In response to the post "Couldn't Study, Couldn't Get into LH"... Lee Jun-seok's Sharp Remark: "If You Knew You'd Get a Large Sum, You Would Have Failed"

Former Supreme Council Member of the People Power Party, Lee Jun-seok. Photo by Yonhap News

[Asia Economy Reporter Kang Juhee] Amid public outrage over a mocking post presumed to be written by an employee of Korea Land and Housing Corporation (LH) saying things like "You couldn't get in because you didn't study well (LH), and now you're nitpicking," former People Power Party Supreme Council member Lee Jun-seok sharply criticized the author of the post on the 10th, calling it an "interesting remark."

In a post on his Facebook that day, Lee pointed out, "The reason the current application competition rate came out is because people think LH is just a land and housing corporation, which seems relatively old-fashioned to the younger generation," adding that if people had known they could make a huge amount of money, the competition rate would have been higher and the employee who wrote the post would not have been able to join LH.

Lee further stated, "'If you join, you can make a huge amount based on internal development information'?if such information had been disclosed to attract applicants, many people who are much better than the person claiming to have studied well now would have applied, and the person would have failed," and he pointed out, "the information that you could make a big profit using internal information was itself internal information."

A post written by a netizen presumed to be an LH employee on the anonymous workplace community Blind. Photo by Online Community Capture

Earlier, on the 9th, a post presumed to be written by an LH employee spread on the anonymous workplace community Blind, sparking controversy.

The author sharply criticized the criticism against LH regarding the recent allegations of speculative investment in new town sites by LH executives and employees, saying, "This is a benefit and welfare unique to our company, so if you're jealous, you should transfer to our company. You couldn't get in because you didn't study well, and now you're nitpicking and attacking us."

The author also said, "Anyway, after a month or two, people will forget and it will pass smoothly (other employees think so too). Same here," and made a seemingly mocking remark, "No matter how much you feel jealous (inferiority complex explosion), I will continue to work comfortably until retirement while speculating under a borrowed name."

The post has since been deleted, but screenshots have spread mainly through online communities. As offensive remarks mocking the public continue amid the speculation allegations, criticism against LH is growing stronger among citizens.

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