Yoo In-chon says, “We need to be careful about what we express in public” regarding Kim Yuna.
Hong Ik-pyo “The celebrity in question must have been under a tremendous psychological burden.”
… “The Democratic Party does not take issue with Lee Young-ae’s ‘Reference to Syngman Rhee’”
▲ On the 4th, Hong Ik-pyo, floor leader of the Democratic Party of Korea, attends a general meeting of lawmakers held at the National Assembly and speaks. 2023.10.4 Professional Reporter Ahn Joo-young In response to Yoo In-chon, a candidate for Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism, commenting to Kim Yun-ah of Jaurim, a group that criticized the discharge of contaminated water from Japan’s Fukushima, that “we need to be cautious,” Hong Ik-pyo, floor leader of the Democratic Party of Korea, responded, “Taking issue with the statement itself is not an issue.” “It’s like creating a blacklist,” he criticized.
On the 4th, floor leader Hong appeared on MBC radio’s ‘Kim Jong-bae’s Focus’ and said, “I think it is very inappropriate for a ministerial candidate to say that such remarks about Kim Yun-ah are ‘inappropriate, she should have been more careful,'” and added, “These people. He said, “The process of taking issue with each of his remarks in the political world is itself a process of creating a kind of blacklist.” ▲ Candidate Yoo In-chon goes to work smiling.
Yoo In-chon, a candidate for Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism, rides a bicycle to the personnel hearing preparation office in Jongno-gu, Seoul on the morning of the 4th. 2023.10.4 News 1 In a written response to a personnel hearing submitted to the National Assembly the day before, Candidate Yoo said, ‘I do not want celebrities expressing their views on social issues, such as the recent case of Kim Yuna criticizing the discharge of contaminated water from Fukushima, Japan on social media. When asked ‘what do you think’, he replied, “Everyone can express their opinions freely, but if there is social influence, responsibility also comes with it, so we must be careful about public expressions.”
Last August, Yuna Kim posted a photo on social media with the words ‘RIP 地球 (Earth)’ along with the caption, “I’ve been engulfed in anger for a few days now. In Blade Runner + 4 years, cinematic dystopia begins to become a reality. The scene of LA in the movie where there is no light due to the non-stop radioactive rain. “On days like today, I think about hell,” she said, criticizing the discharge of contaminated water.
In response, Kim Ki-hyun, representative of the People Power Party, publicly criticized him, calling him a “conceptual celebrity with no concept.” Jang Ye-chan, youth supreme member of the People Power Party, also said, “I hope that anyone, including Kim Yun-ah, realizes that although they have the freedom to say what they want, they must bear heavy responsibility for their public remarks.”
Hong Ik-pyo “The Democratic Party does not take issue with Lee Young-ae’s comments”
Representative Hong pointed out, “It must have been a huge psychological burden on the celebrity involved,” and “From the entertainment company’s perspective, there are concerns about whether they might be subject to a tax investigation.”
He then asked, “Didn’t anyone in our party take issue with Lee Young-ae’s (mention) of President Syngman Rhee at the party level?”
Previously, actress Lee Young-ae donated 50 million won to the President Syngman Rhee Memorial Foundation on the 12th of last month to cover the cost of building a memorial hall. In this regard, as criticism continued, she explained, “I did not mean to cover up the mistake, but to leave the mistake in history as a mistake, but to reconcile by looking at the merit.”
In a letter sent to President Syngman Rhee Memorial Foundation Chairman Kim Hwang-sik while making a donation, he evaluated former President Syngman Rhee as “the person who laid the foundation for today’s free Republic of Korea,” saying, “We will protect our country from North Korea’s armed invasion and prevent it from becoming a country like North Korea.” “It means thank you for doing it,” he explained.
Floor Leader Hong also expressed doubts about Candidate Yoo’s statement in his written response to questions that “there was no blacklist under the Lee Myung-bak administration.”
He pointed out, “The blacklist is from the perspective of someone who has experienced it, and the people who created it or were in that position do not even recognize it as a blacklist,” and added, “They are judging the natural exclusion and discrimination to have been done at a policy level.” .
Meanwhile, the confirmation hearing for candidate Yoo is scheduled to be held on the 5th.
Reporter Yerim Yoon
2023-10-04 06:40:40
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