First Lady Kun-hee Kim and the Democratic Party Chairman Ho-jung Yun▶ Click here for a larger view
The conversation between President Yoon Seok-yeol’s wife, Kim Kun-hee, and his wife, Kim Gun-hee, at a dinner commemorating his inauguration on the 10th, with Yoon Ho-jung, chairman of the Emergency Response Committee of the Democratic Party of Korea, became known late on the 16th.
President Yoon Seok-yeol had a pre-interview meeting with the parliamentarians and leaders of the ruling and opposition parties prior to his speech on correction of the supplementary budget bill at the National Assembly on the same day.
At that time, when a picture of Kim and Yoon Bi-Chairman’s conversation at the dinner was released on the 11th, a lot of attention was paid to the content of the conversation between the two people.
According to the attendees of the pre-wedding conversation, when one of the attendees told Chairman Yoon, “The picture was taken well”, President Yun introduced what he had heard directly to Mrs. Kim about the situation at the time.
President Yoon said, “When I asked my wife why (Chairman Yoon) laughed, he said that he told Chairman Yoon, ‘I am also the best friend of Mr.
Chairman Yoon also mentioned the situation at the time, saying, “Mrs. Kim said, ‘My mother-in-law is Papyeong Yun, and my father-in-law is a ‘heavy’ character and has the same rank as Chairman. Please take care of it.”
President Yoon’s father is Yoon Yoon-jung, an emeritus professor at Yonsei University.
It is said that such conversations made the attendees laugh and created a friendly atmosphere for a moment.
On the evening of the 10th, on the day of the inauguration ceremony, in a photo taken at a dinner for a foreign guest held at a hotel, Chairman Yoon looked at Mrs. Kim with a smile and covered his mouth with his left hand and smiled broadly.
When the photo was released, some supporters of strong Democratic Party members criticized Chairman Yoon. There was an interpretation that he was touching the emotional line of the supporters in a situation where the regret for giving up the government did not go away, and the new government had been at odds with the new government.
President Yun Seok-yeol greets Chairman Yun Ho-jung▶ Click here for a larger view
Since the photo was distributed directly by the President’s office, some supporters raised the question of ‘Isn’t it intentional?’
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