'COVID-19 Positive' Ju Ok-soon Says "Slept at Jjimjilbang After Gwanghwamun Rally"... Changes Statement Amid Controversy
Revealed on YouTube: "I Slept at a Jjimjilbang After the Rally"
Changed Statement to "I Never Went to a Jjimjilbang" After Controversy
[Asia Economy Intern Reporter Kim Bong-ju] Ju Ok-soon (64), the representative of the conservative group 'Eommabudae' and a YouTube broadcaster who tested positive for COVID-19 after attending the Gwanghwamun rally on the 15th, initially said she went to a jjimjilbang on the day of the rally but later retracted her statement.
The Gapyeong County Public Health Center in Gyeonggi Province announced, "Both Ju and her husband tested positive for COVID-19 around 11 a.m. today (the 20th) and have been classified as the 28th and 29th confirmed cases in Gapyeong County."
Health authorities are estimating that they were infected with COVID-19 after attending the Gwanghwamun rally on Liberation Day.
On the 16th, the day after the Gwanghwamun rally, Ju said during a live broadcast on her YouTube channel 'Ju Ok-soon TV Eommabangsong,' "I slept at a jjimjilbang last night. So now, I am temporarily staying at someone else's house and broadcasting."
When it became known that Ju, who tested positive for COVID-19, had visited a jjimjilbang?a place with a high risk of infection?controversy arose, and on the 20th, during a phone interview with KBS, she changed her statement, saying, "I did not go to a jjimjilbang."
Ju also speculated on her route of infection to KBS, saying, "I think my husband got infected as well while we were taking the subway with Representative Cha Myung-jin, who also tested positive."
Currently, the Gapyeong Public Health Center is conducting an epidemiological investigation, including contact tracing, based on Ju's statements and her credit card usage history.
Whether Ju actually stayed at a jjimjilbang after attending the Liberation Day rally is expected to be confirmed through the epidemiological investigation.
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Meanwhile, Ju has served as the representative of the conservative civic group Eommabudae since 2013. In addition, in September 2017, during Hong Joon-pyo's leadership of the Liberty Korea Party, she was appointed vice-chair of the party's Digital Party Committee.
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