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People Power Party mounts full attack over alleged underground network linked to nominee Yong Hye-in

From Dong-A Ilbo · () Korean

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  • The People Power Party renewed allegations that minister nominee Yong Hye-in is linked to an underground network associated with activist groups.
  • Floor leader Jeong Jeom-sik said the confirmation hearing could become a hearing on the alleged network rather than on Yong herself.
  • Party leader Jang Dong-hyuk accused President Lee Jae-myung’s senior aide Kim Hyun-ji of orchestrating a left-wing cartel’s influence over appointments.

The People Power Party has launched a renewed offensive against Gender Equality and Family Minister nominee Yong Hye-in, accusing her of links to an underground activist network and describing the appointment as part of a “left-wing cartel buildup.”

Was this appointment intended to look after the Labor Party’s underground network?

· Jeong Jeom-sikThe People Power Party floor leader questioned the purpose of Yong Hye-in’s nomination.

Floor leader Jeong Jeom-sik wrote on Facebook on the 6th that the appointment might have been intended to look after an underground network associated with the Labor Party. He said that, if the issue continued, the confirmation hearing would become a hearing on the alleged network rather than a hearing on Yong Hye-in.

Jeong argued that what he called strange signs over the past year all pointed to one truth: Kim Hyun-ji, chief of the presidential office’s first administrative office, was the real power shaping appointments in the Lee Jae-myung administration. He said it would be despairing if the reshuffle, which he described as difficult for the public to understand, was also the work of the alleged network.

At this rate, it will not be a ‘Yong Hye-in hearing’ but a ‘hearing on the underground network.’

· Jeong Jeom-sikHe warned that the confirmation hearing would focus on the alleged network.

Party leader Jang Dong-hyuk made a similar argument the previous day. He said Yong’s nomination had seemed puzzling from the moment President Lee unexpectedly selected her, and portrayed the choice as the product of a left-wing cartel built by Kim Hyun-ji rather than a spontaneous decision.

All the strange signs of the past year point to one truth. The person really controlling appointments in the Lee Jae-myung administration is Kim Hyun-ji.

· Jeong Jeom-sikHe accused the presidential aide of directing government appointments.

The People Power Party has linked its allegations to groups including the Socialist Party, the Labor Party, Alba Solidarity and Youth Left. The party’s claims remain the focus of a political attack over Yong’s nomination.

Yong Hye-in was not a choice that came out of nowhere. It was the buildup of a left-wing cartel by Kim Hyun-ji.

· Jang Dong-hyukThe party leader criticized the president’s nomination of Yong.
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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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