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After his party’s loss in parliamentary elections, Yoon Suk-yeol is under pressure over his pivot to a stronger US alliance and perceived anti-China policies.

SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol's branding of critics as "communist totalitarian and anti-state forces" may rally his conservative base and distract from unease about some of his policies but risk fuelling division and alienating some voters. In South Korea, the label of communist carries higher stakes than in many Western democracies with the ongoing threat from ostensibly communist North Korea and Cold War-era laws that effectively ban activities deemed related to communism. They also come at a time of a noticeable shift in Seoul's foreign policy a...

SEOUL — South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol's branding of critics as "communist totalitarian and anti-state forces" may rally his conservative base and distract from unease about some of his policies but risk fuelling division and alienating some voters. In South Korea, the label of communist carries higher stakes than in many Western democracies with the ongoing threat from ostensibly communist...

By Hyunsu Yim SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol's branding of critics as "communist totalitarian and anti-state forces" may rally his

SEOUL--South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol’s branding of critics as “communist totalitarian and anti-state forces” may rally his conservative base and distract from unease about some of his policies but risk fueling division and alienating some voters.