SEOUL: South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol just lately started practising golf, for the primary time in eight years, in preparation for future conferences with US President-elect Donald Trump, Yoon’s workplace confirmed on Tuesday (Nov 12).
South Korean media stated Yoon visited a golf course on Saturday for a sport his workplace stated he had final performed in 2016.
“Lots of people near President Trump … (instructed me) President Yoon and Trump can have good chemistry,” Yoon instructed a press convention on Thursday, after congratulating Trump by phone on his win.
Former Trump administration officers and influential Republicans had supplied to assist construct ties with the incoming president, he added.
Analysts stated Yoon could search to discover a solution to capitalise on a private friendship with Trump to advance Seoul’s pursuits as Trump’s “America First” international coverage plans and his unpredictable type play out in his second time period.
South Korean firms rely closely on commerce with america, and through Trump’s first time period, the nations clashed over cost-sharing for the roughly 28,500 US troops stationed in South Korea as a legacy of the 1950-1953 Korean Warfare.
Officers in Seoul have been working to organize for vital financial change, whereas Yoon referred to as on Sunday for presidency and business talks to organize for Trump’s return.
The same personalities and outsider approaches of Trump and Yoon could assist them get alongside, stated Ramon Pacheco Pardo, a specialist in Korean affairs at King’s School London.
“I additionally suppose that Yoon is usually popular with policy-makers in america, which can assist him, whoever advises Trump on international coverage,” he added.
Bruce Klingner, of the Heritage Basis in Washington, agreed that the 2 may develop a powerful relationship however warned it may not be ample to spare South Korea from damaging impacts.
“Whereas many leaders will search to copy the friendship that Shinzo Abe had with Trump, there is no such thing as a proof that private relationship resulted in any tangible, demonstrative advantages for Japan,” the previous CIA analyst added, referring to the assassinated former Japanese prime minister.
Tokyo was handled the identical as Seoul in contentious talks on navy cost-sharing, he added.