Yoon Seok-yeol Meets 'Friend' Kwon Seong-dong in Gangneung... Expresses Intention to Run for President

Former Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-yeol [Image source=Yonhap News]

[Asia Economy Reporter Park Jun-yi] Yoon Seok-yeol, a leading opposition presidential candidate and former Prosecutor General, recently met with Kwon Seong-dong, a member of the People Power Party, in Gangneung. This is the first time it has been revealed that Yoon met with an incumbent politician after resigning as Prosecutor General.

According to political circles on the 31st, Yoon met with Kwon and local figures he had known since working at the Gangneung branch office in the mid-1990s for dinner on the 29th in Gangneung.

Kwon Seong-dong’s office stated, "It is true that Kwon met with Yoon last weekend," adding, "Yoon contacted him a few days earlier to arrange the meeting."

Yoon (33rd Judicial Examination) is a junior prosecutor and childhood friend of Kwon (27th Judicial Examination). Yoon’s maternal family resides in Gangneung, which is Kwon’s electoral district. The meeting reportedly took place after Yoon visited his maternal relatives in Gangneung and paid respects at his maternal grandmother’s grave.

It is reported that discussions related to the presidential election took place during the meal. Kwon told a media outlet in a phone interview that "Yoon expressed a strong will to run for president." However, he did not comment on whether Yoon would join the People Power Party or the timing of such a move.

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