South Korea’s president needs to learn the basics
Aug 25th 2022
Politics is as much about presentation as policy
need to- ~을 할 필요가 있다
as much(…) as - …만큼, …정도, …못지않게, …정도까지 많이
presentation- 제출, 제시; 수여, 증정, (신제품·작품 등에 대한) 발표[설명], 프레젠테이션
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Speaking to the press on his 100th day in office, on August 17th, Yoon Suk-yeol could hardly have been less charismatic had he tried. Rattling at breakneck speed through obvious policy ambitions (denuclearising North Korea, mending ties with Japan) and minor accomplishments (attending a nato meeting in Spain),
South Korea’s president at least upheld his campaign promise not to “put on a show”.
charismatic- 사람들을 휘어잡는 매력이 있는
(a) breakneck[breathtaking, high, lightning] speed- 맹렬한[번개같은] 속도, put on a show - 치장하다, 가장하다(=pretend)
That is in keeping with the anti-politician schtick that he deployed to win office in March. His predecessor, Moon Jae-in, was a smooth operator with a long political career. Mr Yoon is a gruff prosecutor who entered politics less than a year before he was elected. Yet as president,
the schtick has been exposed as reality: his lack of political skill has become a liability.
schtick- (사람의 특정한) 능력, gruff prosecutor- 걸걸한 검찰관his, lack of political skill, 정치적 기량(기술)의 미숙
liability- 부담, 의무, 골칫거리