{"id":2199023,"date":"2022-09-22T10:40:50","date_gmt":"2022-09-22T10:40:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nknews.org\/koreapro\/?p=2199023"},"modified":"2023-04-05T16:11:34","modified_gmt":"2023-04-05T07:11:34","slug":"yoons-talks-with-biden-fall-far-short-of-promised-us-rok-summit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/koreapro.org\/2022\/09\/yoons-talks-with-biden-fall-far-short-of-promised-us-rok-summit\/","title":{"rendered":"Yoon\u2019s talks with Biden fall far short of promised US-ROK summit"},"content":{"rendered":"
While the South Korean government and media <\/span>hyped<\/span><\/a> talks<\/span><\/a> between President Yoon Suk-yeol and his U.S. counterpart for weeks, the two leaders\u2019 brief interaction in New York on Wednesday fell far short of the summit that was promised.<\/span><\/p>\n Not only that, but Yoon will leave the U.N. General Assembly with the embarrassment of having been caught on camera calling the U.S. Congress <\/span>\u201cbastards.\u201d<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n According to the White House, the two leaders <\/span>discussed<\/span><\/a> the U.S.-ROK alliance, the threat from North Korea, supply chain resilience, critical technologies, economic and energy security, global health and climate change. Seoul <\/span>added<\/span><\/a> that Yoon raised concerns about the U.S. Inflation Reduction Act and implementing liquidity facilities.<\/span><\/p>\n Yet it seems unlikely that they covered these issues in much detail. South Korean government statements and a backbriefing seen by <\/span>Korea Pro<\/span><\/i> only indicate that Yoon spoke with Biden in London at Queen Elizabeth II\u2019s <\/span>funeral<\/span><\/a> and on the sidelines of the General Assembly.<\/span><\/p>\n Their exchange at Wednesday\u2019s event in New York lasted only <\/span>48 seconds<\/span><\/a>, according to South Korean media, and afterward Yoon was <\/span>filmed saying<\/span><\/a> to an aide: \u201chow could Biden not lose damn face\u201d if the \u201cbastards don\u2019t pass it at parliament,\u201d likely referring to the U.S. Congress. It was unclear whether Yoon was referring to a piece of legislation or something else.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Reports highlighting this very specific gaffe and brief meeting with Biden may further embarrass Yoon, who is <\/span>still<\/span><\/a> suffering in the polls<\/span><\/a>. Ahead of the U.N. General Assembly, both domestic and foreign media built up the meeting as a formal \u201csummit\u201d where Yoon could air his concerns to Biden about a number of important economic issues for <\/span>around half an hour<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n And whether it\u2019s fair or not to describe Yoon\u2019s <\/span>non-meeting<\/span><\/a> with U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi during her trip to South Korea last month as a \u201csnub,\u201d referring to congressmembers as \u201cbastards\u201d is only going to add to this image of disregard for the legislative body.<\/span><\/p>\n