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TOKYO -- With a painful defeat for South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol's People Power Party in Wednesday's legislative elections, whether Seoul's diplomatic thaw with Japan will continue or start to backslide remains an open question.
South Korean observers and government insiders agree that even after the loss, Yoon will not waver on his Japan policy, which puts more weight on future cooperation than past history.