S. Korea president caught on hot mic insulting US Congress

South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol greeting US President Joe Biden at the Global Fund's Seventh Replenishment Conference in New York City on Sept 21, 2022. - AFP

SEOUL (Bloomberg): South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol was overheard insulting American lawmakers, after briefly meeting his United States counterpart Joe Biden to discuss issues including US electric-vehicle (EV) subsidies that South Korea wants to change.

"What an embarrassment for Biden, if these idiots refuse to grant it in Congress," video broadcast on South Korean television showed Yoon telling Foreign Minister Park Jin in New York.