Kim Seong-Hye, secretary
Kim Seong-hoe, secretary for religious multiculturalism in the presidential office, resigned voluntarily on the 13th.
It is the first case in which a secretary-level secretary in the presidential office has ‘fallen out’ since the inauguration of the Yun Seok-yeol government, and it is the first time in seven days since the appointment on the 6th.
The Office of the Spokesperson for the President’s Office announced on the same day that “Secretary Kim announced that he would voluntarily resign in order not to become a person to the president.”
Secretary Kim’s Facebook post in the past, ‘homosexuality is a kind of mental illness’ and the Japanese military comfort women victims’ demands for compensation as a ‘hwadae’ was published late, the fact that the post was controversial.
In March of last year, in an article published by an internet media outlet, it was additionally revealed that he made remarks such as “Half of the women of the Joseon Dynasty were sex toys.”
In response, Secretary Kim made an apology on Facebook, but said, “Rather than seeing homosexuality as desirable, it can be changed by a certain treatment, just as a smoker receives smoking cessation treatment.” It was the object of sexual pleasure by the yangbans. Is it wrong to reflect on such a shameful history?”
In addition, while serving as the representative of the Korean Multicultural Center in the past, it became known that he was caught by the supervisory authority in 2018 by spending the center money on the operation of Ban Ki-moon’s fan club ‘Firefly’ by former UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.
Until the previous day, the presidential office maintained the official position of “watching a little more” about Secretary Kim’s whereabouts. However, in the sense that the presidential office waited for Secretary Kim’s voluntary resignation decision and considered the dismissal procedure depending on the circumstances, it is in fact close to a ‘sacking’.
With the aim of increasing opportunities for direct communication with the people, President Yoon expanded and reorganized the Office of Civil Society Chief Executive Officer and created the position of secretary for religious multiculturalism.