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A4 Sheets Fly as Protesters Demand Ministerial Nominee Yong Hye-in Resign as Lawmaker

From Dong-A Ilbo · () Korean

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  • Future Party members staged a surprise protest as Minister of Gender Equality and Family nominee Yong Hye-in arrived at a hearing preparation office in Seoul.
  • Protesters distributed leaflets and displayed signs accusing her of prioritizing party interests, while demanding that she give up her parliamentary seat.
  • Yong said she would explain her position at the confirmation hearing and did not answer questions about government pressure or state subsidies to her party.

Ministerial nominee Yong Hye-in encountered a surprise protest on her way to work, with A4 sheets flying as Future Party members called for her resignation from the National Assembly.

Public interest or party interest? Lawmaker Yong Hye-in is not qualified to be a minister.

· Future Party protestersThe wording appeared on signs during the surprise protest outside Yong’s hearing preparation office.

The progressive-leaning group gathered on Sept. 3 outside the confirmation hearing preparation office in Seodaemun-gu, Seoul. Its members held a sign reading, “Public interest or party interest? Lawmaker Yong Hye-in is not qualified to be a minister,” and scattered leaflets.

The protesters argued that Yong should not hold both positions while young people struggle to find work. They said, “With 1.5 million young people struggling without jobs, it makes no sense to hold dual positions to protect the party’s interests.”

With 1.5 million young people struggling without jobs, it makes no sense to hold dual positions to protect the party’s interests.

· Future Party protestersThe protesters used the statement to demand that Yong resign as a lawmaker.

Yong, a proportional-representation lawmaker and nominee for minister of gender equality and family, gave a brief response when reporters questioned her as she arrived at the office at the Korea Youth Work Agency. On demands that she surrender her parliamentary seat, she said, “I will explain in detail at the confirmation hearing.” She did not respond to questions about whether keeping the seat would burden the Lee Jae-myung government or whether party subsidies were the reason she had not resigned.

I will explain in detail at the confirmation hearing.

· Yong Hye-inYong gave the brief response when reporters asked about demands that she resign her parliamentary seat.
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Originally published by Dong-A Ilbo in Korean. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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