Kim Yong-hyeon “If you can’t say something just because you are wearing a military uniform, you are a god”… 野 “The spirit of Chungam High School is very good”, a war of nerves among the Commission National Defense

[2024 국정감사]

Kim uses secrecy to protect the counter-intelligence chief
野 said that “Chun Doo-hwan and Cha Ji-cheol look alike”
Kim replied, “Thank you.”

Minister of National Defense Kim Yong-hyun answers questions from lawmakers at the National Defense Committee’s investigation of the National Assembly held at the Ministry of National Defense building in Yongsan-gu, Seoul on the 8th. Controversy arose when National Defense Minister Kim Yong-hyun, a photographer in the National Assembly, used slang words such as ‘X God’ while defending the Armed Forces Counter-Intelligence Command’s top commander (Lt.-Gen. ) Yeo Yeo-hyung, who answered a question about the ‘martial law theory’ of the opposition party. The opposition party compared Minister Kim and Commander Yeo to Chun Doo-hwan and Cha Ji-cheol (Head of the Presidential Security Office during President Park Chung-hee’s term), and a fierce battle ensued of shouting between the two sides.

At the National Defense Committee’s investigation of the National Assembly held at the Ministry of National Defense building in Yongsan-gu, Seoul on the 8th, Democratic Party lawmaker Kim Min-seok asked, “The you ever felt that the former Minister of National Defense Shin Won – did you have physical or memory problems?” Commander Yeo replied, “I don’t feel the need to answer.” He replied. Commander Yeo became angry and shouted back at Democratic Party lawmaker Boo Seung-chan, who was interrupting her speech, saying, “Why are you shouting?”

When Representative Hwang Hee of the same party said, “It doesn’t look good for a person in military uniform to show such an attitude at the head of the National Assembly,” Minister Kim went ahead and said, “Yes I think it’s even more ‘X God’ to sit still and not be able to say something about wearing a military uniform.” he said. In response, representative Park Seon-won from the same party said sarcastically, “The spirit of Chungam High School is amazing.” Minister Kim and Commander Yeo graduated from Chungam High School and are President Yoon Seok-yeol’s senior by one year and nine years, respectively.

Afterwards, Commander Yeo was given the opportunity to speak and said, “For a month, I personally received unbearable insults to my character in public through the media and YouTube,” and said, “I offer my apology eager to deal hard.” However, when Rep. Park, “(Looking at the minister and the female commander), it’s good to see them because they look like Chun Doo-hwan and Cha Ji-cheol,” Minister Kim countered by saying , “Thank you. “

At the National Assembly’s investigation that resumed in the afternoon, Minister Kim expressed regret for using racism, but when Rep. Park repeated the question with his comment, “Don’t be Cha Ji-cheol,” he continued to get angry. , saying, “I can’t even follow your toes.” Minister Kim said that representative Park Beom-gye of the same party asked, “Do you respect Cha Ji-cheol, who was the de facto cause of the December 12 coup? When asked, “How can you say such a thing?” he replied, “I don’t like (Cha Ji-cheol), but why are you comparing me to Cha Ji-cheol? He also expressed his displeasure by saying, “Please don’t compare anymore.”

Meanwhile, Minister Kim recently said, “It is very likely that North Korean military casualties in Ukraine are real given the various circumstances.” Also, “There is only one person who has the highest honor in North Korea, but South Korea has 50 million people. “If one person fights with 50 million, of course we win,” he said.