'Four-line Resume' Controversy... Moon Jun-yong "Don't Lie" vs. Kwak Sang-do "What's False? Truly Shameless"

Kwak Sang-do, Member of the People Power Party [Image source=Yonhap News]

[Asia Economy Reporter Choi Eun-young] Moon Jae-in President's son, Jun-yong, has refuted the claim made by Gwak Sang-do, a member of the People Power Party, that he was selected as a beneficiary by writing only four lines and three sentences on the damage confirmation letter during the application process for the Seoul Foundation for Arts and Culture's 'Emergency Art Support for COVID-19 Damage' last year. Gwak Sang-do responded again, calling it a "shameless act."

On the 11th, Gwak posted on his Facebook, "Jun-yong, I find it difficult to understand what is a lie and how it is defamation, but I will disclose the related details in detail."

Gwak said, "This project supports artists who have suffered damage from COVID-19," and pointed out, "Among the damaged artists, the business feasibility or artistry is evaluated, and those who have not suffered damage cannot be eligible."

He continued, "It was required to describe the damage confirmation letter in detail, and the Seoul Foundation for Arts and Culture also confirmed the COVID-19 damage during the screening process and excluded ineligible candidates, so I focused on this and compared it with other applicants," asserting that contrary to Moon's claim, the extent of damage caused by COVID-19 played a significant role in selecting support recipients.

He also criticized, "Moon Jun-yong not only received support from private organizations but also received support over many struggling damaged artists, and distorts and defames the project as one that supports excellent people, which is truly shameless."

Artist Moon Jun-yong [Image source = Yonhap News]

On the 10th, Gwak claimed that Moon wrote only four lines on the damage confirmation letter submitted to the Seoul Foundation for Arts and Culture during the process of receiving 14 million won in emergency art support funds for COVID-19 damage last year and was selected as a beneficiary.

Gwak argued that other applicants presented specific graphs and statistics on the decrease in audience numbers in their damage confirmation letters but were sometimes excluded from the support, and pointed out, "There is talk in the public that not four lines but just the four characters 'Na Moon Jun-yong' (I, Moon Jun-yong) would have been enough to pass."

In response to Gwak's claim, Moon refuted on his Facebook on the 11th, saying, "Gwak is lying," and "My application form is about 20 pages long, detailing my past achievements, project content, expected outcomes, and reasons why 14 million won is needed."

He added, "I was selected because I received high scores comprehensively on feasibility and execution ability, but Gwak and others selectively extracted only the damage facts and maliciously used them as evidence of lies," and claimed, "They hide the fact that there are sufficient reasons other than the damage facts for my selection and lie that the president's son received the support fund with only four lines of damage confirmation."

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