Minister Jeong Young-ae calls Woo Sang-ho's remark on 'Park Won-soon as a role model' "secondary harm"

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[Asia Economy Reporter Jeon Jin-young] On the 18th, Jeong Young-ae, Minister of Gender Equality and Family, expressed her position that the remarks made by Woo Sang-ho, the Democratic Party of Korea's Seoul mayoral primary candidate who stated that the late Park Won-soon, former Seoul mayor, was his role model, constitute "secondary victimization." Earlier, on the 10th, Woo posted a message on his Facebook saying, "I will carry out policies with the mindset that Park Won-soon is Woo Sang-ho, and Woo Sang-ho is Park Won-soon," which drew criticism.

Minister Jeong attended the full meeting of the National Assembly's Gender Equality and Family Committee that day. When Kim Mi-ae, a member of the People Power Party, referred to Woo's Facebook post and asked, "Do you consider this to be secondary victimization?" she replied, "I believe everyone should refrain from words and actions that could cause secondary harm or wounds to victims."

Kim asked again whether Woo's post constitutes secondary victimization, and Minister Jeong responded, "When this statement spread on social media, it seems he said he did not mean it that way. It appears he was aware that his remarks could lead to secondary victimization."

Kim, reading a message from a victim expressing pain over Woo's post, asked once more, "Do you think this is secondary victimization?" Minister Jeong ultimately answered, "I think it is correct to judge it that way."

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