>> The far-right politician is not known for his economic erudition, as he gained notoriety by being the standard-bearer for impeached President Park Geun-hye and claiming that the 1980 Gwangju Uprising, in which South Korea’s dictatorship massacred thousands of pro-democracy protesters, was a North Korean insurrection.

> So he acts on gut instinct alone, without listening to expert advisors

This statement is not supported in your quote, or in the article. One can listen and disagree.