Two-pronged anxiety

President Yoon Suk Yeol agonizes over two challenges at home and abroad: the deepening economic woes from Iran’s missile and drone attacks on Israel over the weekend and the requests from Democratic Party (DP) leader Lee Jae-myung and splinter opposition Rebuilding Korea Party (RKP) head Cho Kuk to meet to make demands on him after the DP and the RKP won 175 seats and 12 seats, respectively, in the 300-member National Assembly on Wednesday's parliamentary elections. [PARK YONG-SEOK]