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Yoon faces tough challenges as new South Korean president
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South Korean President-elect Yoon Suk Yeol, second from left, and South Korean President Moon Jae-in, second fro right, talk before their meeting at the presidential Blue House in Seoul, South Korea on March 8, 2022. Yoon takes office as South Korea’s president on Tuesday, May 9, 2022, facing a tougher mix of foreign policy and domestic challenges than other recent South Korean leaders encountered at the start of their presidencies. - photo by Kim Jin-ah/Newsis via AP
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Former top prosecutor Yoon Suk Yeol takes office as South Korea’s president on Tuesday, facing a tougher mix of foreign policy and domestic challenges than other recent South Korean leaders encountered at the start of their presidencies. Yoon’s single, five-year term begins at midnight Monday before he takes the oath of office Tuesday morning at a formal ceremony in Seoul. Since winning election in March, Yoon, a conservative who advocates a more hard-line approach toward North Korea, has been denied a honeymoon period.