JECHEON, South Korea ¨C When then-President Yoon Suk Yeol¡¯s martial law decree plunged South Korea into chaos in December, it plummeted sales at Park Myung-Ja¡¯s diner in Jechon and became a turning point for many voters in the town.
The 66-year-old chef and restaurant owner is one face of South Korea¡¯s North Chungcheong Province, a swing region that has become even more pivotal at a time of deep political polarization in Asia¡¯s fourth-largest economy.
¡°We need to get furthest away from all that martial law drama to get things back to where they were,¡± Park said at her Korean restaurant two hours south of Seoul, adding that liberal candidate ¡°Lee Jae-myung looks all right for that.¡±
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