Yong Hye-in Gives Reporters the Silent Treatment on Her Way to Work

Yong Hye-in, nominee for South Korea's Gender Equality and Family minister, gave reporters no answer on her way to work on the 8th. She avoided eye contact and quickly entered an elevator as questions about the controversies surrounding her mounted.

Yong arrived at the confirmation-hearing preparation office set up at the Korea Youth Activity Promotion Agency in Seodaemun District, Seoul. Reporters asked about allegations involving her simultaneous positions as a ministerial nominee and proportional-representation lawmaker, as well as the issue of a family political party.

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I am well aware that there are many worries and concerns, and I will listen, and listen again.

She walked rapidly away from the journalists and went straight to the office. Her hurried departure drew sighs from reporters at the scene.

On July 2, Yong had responded to concerns surrounding her by saying, "I am well aware that there are many worries and concerns, and I will listen, and listen again." Asked whether she should resign her parliamentary seat, she said, "I know that the hearing is not simply a space where I speak alone, but a space for communication with the people."

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I know that the hearing is not simply a space where I speak alone, but a space for communication with the people.