Kim Seungwon's Son Absent Six Days a Month While Working at Mother's Welfare Institution

It has been revealed that the son of Justice Minister nominee Kim Seung-won was absent from work roughly six times per month during his employment at the welfare institution where his mother (Kim's spouse) previously served as director.

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According to work records and other documents provided by Assemblyman Joo Jinwoo of the People Power Party, who is a member of the National Assembly's Legislation and Judiciary Committee, and received from the Korea Child Development Social Cooperative on September 11, Kim worked as a weekly activity service provider for the cooperative from May 2024 to August this year, and was absent from work for personal reasons on a total of 163 days. This amounts to an average of approximately 5.8 days per month.

In Kim's first month of employment, May 2024, he missed a total of six days of work. In the months with the highest absences, he did not come to work for up to nine days. Additionally, he left work early 34 times and was late 17 times due to personal reasons.

Kim's employment contract states that he was to work five days a week (Monday to Friday), from 9:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m., receiving a pre-tax monthly wage of 3.2 million won.

The institution stated that there were "no materials" such as job postings or application forms related to the recruitment process of the nominee's children, and explained, "As an institution that cares for individuals with severe developmental disabilities, in reality, there are often no applicants when hiring for regular positions or specialized service roles." The institution added that, "We primarily offer jobs first to people who previously worked at the institution on a daily wage basis."

Regarding the hiring of Kim's spouse, Park, as director, the institution clarified, "It was not due to personal connections or any special relationship, but rather, she was employed at a care facility our children with developmental disabilities attended, which led to her employment here."

In connection with the employment of Kim's children, the institution explained, "While the nominee's spouse was working at the cooperative's care institution, their son, who was a college student at the time, and daughter, who was in high school, helped with care work at the institution on weekends. This became the basis for their later employment."

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