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When Lee Jae-myung, the Democratic Party chairman, criticized senior ruling party candidate Na Kyung-won over her alleged pro-Japanese views, he called her “nabe,” a combination of letters of her name and that of late Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.

Nabe in Japanese means pot, whose Korean translation is “naembi,” which can be used as a derogatory slang term to refer to a woman with many sex partners.

When Lee Jae-myung, the Democratic Party chairman, criticized senior ruling party candidate Na Kyung-won over her alleged pro-Japanese views, he called her “nabe,” a combination of parts of the names of Na and late Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.

Nabe in Japanese means pot, whose Korean translation is “naembi” that can be used as a derogatory slang term to refer to a woman with many sex partners.

Ellen Zentner, chief U.S. economist at Morgan Stanley and president of the NABE, said a wide range of factors are behind the 2024 upgrade, including spending by both the government and households.