Controversy Over South Korea’s First Lady Accepting Designer Handbag Bribes Intensifies, Becomes Political Bomb

As the date of the congressional election approaches, the controversy over South Korea’s first lady Kim Gun-hee accepting bribes for designer handbags has intensified and become a “political bomb.” However, President Yoon Seok-yue chose to go against the people for the sake of his wife.

The trigger for the whole incident turned out to be a Dior WOC chain bag worth 3 million won (approximately HK$17,000).

In November last year, South Korea’s left-wing YouTube channel “Voice of Seoul” exposed a secretly filmed video showing that Kim Jianxi accepted a Dior handbag as a bribe from Choi Jae-young, a Korean pastor in the United States on September 13, 2022. The related video began to go viral on Korean social media Rumor has it that the Yin Xiyue government was under tremendous pressure for a while.

How did this video come to light? Moreover, Jin Jianxi comes from a rich family and has seen the world, but she was bribed by a handbag?

There is speculation that Kim Jianxi is probably used to receiving gifts. Choi Jae-young’s statement on Monday also accused this.

He said that when he first met Kim Jianxi, he gave him Chanel cosmetics, etc. “It can be said that luxury goods are tickets to meet Kim Jianxi.” Cui Zaiying said that he was worried about Kim Jianxi’s role in the South Korean government. , so he cooperated with a reporter from “Voice of Seoul” and secretly filmed the process of Jin Jianxi receiving the gift with his watch during the second meeting.

Since this secretly filmed video was exposed for more than two months, the South Korean President’s Office has been keeping a low profile. However, as the date of the congressional election approaches, the video has been circulated again, causing shock in South Korea’s ruling and opposition parties.

Yoon Seok-yue narrowly won the 2022 general election. Of the 300 seats in the Korean National Assembly, the ruling National Power Party only holds 112 seats, while the opposition Democratic Party has 168 seats. In the parliamentary election held on April 10 this year, the National Power Party hopes to regain the leadership of the Congress. South Korea’s current economy is stagnant and inflation is rising, and Yin Xiyue’s approval rating is sluggish.

Even with support rates continuing to fall, Yin Xiyue still did not hesitate to use his veto power to protect his wife.

Seeing that the situation was about to get out of control, on January 17, Kim Kyung-yul, the emergency response committee member of the National Power Party, admitted in an interview with South Korea’s JTBC TV station that First Lady Kim Jian-hee should apologize and explain. She also likened Kim Jian-hee to the French Revolution in the 18th century. The extravagant Queen Mary was put on the guillotine. Antoinette.

Yin Xiyue was furious about this and asked Han Dongxun, the interim leader of the National Power, to resign. However, the request to resign was directly rejected. 50-year-old Han Dongxun and Yun Xiyue were both prosecutors. After Yun Xiyue became president, he served as the Minister of Justice and is regarded as a confidant of Yun.

In other words, in order to protect his wife, Yin Xiyue fell out with his confidants, triggering internal strife within the ruling party.

The opposition party demanded an explanation from the President’s Office for Kim Jian-hee’s alleged violation of South Korea’s anti-corruption law, the Kim Young-ran Act. The law makes it illegal for public officials and their spouses to accept gifts exceeding approximately $750 in one time or more than $2,200 in a year. Voice of Seoul filed a complaint with South Korean authorities, accusing the first lady of taking bribes, while a civil society group filed a complaint with the country’s anti-corruption agency, demanding an investigation.

As mentioned before, in the current South Korean Congress, the National Power Party of the Yoon Seok-yue government does not have an advantage in seats. Once the National Power Party further loses seats in the election, Yoon Seok-yue will not be able to prevent the congressional investigation of his wife. This will undoubtedly become a ticking political bomb.

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Boeing has had another passenger plane malfunction recently. When a Boeing 757 operated by Delta Air Lines was preparing to take off on the 20th, one of its front wheels fell off and rolled away.

The New York Times and The Guardian reported on the 23rd that the incident occurred at around 11:15 a.m. on the 20th at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport in Georgia, USA, on a Delta Air Lines Boeing 757 numbered “DL 982” The plane was queuing up for takeoff to Bogota, Colombia, when “the front wheel came off and rolled down the slope.”

The report pointed out that the Boeing 757 aircraft has two rubber wheels and tires installed side by side, which were also inspected before takeoff. ABC News reported that according to an air traffic control recording attached to the FAA notice, an air traffic controller reminded the pilot, “One of your front wheels just came off and rolled down the runway behind you.” The pilot realized then that something was wrong and immediately called the control tower for help.

It was reported that the detached front wheel rolled all the way off the runway, and maintenance personnel later recovered it on the embankment slope next to the runway.

According to a U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) notice, all 184 passengers and 6 crew members on board DL 982 were not injured. Although passengers and luggage were forced to disembark, the trip was delayed. However, a Delta Air Lines spokesperson said that passengers had been transferred to alternative flights to their destinations.

Boeing declined to comment and referred questions to Delta Air Lines, while the FAA said it was continuing to investigate the incident.

Boeing aircraft have been involved in frequent accidents in recent years, including two Max 8 crashes in Indonesia and Ethiopia in 2018 and 2019, resulting in a total of 346 deaths.

On the 5th of this month, a door of an Alaskan Boeing 737 Max 9 jet suddenly fell off at 16,000 feet (4,900 meters) over Oregon, leaving a large hole in the side of the aircraft.

On the evening of January 18, local time, a Boeing 747-8 cargo plane operated by Atlas Air in the United States encountered an engine failure shortly after takeoff. The fuselage caught fire and subsequently made an emergency landing at Miami International Airport.

Alaska Airlines CEO Ben Minicucci revealed in an interview on Tuesday that an internal inspection found a large number of loose bolts on Boeing’s 737 Max 9 aircraft. The CEO expressed frustration with Boeing’s poor quality control and suggested the airline may shelve plans to order Boeing’s newest aircraft.

On January 23, Boeing announced that the Boeing 737 factory team will conduct a “quality shutdown” in Renton, Washington on January 25.

According to Reuters and NBC reports, on the 24th local time, Boeing CEO Calhoun met with several senators on Capitol Hill. Two senators who participated in the meeting revealed that the meeting was held at the request of Calhoun, but Calhoun did not answer the question of what caused the door of the 737 MAX 9 to fall off.

After the meeting, Democratic Senator Maria Cantwell issued a statement saying, “Boeing deserves a leadership culture that puts safety over profits for the American flying public and Boeing production line workers.”

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2024-01-25 02:50:23