Kim Jong-in "Never Mentioned a Big Star" - Park Young-sun Releases 'Evidence Video'

Kim Jong-in, Emergency Response Committee Chairman of the People Power Party, is speaking about Park Young-sun, the Democratic Party candidate for Seoul mayor in 2016. Photo by NoCut News YouTube video capture

[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Choyoung] Kim Jong-in, Emergency Committee Chairman of the People Power Party, and Park Young-sun, the Democratic Party's Seoul mayoral candidate, engaged in a dispute over the truth regarding Kim's 'big star' remark made five years ago.

On the 29th, at a campaign event at Gangbuk General Market in Seongbuk-gu, Seoul, Chairman Kim responded to the claim that he said to candidate Park, "You could become a big star," by saying, "Candidate Park is desperate, so she says all sorts of things. The term 'star' is not something you say to just anyone," and added, "I never said such a thing."

Candidate Park had previously stated on her Facebook on the 27th, "Five years ago, in 2016, Chairman Kim said, 'Seeing Representative Park's activities, I thought, wow, she could become a big star in the future.'"

When Chairman Kim denied the past remark, candidate Park posted a video on her Facebook on the 29th showing Kim making the 'big star' comment.

The video shows Chairman Kim attending the opening ceremony of Park's election office in Guro-eul, Seoul, at the time, saying, "We entered the 17th National Assembly together, and seeing Representative Park's parliamentary activities then, I thought, 'She could become a big star in the future.'"

Kang Sun-woo, spokesperson for the Park Young-sun campaign, commented, "Who on earth is the person who tells all sorts of lies just because they are desperate? Have you formed a 'lying duo' with candidate Oh Se-hoon?" and criticized, "It's pitiful."

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