Denouncing ‘anti-state forces,’ Yoon takes a page from North Korea’s book

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Denouncing ‘anti-state forces,’ Yoon takes a page from North Korea’s book

South Korean president’s smear seeks to delegitimize his predecessor, undermining democracy

Aidan Foster-Carter June 29, 2023

Denouncing ‘anti-state forces,’ Yoon takes a page from North Korea’s book

South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol delivering a speech in May 2022 | Image: Republic of Korea

The following article is an opinion piece by Aidan Foster-Carter, an honorary senior research fellow in sociology and modern Korea at Leeds University in England. Views expressed in opinion articles are exclusively the author’s own and do not represent those of NK News.

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Aidan Foster-Carter

Aidan Foster-Carter is Honorary Senior Research Fellow in Sociology and Modern Korea at Leeds University in England. Educated at Eton and Oxford, he taught sociology at the Universities of Hull, Dar es Salaam and Leeds from 1971 to 1997. Having followed Korean affairs since 1968, since 1997 he has been a full-time analyst and consultant on Korea: writing, lecturing and broadcasting for academic, business and policy audiences in the UK and worldwide.

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