Seoul, Dec 28 (EFE) .- 2021 coincided with the tenth anniversary in power of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and the last in the presidency of southern Moon Jae-in, who is leaving without having achieved his goal of establishing peace in the peninsula while the young Kim remains firm at the head of the regime.
KIM JONG-UN REACHES A DECADE IN POWER
December marked the 10th anniversary of the death of former North Korean leader Kim Jong-il, who was succeeded by his son Kim Jong-un, who in this period has managed to consolidate despite his youth (37 years) at the head of a bloody regime and be the first North Korean leader to meet with a US president after successfully developing its nuclear program.
At the same time, it faces what could be the worst economic situation in the last thirty years in a country surrounded by sanctions and isolated by the pandemic while it continues to systematically violate the human rights of its citizens – as did its predecessors – to stay at the forefront of the Condition.
MOON JAE-IN LAST HIS TERM OF OFFICE WITH LOW CHANCE OF ACHIEVING PEACE ON THE PENINSULA
After a conservative decade in South Korea, Moon Jae-in came to power in 2017 with the goals of sanitizing institutions and the business sector in the wake of his predecessor’s corruption scandals, improving relations with the North, and achieving peace and denuclearization of the peninsula.
Many South Koreans have seen no changes in the first section and have seen how the North Korean regime has done and undone at will in relation to cross-border ties despite diplomatic efforts and the mediation of Moon, who could not achieve that Washington and Pyongyang will reach an agreement at a series of historic summits.
KIM YO-JONG, KIM JONG-UN’S SISTER CONTINUES TO GAIN WEIGHT AS THE VOICE OF THE REGIME
Although she was excluded from the composition of the Politburo after the one-party congress in January, the North Korean leader’s sister has continued to cement her weight as a spokesperson for the regime, work in which she debuted in 2020 and which she has continued to carry out in 2021, especially when you have tried to use the harshest rhetoric.
Kim Yo-jong charged hard this year against South Korean President Moon Jae-in or the joint Seoul-Washington maneuvers and even threatened to break an inter-Korean military pact signed in 2018 before being elected a new member of the powerful Commission in September. of State Affairs, which reaffirms its influence in the regime.
BTS RETURN TO THE SCENARIOS TWO YEARS LATER
The most popular South Korean K-Pop band in the world managed to perform in November its first performances with an audience since 2019 with four concerts in Los Angeles that in total managed to attract more than 200,000 people.
The musical phenomenon formed by RM, Jimin, V, Suga, Jin, J-Hope and Jungkook has also announced an in-person concert in Seoul for March 2022 with the hope of being able to perform, whenever the pandemic allows it, for the first time in your country in more than two years.
LA ARQUERA AN SAN, FIRST TRIPLE SOUTHERN MEDALIST IN A JJOO
An San not only managed in Tokyo 2020 to become the first athlete from his country to win three Olympic medals; He also managed to be the first person to achieve this feat in archery in a single edition of the Olympic Games.
Such a performance was clouded by the attacks she suffered on social networks at the hands of South Korean men who accused her of misandry because of her haircut or because of things she wrote on the internet, which precisely highlighted the misogyny and anti-feminism that many women face daily. in South Korea, where the gender gap is worrisome.
SON HEUNG-MIN, ONE MORE YEAR THE MOST OUTSTANDING SOUTHERN FOOTBALL PLAYER
For yet another year, forward Son Heung-min has once again become the most outstanding South Korean athlete abroad, closing the season 20-21 with 22 goals and managing to score his 100th goal with his club, London’s Tottenham Hotspur, with whom renewed in July until 2025.
This season Son seems to be maintaining the same level of play and, in addition to trying to help his club achieve European positions, in 2022 he also has the challenge of finishing, except for disaster, the qualification for the Qatar World Cup of the national team what captain.
KIM YEON-KOUNG, THE CAPTAIN SAYS GOODBYE WITH A GREAT PERFORMANCE IN TOKYO 2020
The former captain of the women’s volleyball team, Kim Yeong-koung, conquered even more if possible the hearts of South Korean fans leading the team to the semifinals of Tokyo 2020 against all odds thanks in large part to her 136 points (it was the second maximum tournament scorer).
As happened in London 2012, Kim’s shots (who on that occasion was top scorer) were not enough and the South Koreans had to settle for fourth place again, a final that had an even more bittersweet flavor when the receiving tip 33-year-old announced after the Games that he was retiring from the national team.
LEE JAE-YONG AND HIS SWALLOWS WITH JUSTICE
After more than a year and a half imprisoned for his role in the corruption scheme that brought down the former South Korean executive, Samsung leader Lee Jae-yong received a pardon in August from the current government, which argued that the This decision benefited the national economy.
However, his problems with the law do not end there, as Lee was later fined about $ 60,000 for illegally consuming propofol, an anesthetic, and still faces a trial for fraud and manipulation of securities.
KYUNG KYE-HYUN AND HAN JONG-HEE, NEW KEY FACES IN SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS
At the beginning of December, Samsung Electronics, the jewel in the crown of the conglomerate Samsung, announced a revulsion in its corporate organization chart, starting with the appointment of Kyung Kye-hyun, replacing Kim Ki-nam, as CEO of its semiconductor business. at a crucial time for the sector.
This designation was joined by another surprise; The company decided to merge its consumer electronics and telecommunications and mobile telephony branches into one, putting Han Jong-hee at the helm as the new CEO to consolidate and refine the operations of two sectors that have been unprofitable in recent years.
KIM BEOM-SU, LEADER OF AN EMPORIO IN THE POINT OF VIEW
In 2010, Kim founded Kakao, a company that operated a mobile instant messaging application that, more than a decade later, is estimated to be present on more than 90% of all South Korean phones and interconnected with an endless list of services; from commerce, transport or video games to music or banking and payment services.
The pandemic has only triggered the conglomerate’s growth and privileged position, putting Kakao in the crosshairs of politicians and Kim in that of the antitrust regulator, turmoil that in the last six months has resulted in a 32% drop in the group’s stock market. EFE
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