-on-war-end-anniversary\">antagonize<\/a> Japan, decreasing pressure on neighboring <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/asia\/2019\/12\/06\/kim-jong-un-climbs-mountain-summit-as-north-korea-calls-trump-a-dotard\/\">North Korea<\/a> to stop threatening a nuclear attack on the country, and, most recently, <a href=\"https:\/\/asia.nikkei.com\/Politics\/International-relations\/China-puts-Moon-Jae-in-on-the-spot-with-Beijing-Olympics-invite\">refusing<\/a> to join any attempt at a boycott of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics. However, polling shows pro-China sentiment in the country has taken a nosedive during his tenure as a large number of citizens consider the Communist Party a top threat.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>Yoon, a former top prosecutor in Moon\u2019s administration who defected while accusing the ruling party of pervasive corruption, attempted to blame the Moon administration directly for the growing negative sentiment against China. By drifting Seoul away from America, Yoon argued, Moon had increased apprehension and distaste towards the Communist Party.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe current government used policies skewed toward China, but most South Korean people, especially younger ones, do not like China,\u201d Yoon <a href=\"https:\/\/en.yna.co.kr\/view\/AEN20211228008451315?section=national\/politics\">said<\/a>&nbsp;Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis government used policies skewed toward China and tried to act as a middleman between the U.S. and China, but it ended up with bad relations,\u201d Yoon asserted.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Democratic Party representatives replied by accusing Yoon of fomenting bigotry through his observation. Former Democratic Party&nbsp;Justice Minister Cho Kuk compared Yoon to \u201ca far-right YouTuber\u201d and accused him of being \u201cdetermined to ruin diplomacy and security,\u201d <a href=\"http:\/\/www.koreaherald.com\/view.php?ud=20211229000568\">according<\/a> to the&nbsp;<em>Korea Herald<\/em>. Campaign representatives for presidential rival Lee&nbsp;Jae-myung dismissed Yoon\u2019s comments as \u201cshocking\u201d and \u201clow,\u201d praising China\u2019s relationship with South Korea.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cChina is an important partner in security, economy and climate issues. How can Yoon, who so easily dismisses the relationship (with China), be in charge of South Korea\u2019s diplomacy?\u201d Kang Seon-ah, a Democratic spokesperson, said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>The PPP\u2019s spokespeople replied that Yoon was right to condemn \u201cthe Moon government\u2019s timid China policy\u201d for creating \u201cemotional conflict between younger generations of both countries.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Polling supports Yoon\u2019s assessment that positive popular sentiment towards China has deteriorated. The&nbsp;Korea Institute for National Unification, a government-run organization, published a poll this week finding that nearly 72 percent of South Korean consider China \u201cthe biggest threat to South Korea other than North Korea,\u201d <a href=\"http:\/\/english.chosun.com\/site\/data\/html_dir\/2021\/12\/30\/2021123000589.html\">according<\/a> to the conservative newspaper&nbsp;<em>Chosun Ilbo<\/em>. Japan came in at a distant second with 21.1 percent considering it the biggest threat to South Korea \u2013 a likely significant number as a result of Imperial Japan\u2019s human rights <a href=\"https:\/\/www.history.com\/news\/comfort-women-japan-military-brothels-korea\">atrocities<\/a> against Korea during World War II.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe proportion who regarded China as a threat were equally distributed across political leanings with 67.9 percent among progressives, 76.1 percent among conservatives and 70.3 percent among centrists,\u201d&nbsp;<em>Chosun&nbsp;<\/em>detailed.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>Elsewhere in the survey, the vast majority (71.3 percent) of respondents said South Korea should have nuclear weapons.<\/p>\n<p>The sentiment has been brewing throughout the year. Another survey, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/08\/20\/world\/asia\/korea-china-election-young-voters.html\">published<\/a> by&nbsp;Hankook Research\u200b and the Korean newsmagazine SisaIN this summer, found over half of South Koreans consider China \u201cclose to evil.\u201d The distaste for China was generational \u2013 the poll showed younger Koreans disapproved of China more than of Japan despite the violent history of Japanese occupation that overshadows the bilateral relationship.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cUntil now, hating Japan was such a part of Korean national identity that we have a common saying: You know you are a real Korean when you \u200bfeel hateful toward Japan for no particular reason,\u201d Jeong Han-wool, a chief analyst at Hankook Research,\u200b told the <em>New York Times<\/em> in August. \u201cIn our survey, people in their 40s and older still disliked Japan more than China. But those in their 20s and 30s, the generation who will lead South Korea in the coming decades, tipped the scale against China.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While the Democratic Party condemned Moon, Lee, the party\u2019s candidate, has escalated rhetoric against China, apparently feeling the pressure from Yoon.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe must respond strictly and in a principled manner to illegal trespassing in our waters and fishing activities, and if necessary, seize and impound (the vessels),\u201d Lee <a href=\"https:\/\/en.yna.co.kr\/view\/AEN20211230008000315?section=national\/politics\">said<\/a> on Thursday, responding to reports of the growing presence of illegal Chinese ships plundering South Korean waters. China has developed large fleets of illegal fishing boats that have caused widespread environmental devastation in such far-flung <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/national-security\/2020\/07\/27\/ecuador-alarmed-by-hundreds-of-chinese-fishing-vessels-surrounding-galapagos-islands\/\">places<\/a> as the shores of Argentina and the Gal\u00e1pagos Islands.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B4\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cOur territorial and maritime sovereignty should be respected, and the safety of our fishermen should be protected, along with our fishery resources,\u201d Lee asserted.<\/p>\n<p>South Koreans go to the polls in March. Yoon had maintained a slight lead over Lee for much of the race in most polls until this week. On Thursday, the news service Yonhap <a href=\"https:\/\/en.yna.co.kr\/view\/AEN20211230005400315?section=national\/politics\">reported<\/a> that a poll conducted this week by, among others, Hankook Research, found Lee enjoying an 11-point lead over Yoon.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLee gained 4 percentage points from last week, while Yoon lost 1 percentage point,\u201d Yonhap noted.<\/p>\n<p>Another poll by Munhwa Ilbo found Lee in the lead by a similar margin, but the percentage of support for both candidates was so low that undecided voters could easily swing the election in the other direction.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA Munhwa Ilbo poll of 1,000 people this week found a mere 29.3-percent support for PPP candidate Yoon Seok-youl and 37.4 percent for ruling Minjoo [Democratic] Party candidate Lee Jae-myung,\u201d&nbsp;<em>Chosun Ilbo<\/em> <a href=\"http:\/\/english.chosun.com\/site\/data\/html_dir\/2021\/12\/30\/2021123001020.html\">reported<\/a> on Thursday. Nearly half of respondents in this poll said they supported placing a new party in power, suggesting that third-party candidates may be seeing elevated levels of support.<br \/>The swing towards Lee occurred rapidly. As recently as Monday, Yonhap <a href=\"https:\/\/en.yna.co.kr\/view\/AEN20211227000951315?section=national\/politics\">reported<\/a> that a Realmeter poll found Yoon enjoying a less than one-point lead against Lee, falling by four points in a week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>South Korean presidential candidate Yoon\u00a0Seok-youl of the opposition People Power Party (PPP) prompted outrage from the Korean left this week by accusing incumbent Moon Jae-in\u2019s foreign policy of increasing anti-Chinese &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1172807","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1172807","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1172807"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1172807\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1172807"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1172807"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1172807"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}