Opposition Launches All-Out Offensive Against Kim Seungwon and Yong Hyein... Han Raises His Profile

The Opposition Pressures Kim Seungwon and Yong Hyein with Allegations
Han Donghun and Kim Seungwon Clash Over Confirmation Hearing
Ruling Party: "We Will Actively Respond to Negative Campaigns Against Kim"

The broader opposition bloc continues its relentless attacks on Kim Seung-won, nominee for Minister of Justice, and Yong Hye-in, nominee for Minister of Gender Equality and Family. Han Donghoon, an independent lawmaker, is taking the lead outside the National Assembly in raising allegations about nominee Kim's "new drug lobbying scandal," thereby increasing his own public profile.

Kim Seung-won, nominee for Minister of Justice, is arriving at the confirmation hearing preparation office set up at Jeokseon Hyundai Building in Jongno-gu, Seoul on the 7th.

Jang Donghyuk, leader of the People Power Party, attended the Supreme Council meeting held at the National Assembly on the morning of September 7. Regarding nominees Kim and Yong, he labeled Kim as "not only guilty of bribery but also a co-conspirator in stock price manipulation," and Yong as a member of the "leftist policy vanguard of the Lee Jaemyung administration." He called for the withdrawal of not only the nominations of Kim and Yong, but for the complete reversal of the current cabinet reshuffle itself.

The broader opposition bloc has raised the following suspicions against nominee Kim: ▲allegations of preferential lobbying and involvement in clinical trials for new drugs, and alleged connection to stock price manipulation by related companies; ▲suspicions of waste of government subsidies involving a socially cooperative organization related to his family. As for nominee Yong, the allegations include ▲suspicions regarding a secret organization within the Basic Income Party and ▲the controversy over family-run political parties.

In particular, lawmaker Han is leading the effort to scrutinize nominee Kim by publicly releasing a series of documents related to the lobbying allegations. Kim Seung-won, in response to Han's accusations, said, "This is a textbook example of prosecutorial 'cabinet politics,'" and added, "Lawmaker Han should appear as a witness at the confirmation hearing and take responsibility for what he has said." In reply, Han told reporters on the same day, "Please approve me as a member of the hearing committee." However, he added that he does not expect the confirmation hearing to actually take place.

The ruling party, now on the defensive, is mobilizing all available resources in response. Park Sungjoon, senior spokesperson for the Democratic Party of Korea, told reporters, "We will actively counter the negative campaign against nominee Kim within the party as well." He added that spokesman Cho Gye-won, Supreme Council members Han Minsu and Jeon Yonggi, and Legislation and Judiciary Committee lawmaker Kim Donga would form a front-line response team.

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