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“Blocked at the Director-General Level? Got It”: Additional Recording Intensifies Opposition Attack on Lee Jae-myung’s Cabinet Reshuffle

From Chosun Ilbo · () Korean

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  • South Korea’s opposition is intensifying its attack on the Lee Jae-myung government’s first cabinet reshuffle.
  • An additional recording was released in connection with allegations that Kim Seung-won lobbied for approval of a COVID-19 treatment clinical trial.
  • Another nominee, Yong Hye-in, faces growing controversy over alleged ties to an underground Labor Party organization, while the opposition is again targeting presidential office official Kim Hyun-ji.

The opposition is mounting an increasingly aggressive offensive over the Lee Jae-myung government’s first cabinet reshuffle.

Kim Seung-won, the nominee for justice minister, is facing the release of an additional recording tied to allegations that someone lobbied for approval of a clinical trial for a COVID-19 treatment. The headline quotes the recording: “Blocked at the Director-General Level? Got It.”

Controversy is also growing around Yong Hye-in, the nominee for minister of gender equality and family. The allegations concern an underground organization linked to the Labor Party.

The opposition has again turned its attention to Kim Hyun-ji, the chief secretary of the presidential office’s first annex, portraying her as responsible for personnel decisions.

Blocked at the Director-General Level? Got It.

· Unidentified speaker in the recordingThe phrase appears in an additional recording released amid allegations of lobbying over approval for a COVID-19 treatment clinical trial.
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