South Korea is a heavily polarized society in which progressives and conservatives often struggle to reach a consensus on even the most trivial matters. 

But domestic media’s portrayal of President Yoon Suk-yeol’s recent state visit to the U.S. offers a rare instance of agreement, with both ideological camps critiquing the president for reasons that, at times, overlap.

The Chosun Ilbo, South Korea’s most prominent conservative daily newspaper, endorsed the joint decision by South Korea and the U.S. to bolster extended deterrence. However, the op-ed expressed unease that the creation of the Nuclear Consultation Group (NCG) might curtail South Korea’s