>> 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.

Are you suggesting that experts advices that they should default on A1 bonds even though they could clearly manage to extend and pay them? That seems highly unlikely. I don’t think any expert in the field would have such disregard for the importance of trust in the system.