Lee Jae-myung’s Wife Kim Hye-kyung Attends Children’s Game Festival: Latest Update on Democratic Party Leader’s Wife

Lee Jae-myung, leader of the Democratic Party of Korea, and his wife Kim Hye-kyung attended the “Children’s Game Festival”, an event dedicated to Children’s Day in the Incheon region, and the Gyeyang Araon event on the 4th ./YouTube

Kim Hye-kyung, the wife of Democratic Party leader Lee Jae-myeong, appeared on the official program with leader Lee on the 4th. It has been two years and three months since suspicions surfaced about the misuse of Democratic Party’s company card Gyeonggi provincial office during the 2022 presidential election. Kim is on trial after being indicted on charges of providing meals worth 104,000 won to spouses of lawmakers during the Democratic Party’s presidential election primaries in August 2021 ( violating the ban on donations under the Public Official Elections Act). from the prosecution on charges of having caused the purchase of sushi, beef, etc. using a company credit card (charge of breach of trust).

Representative Lee and Mr. Kim attended the ‘Children’s Game Festival’, a Children’s Day event in the Incheon region, and the Gyeyang Araon event on the 4th. Mr. Kim accompanied CEO Lee throughout the official outdoor program and took photos with local residents. During the move, I walked hand in hand with CEO Lee. This scene was broadcast live on Lee’s YouTube channel. Rep. Lee said on YouTube Live, “This is the first time since the presidential election that the couple has attended an event,” and “It feels like more than two years.” Rep. Lee said, “Meeting children is a joy. When asked, “What about you?”, Mr. Kim laughed.

Mr. Kim has refrained from public activities since holding an apology conference in February 2022 following revelations that he had made Lee pay for meals, etc. with a company card through his secretary when he was governor of Gyeonggi Province. Even when Representative Lee voted in the last presidential election or this general election, Mr. Kim did not come to the polls with him. The only time Mr. Kim was caught by the media was when he appeared to the police or in court in connection with a corporate card embezzlement case. Regarding Mr. Kim’s official activities, a Democratic Party official said, “Mr. Kim has occasionally participated in local private events” and “his public activities may increase in the future.”

Regarding Kim’s public actions, there is an interpretation within the party that Representative Lee, who gained confidence after winning the general election, is trying to “overcome judicial risks head-on.” An official close to CEO Lee said: “I think it has been proven that the investigation into the corporate card misappropriation case was conducted unreasonably for political purposes.” Some in the party interpreted it as an attempt to show a contrast with President Yoon Seok-yeol’s wife, Kim Kun-hee, who continues to engage in private activities. On the 2nd, when Mrs. Kim appeared at her fourth trial for violating the Official Public Election Law, Lee’s supporters chanted, “Kim Hye-kyung has integrity” and “Madam, be strong.”

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