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Hankook Ilbo: A Balanced View of the World

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“Lee, don’t you know Kim Moon-ki?
The three of us played golf together.”
Yoo Dong-gyu’s revelation continues

Yoo Dong-gyu, the former head of the Seongnam Urban Development Corporation’s planning department, emerged as a typhoon that would hit the political and legal circles. In an interview with the Hankook Ilbo on the evening of the 21st, he argued that the money received from the so-called ‘Daejang-dong Party’ was going to ‘Lee Jae-myung’s presidential campaign,’ and that Democratic Party leader Lee Jae-myung would not be aware of this fact. He also predicted further revelations, saying, “I am so eager to throw a small stone, but what if a large stone flies away?” After the interview with former Director Yoo, Yong Kim, vice president of the Institute for Democracy, who was a close aide of Lee, was arrested and his comments were further strengthened. In particular, he wrote in the Hankook Ilbo, “…