Yoon Young-chan "Tell Kakao to Join"... Opposition "Was News Control Real?"

Yoon Young-chan, former Blue House Chief of National Communication, is holding a press conference on the 15th at the National Assembly to announce his joining of the Democratic Party of Korea. Former Chief Yoon stated that he will run for the Seongnam Jungwon-gu election in next year's general election. Photo by Yoon Dong-ju doso7@

[Asia Economy Reporter Wondara] It has been reported that Yoon Young-chan, a member of the Democratic Party of Korea, instructed to "strongly protest" regarding the article about Joo Ho-young, the floor leader of the People Power Party, delivering the negotiation group representative speech appearing on the main page of the portal site 'Daum,' sparking controversy.

According to a News1 report on the 8th, aides in Yoon's office sent a screenshot of the portal site containing the article about Floor Leader Joo's speech and a Telegram message saying, "Joo Ho-young's speech is immediately reflected on the main page," to Yoon, who was attending the National Assembly plenary session that afternoon. In response, Yoon replied, "Please strongly protest to Kakao," and "Kakao is too much. Tell them to come in."

Baek Hyun-jin, Chairman of the Songpa-eul Party Committee of the Liberty Korea Party / Photo by Yonhap News

The opposition criticized Yoon's instructions as 'news control.' Bae Hyun-jin, the floor spokesperson for the People Power Party, said in a statement that afternoon, "When an article about Floor Leader Joo's negotiation group representative speech was reflected on the main page of a portal site, a member of the ruling party, the Democratic Party, ordered the portal company official to be summoned to the lawmaker's office, which was captured by media cameras," adding, "It was confirmed through a message from Yoon Young-chan, a former executive of the major portal Naver and the first public communication chief under the Moon Jae-in administration." She continued, "This is shocking and very regrettable. News control, it was real," and urged, "Have you been attempting to control public opinion through portals all along? Did the Blue House do the same? The Democratic Party must explain immediately."

Meanwhile, regarding this controversy, a representative from Yoon's office dismissed the issue, saying, "We confirmed yesterday that the ruling party leader's negotiation group representative speech did not appear on the (Daum) main page, and today, since the opposition leader's remarks appeared on the main page in real time, it was puzzling," adding, "Since we belong to the National Assembly's Science, Technology, Information and Broadcasting and Communications Committee, we were only trying to get an explanation about the news system as to why our party's speech did not appear yesterday."

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