<figure id="attachment_294811" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-294811" style="width: 2357px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="#" data-ident_hash="0b052665"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/fridaydigital/image/private/t_article_image/wpmedia/2023/02/aflo_14482614.jpg" alt=""></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-294811" class="wp-caption-text">Na has been lamented by foreign dignitaries (Image: AP/Afro)</figcaption></figure>
 A stirring situation has occurred in South Korean politics.
 According to data released by the research firm Hangil Research in January, Na was overwhelmingly popular with a 30.7% approval rating, far ahead of the second-place candidate, Kim Ki-hyun&#8217;s 18.8%. What was behind this?
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 What was behind this? Before explaining the details, we would like to introduce the personality of Ms. Na, who is famous for being &#8220;too beautiful to be a councilor.
 It was in March 2003 that Ms. Na&#8217;s beauty first came to our attention. It was during a meeting with Liu Jianchao, China&#8217;s Assistant Foreign Minister. Mr. Liu sighed in front of Ms. Na, saying, &#8220;I am very proud of you, Mr. Na. If the two of us held a press conference, the reporters would come flying in. Because you are too beautiful. &#8230;&#8230; Liu&#8217;s comment was widely reported in Korea, and since then she has been called &#8216;the too beautiful legislator.
 Since then, Na&#8217;s popularity has soared.
 In March 2007, she sharply criticized then President Moon Jae-in&#8217;s attempt to pursue a policy of reconciliation with North Korea in the National Assembly. He denounced Moon Jae-in as &#8216;like a spokesman for [North Korean leader] Kim Jong-Un.
 The sharpness of his tone prompted a member of the same party to say, &#8220;Gyeong-won!　Gyeong-won! and even called out in praise to Na. Since then, her image as a woman who fights against power has taken root, and she is called &#8220;Nadaruk,&#8221; in reference to Jeanne d&#8217;Arc, the French savior of the 15th century.
<h2> Her nickname on the Internet is &#8220;Ice Princess.</h2>
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 The week point, he says, is his &#8220;brilliant career.
 Na is the daughter of the founder of &#8216;Hongshin Academy,&#8217; which operates from kindergarten to high school. She graduated from the graduate school of Seoul National University and passed the bar exam in 1992. After serving as a judge at the Busan District Court and the Seoul Administrative Court, she entered politics in 2002. She is the second female judge to enter politics in Korea. Her husband of the same age was also a judge at the Seoul High Court.
 In 2011, she ran for mayor of Seoul, but was unsuccessful due to the negative impact of her brilliant profile. She thoroughly debunks her opponents in debate programs. Because of her condescending attitude, she is sometimes ridiculed on the Internet as the &#8220;Ice Princess. In order to dispel her image as a cold woman of the upper class, Na has been uploading images of common people eating jarred noodles on her social networking service.
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 Ms. Na is a politician of impeccable ability and background. Why did he announce his decision not to run for the representative election despite his high popularity?
 Ostensibly, he says, &#8220;to avoid division and confusion in the party,&#8221; but I don&#8217;t think anyone is convinced. Apparently, people close to President Yun Suk-yeol pressured him to cancel his candidacy. Councilor Jang Jae-won, who is said to be close to President Yun, criticized Na&#8217;s performance as &#8216;a commonplace political drama. Many lawmakers agreed with him.
 Mr. Na and President Yun have many areas of policy incompatibility. Perhaps they thought that if Mr. Na, who is a skilled and competent orator, became the representative, it would be difficult for him to manage the administration. It seems that Mr. Na could no longer withstand the intensive attacks from President Yun&#8217;s side.
 With Nah&#8217;s decision not to run, the election of a representative of the ruling party has become more confusing.
<figure id="attachment_294814" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-294814" style="width: 5472px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="#" data-ident_hash="1136ac0b"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/fridaydigital/image/private/t_article_image/wpmedia/2023/02/aflo_110537719.jpg" alt=""></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-294814" class="wp-caption-text"> Na is a skilled orator (Image: Lee Jae-Won/Afro)</figcaption></figure>
<figure id="attachment_294815" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-294815" style="width: 4700px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="#" data-ident_hash="9c6f5da4"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/fridaydigital/image/private/t_article_image/wpmedia/2023/02/aflo_125312687.jpg" alt=""></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-294815" class="wp-caption-text"> She is very popular among the people (Image: Lee Jae-Won/Afro)</figcaption></figure>
<figure id="attachment_294816" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-294816" style="width: 4075px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="#" data-ident_hash="7398b901"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/fridaydigital/image/private/t_article_image/wpmedia/2023/02/aflo_181736611.jpg" alt=""></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-294816" class="wp-caption-text"> Her beauty is evident even when she wears a mask (Image: Lee Jae-Won/Afro)</figcaption></figure>
<figure id="attachment_294817" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-294817" style="width: 8223px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="#" data-ident_hash="4700caba"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/fridaydigital/image/private/t_article_image/wpmedia/2023/02/aflo_203335395.jpg" alt=""></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-294817" class="wp-caption-text"> She is also active on the international stage (Image: AP/Afro)</figcaption></figure>
<figure id="attachment_294819" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-294819" style="width: 5472px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="#" data-ident_hash="5a8cb4f1"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/fridaydigital/image/private/t_article_image/wpmedia/2023/02/aflo_110537720.jpg" alt=""></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-294819" class="wp-caption-text"> She is a skilled orator (Image: Lee Jae-Won/Afro)</figcaption></figure>

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 There is a politician in South Korea who is called "too beautiful legislator". While a senior Chinese official sighs that she is "too beautiful ......," she is a sharp critic of former President Moon Jae-in. She also announced her candidacy for the ruling party's presidential election. However, she abruptly withdrew. What is the background to this surprise?

Chinese officials sigh &#8220;because you are too beautiful&#8221;&#8230; &#8220;Korea&#8217;s Beautiful Congresswoman&#8221; photo, who withdrew from the representative election despite overwhelming popularity.

Chinese officials sigh “because you are too beautiful”… “Korea’s Beautiful Congresswoman” photo, who withdrew from the representative election despite overwhelming popularity.

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