South Korea's President Yoon Suk-Yeol's foul-mouthed criticism of the US Congress has gone viral

Yoon Suk-Yeol, President of South Korea has found himself in the middle of a controversy. Yoon Suk-Yeol, a political newcomer who assumed office in May, is in New York for the United Nations General Assembly and spoke with US President Joe Biden on Wednesday at a photo op at the Global Fund, where the US President had recently given $6 billion. In a footage that went viral in South Korea, Yoon Suk-Yeol was overheard using an expletive while talking to his aides. The expletive was apparently used to criticise the US Congress, according to reports. Yoon took over as the President of South Korea from Moon Jae-in.

A YouTube video of Yoon Suk-Yeol's words received over two million views mere hours after it was released, and the expletive became the top trending topic on Twitter in South Korea on Thursday. In a YouTube comment, the user said how the president's words and deeds represent the country's national dignity. Yoon's nasty remarks appear to be in response to Biden's push to increase US financing for the Global Fund, which would require legislative approval.

The United States is South Korea's most important security ally, with some 27,000 soldiers stationed in the nation to assist in resisting nuclear-armed North Korea. Yoon, a former prosecutor, has made a series of unforced blunders during his first months in office, which is traditionally a honeymoon period for new presidents in South Korea. His approval rating plummeted to 24 per cent at one point, but it has subsequently risen to 32 per cent.




According to polling data, his predecessor, Moon Jae-in, had approval ratings of around 70 per cent at the same point in his tenure, whereas Yoon began work with only 52 per cent of those polled believing he was doing a good job. Yoon's office was compelled to justify his choice to miss paying tribute to Queen Elizabeth II's casket lying in state owing to "heavy traffic" just days before.

He was later chastised in August for his confused response to Nancy Pelosi's (House Speaker of the US) visit to South Korea. She visited Korea following a controversial stop in Taiwan.

Yoon's detractors pounced on his newest claimed misstep. According to Park Hong-Keun, floor leader of the opposition Democratic Party, Yoon's wrong words stained the US Congress and produced a significant diplomatic blunder. Yoon's office declined to comment on the event.

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