[News Dive] How Are the Presidential Office and Ruling Party Responding to the Personnel Controversy?

The Sept. 8 edition of “News Dive” examines the presidential office and ruling party’s response to a series of personnel controversies. The presidential office says Kim Seung-won and Yong Hye-in must undergo confirmation hearings, while Yong has not responded publicly and the Basic Income Party calls dual office-holding a new precedent.

Kim Seung-won says there were no improper solicitations and that he will address the issue at the hearing. The program also discusses claims that Han Dong-hoon selectively disclosed documents, Yang’s efforts to highlight ties with the People Power Party, and Han’s response when asked about the documents’ source: “Do you reveal things that well, reporter?”

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Do you reveal things that well, reporter?

Other topics include Cho Kuk’s call for the Democratic Party to apologize first over an alleged secret deal, Kim Min-seok’s response that he did not know what Cho meant, and reports that the presidential office is considering direct presidential involvement after losing support among its core supporters. The show also asks about the responses from both parties to the appointment of lawyer Kim Ji-yong as the first head of the Central Investigation Agency.

The program covers a dispute over constitutional revision, with Kim Min-seok calling for a realistic amendment and Jeong Jeom-sik saying there will be no constitutional revision under the current government. It also mentions entry into a handball stadium after a 95-day blockade, U.S. investment worth 30 trillion won as the first such investment, and an Iranian warning in Korean about “dispatching troops.”

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I will speak about it at the hearing.