south korea's "first lady" resumes public activities, sparking dissatisfaction, "brand-name bag" case remains unresolved
2024-09-18
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according to the hankyoreh, cho seung-rae, chief spokesperson of the democratic party of korea, the largest opposition party in south korea, criticized the recent resumption of public activities by south korean "first lady" kim gun-hee on the 16th, saying that this move ignored the dissatisfaction of the people and was tantamount to "adding fuel to the fire" of angry public opinion. the democratic party of korea made the above remarks at a time when the anger in south korea caused by the case of "kim gun-hee suspected of accepting branded bags" has not subsided.
it is reported that kim gun-hee went to a facility for disabled children to carry out volunteer activities during the chuseok holiday (15th). on the same day, yoon seok-yeol visited a grassroots police station and fire station to pay a visit.
according to reports, zhao chenglai said at a press conference on the 16th, "the president (yun seok-yeol) and his wife fooled public opinion by putting on a show during the mid-autumn festival, causing the public to explode with anger."
cho seung-rae criticized, “kim gun-hee should go to the prosecutor’s investigation room now.” he also mentioned that yoon seok-yeol’s approval rating has dropped to the lowest level since he took office, saying that his lowest approval rating data reflects the severe public opinion. “please remember that this opinion poll is the last warning issued by the people to yoon seok-yeol (president) and ms. kim (gon-hee).”
according to the online media "voice of seoul", kim jianxi received brand-name perfumes and cosmetics from choi jae-young in june 2022, and in september of the same year, she received a dior bag worth 3 million won (10,000 won is about 53 yuan). kim jianxi was also reported for this. at first, yoon seok-yeol and his wife remained silent on the matter. it was not until more than two months after the incident was exposed that yoon seok-yeol spoke for the first time, insisting that this was a carefully planned "political conspiracy." on june 11, 2024, the national rights commission, south korea's anti-corruption agency, stated that kim jianxi "had no illegal behavior" and announced the closure of the case. according to yonhap news agency on august 21, the south korean prosecutors determined that kim jianxi was not suspected of a crime in the case of the "first lady" suspected of accepting brand-name bags.
according to previous reports, the latest opinion poll results released by the south korean polling organization gallup korea on september 13 showed that south korean president yoon seok-yeol's approval rating fell by 3% from the previous week to 20%, the lowest since he took office in may 2022.
in terms of the reasons for positive evaluation, 15% of the respondents thought that yoon seok-yeol did a good job in "diplomacy", while among the reasons for negative evaluation, "expansion of medical university enrollment" accounted for 18%, becoming the main reason for negative evaluation for two consecutive weeks. in addition, "economy, people's livelihood, prices" and "lack of communication" were also the main reasons for negative evaluation.
(yangcheng evening news•yangcheng news comprehensive global times, cctv news)
