A picture of President Yoon Seok-yeol and First Lady Kim Kun-hee, released on the 29th, spending time with their dog in the Oval Office of the President’s Office in Yongsan. photo = Yonhap News
On the 30th, Park Ji-hyeon, chairman of the Democratic Party’s joint emergency countermeasures committee, said, “I’m worried that it might be a preview of the president’s family intervention in state affairs.”
Chairman Park wrote on his Facebook page that day, “The office of the president is a place where confidential matters of the state are handled, and it is by no means a private area.”
Then, Chairman Park said, “President Yoon has turned the Oval Office into a family living room.”
In addition, Chairman Park pointed out, “I am concerned about the people who still remember the contents of the transcript of Mrs. Kim Gun-hee, which was broadcast during the presidential election.”
In a written briefing, Cho Oh-seop, spokesman for the Democratic Party’s election committee, also said, “Did Mrs. Kim, who promised quiet support to all kinds of suspicions such as false education and career during the election, dreamed of becoming a celebrity? It is not communication to brag about your life inside and outside.”
“Moreover, the presidential office is spreading the controversy by giving vague answers and changing words about the photographer,” Cho said.
Reporter Kim Soo-hyun at Hankyung.com ksoohyun@hankyung.com
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