Moon Jun-yong "The President's Son Signed a Contract with an Affiliated Organization... Is It Intentional?"

[Photo by Junyong Moon on Facebook]

[Asia Economy Reporter Shinwon Yoon] Moon Joon-yong, son of President Moon Jae-in, criticized a report concerning his exhibition contracts.

On the 20th, Joon-yong posted a critical comment on his Facebook regarding a media report. The article he referred to was published by Monthly Chosun on the same day, titled "Contract Details of President Moon Jae-in's Son and Daughter-in-law with Local Government-affiliated Institutions."

It stated that he, working as a media artist, and his wife Jang Ji-eun received four exhibition and production project contracts over two years (2018?2019) from the Goyang Children's Museum.

The article also mentioned that the total contract amount for all four projects, including payments received by the related company, was approximately 43 million KRW, with detailed information to be reported later.

In response, Joon-yong said, "It reads naturally as 'the artist contracted with the museum,' but strangely as 'the president's son contracted with a subordinate institution,'" adding, "Reporter, you wrote it that way on purpose, right?"

He further pointed out, "Among national, municipal, and provincial art museums, there is obviously no place that is not a subordinate institution," and "Not just anyone can exhibit at these places; you have to be selected."

He also stated, "Until 2016, before the current administration, I had already accumulated 18 exhibitions at national and public institutions and 10 international exhibitions," adding, "Considering I was a newcomer artist for six years after my debut, that is a significant and proud record."

He continued, "All of these were already disclosed on my website from before, so why omit those and only talk about exhibitions during the current administration while doubting someone else's abilities?" and added, "At this point, whether national public exhibitions or local government contracts, I believe I am fully qualified to receive contracts in the future."

Earlier, on the 16th, Joon-yong also criticized, saying, "I know well that our family is being used as bait, but do you have to write even a preview like this?" and "At this rate, how are you different from those who make tabloid rumors?"

This content was produced with the assistance of AI translation services.