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Asharq Al-Awsat
Asharq Al-Awsat
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Asharq Al-Awsat

South Korea's President-elect Ditches 'Imperial' Blue House Office

The South Korean presidential Blue House in Seoul | REUTERS

South Korea's president-elect said Sunday he will relocate his office from the "imperial" Blue House, in a move critics charged is linked to his belief in shamanistic spiritual practices.

Yoon Suk-yeol, who won a tight election earlier this month, pledged on the campaign trail that he would move presidential business out of the Blue House -- home to South Korea's leaders since 1948.

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