Yoon Suk Yeol

Yoon Suk Yeol is a South Korean politician and attorney who is the 13th and current president of South Korea since 2022. A member of the People Power Party, he previously served as the prosecutor general of South Korea from 2019 to 2021 under his presidential predecessor Moon Jae-In.

Some of the key events about Yoon Suk Yeol

1994
Passed the bar exam on the first attempt
2008
Led the investigation into the "BBK stock price manipulation" scandal as a prosecutor
2013
Successfully prosecuted the National Intelligence Service's online comments manipulation case
2019
Served as Prosecutor General of South Korea
2021
Resigned from the position of Prosecutor General to enter politics
2021
Joined the conservative People Power Party
2021
Faced criticism for suggesting that poor people should be content with "poor quality food"
2022
Won the People Power Party's presidential primary
2022
Elected as the 20th President of South Korea
2022
Pledged to strengthen South Korea's alliance with the United States
2022
Sparked controversy by proposing to abolish the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family
2022
Criticized for appointing a justice minister who had been previously accused of stock manipulation
2022
Faced backlash for relocating the presidential office, which was seen as unnecessarily expensive
2022
Accused of nepotism for appointing relatives and close associates to government positions
2022
Criticized for his handling of the Itaewon Halloween crowd crush disaster
2023
Improved relations with Japan through a summit meeting with Prime Minister Fumio Kishida
2023
Faced protests over his decision to compensate forced labor victims without Japanese involvement
2023
Criticized for suggesting longer working hours to address South Korea's low birth rate
2023
Faced backlash for comments perceived as downplaying Japan's wartime atrocities
2023
Criticized for proposing to lower the age of criminal responsibility to 12 years old

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