Opposition likens Lee’s social media tactics to US president's governance-by-post
President Lee Jae Myung’s increasingly frequent social media posts warning of an end to a tax waiver for multiple homeowners have put his housing agenda — and his direct-to-public messaging — at the center of a widening political debate between rival parties.
The main opposition People Power Party said Monday that Lee’s posts urging homeowners to sell amount to "intimidation." The party went further, asking whether Lee “learned it” from US President Donald Trump, who has made social media a key tool of governance and used it to deliver major policy announcements.
Following his New Year news conference on Jan.
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