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President Joe Biden and South Korean President Yoon Seok-yul met in Madrid on Tuesday.
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At the moment of the video capture, Biden seemed to wave Yun’s hand without making eye contact.
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Currently, “unsightly handshakes” are becoming popular on Twitter in South Korea as users scrutinize their gestures.
A nasty handshake between US President Joe Biden and South Korean President Yun Suk-yul at the NATO summit in Madrid ignited social media on Wednesday.
Moment between captured leaders In the videoIt looks like Biden is coming in to wave Yun during the gala dinner, but he never makes eye contact with the latter. Even while waving Yun’s hand, Biden can be seen chatting instead with Bulgarian President Rumen Radev.
Since the incident, the word “Nooruk Handshake” has been popular on Twitter in South Korea. TrendMemo, Track trending Twitter topics around the world. For several hours it was ranked among the top 10 topics.
The exchange caused controversy online as Twitter users wondered if Biden’s actions would be considered rude.
As one user Tweet in Korean, Not giving Yun eye contact indicates that US leaders “did not intend to be polite at all.”
Another user I wondered if there was more meaning behind Biden’s move. “It’s rude to even do that in the meantime [ordinary] Individuals are sending messages so they don’t look into their eyes while waving on the diplomatic stage. “
It’s not uncommon for social media users to scrutinize how world leaders interact with each other at an event.
Earlier this month, a nasty photo of French President Emmanuel Macron hugging Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky in Kieu Instant internet meme..
In 2017, The internet was also a pandemic With a white handshake that Macron shared with then-President Donald Trump. The following year, Macron reportedly shook hands very firmly with Trump. Left a trace In the latter hand.
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