Hot mic catches South Korean president insulting US Congress, describing them as 'idiots'
South Korean President Yoon Seok-yeol was captured on a hot mic reportedly disparaging American lawmakers.The remarks were made after Yoon met with US President Joe Biden in New York City.South Korean President Yoon Seok-yeol was captured on a hot mic reportedly disparaging American lawmakers as"idiots" shortly after he met with US President Joe Biden in New York.
"It would be so humiliating for Biden if these idiots don't pass it in Congress," Yoon was heard telling aides in a now-viral clip, according to a translation byYoon and Biden met on Wednesday at the Global Fund's Seventh Replenishment Conference in New York City. The South Korean president's remark was apparently in reference to Biden pledging $6 billion in funding to the Global Fund, an international organisation that aims to defeat HIV, tuberculosis, and malaria. South Korea's presidential office on Thursday said that Yoon's comments were not directed at the United States, according to The Post.
The news outlet reported that Yoon's spokeswoman said Yoon was actually speaking about South Korea's parliament and that he did not mention Biden's name, but a similar-sounding Korean word.
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