Kim Yong-min "Took down military service suspicion video at People Power Party's request" vs Lee Jun-seok "Put it back up"

Kim Yong-min "More additional content is prepared"
Lee Jun-seok "YouTuber-style suspicion raising... Doubts about the true intention of cooperation arise"

Lee Jun-seok, leader of the People Power Party, is giving a greeting speech at the entrance ceremony of the 4th Women's Political Academy held at the central party office in Yeouido, Seoul on the 21st.
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[Asia Economy Reporter Heo Midam] The political battle between the ruling and opposition parties over Lee Jun-seok, the leader of the People Power Party, and allegations of preferential military service is intensifying. On the 21st, Kim Yong-min, a Supreme Council member of the Democratic Party of Korea, claimed that the video about Lee's military service allegations, which had been posted on the party's official YouTube channel, was taken down "at the request of the People Power Party and by our party's action." In response, Lee retorted, "If you are confident about the content, try uploading it again."

Kim wrote on his Facebook on the same day, "(Lee) spoke as if we had made a mistake. Lee's style of politics has been a great disappointment from the start," adding, "It seems Lee was very hurt by the allegations regarding his military service."

He continued, "I heard that the People Power Party requested the removal of the video that our party had posted as a meme of my Supreme Council remarks," and said, "So we complied with the request, but Lee acted as if we had made a mistake and pretended to be a magnanimous person."

He added, "The party removed the video without consulting me, but I thought there must have been political reasons behind it, so I understood it in my own way."

Furthermore, Kim said, "Additional content is being prepared, so I hope you will respond with the help of those around you from now on."

In response, Lee criticized via Facebook, "As soon as I mentioned cooperation with Song Young-gil, the leader of the Democratic Party, the party's official channel started raising YouTuber-style allegations, which naturally makes one doubt the sincerity of the cooperation and is therefore a target of protest."

He added, "If the video was taken down without consulting Kim, then Song must still be a person who makes reasonable judgments."

On the morning of the 21st, Kim Yong-min, a Supreme Council Member of the Democratic Party, is speaking at the Democratic Party-Gwangju City Budget Policy Council held in the Gwangju City Hall conference room in Seo-gu, Gwangju.
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Earlier, on the 18th, Kim stated at the party's Supreme Council meeting held at the National Assembly, "There seems to be reasonable grounds for the suspicion that Lee participated in a national project for which he was not qualified while serving as an industrial technical personnel."

He continued, "In 2010, the Ministry of Knowledge Economy selected trainees for the Software Maestro program to nurture talent in the software field. The announcement stipulated that only those currently enrolled in universities or graduate schools as of the announcement date could apply," and questioned, "Why did Lee, who had already graduated from university in 2007 and was serving as industrial technical personnel, apply for this?"

Lee had served as industrial technical personnel in 2010 after graduating from university and applied for and was accepted into the first Software (SW) Maestro selection process by the Ministry of Knowledge Economy at the time. However, since this program was only open to current students, Kim claimed that Lee, who was serving alternative military service as a graduate, was not eligible to apply.

Kim also said, "This program provided scholarships ranging from 1 million to 2 million won in stages, and if someone who was not qualified applied falsely and even received scholarships, it could constitute fraud beyond obstruction of business."

The Democratic Party posted a video raising allegations about Lee's military service on its official YouTube channel but later made it private. Lee responded by releasing his application form, stating, "I applied and was accepted as a 'graduate' to the Military Manpower Administration and the National IT Industry Promotion Agency. The prosecution also investigated the matter following a complaint by then-assemblyman Kang Yong-seok and found no issues," dismissing it as "a matter that ended 10 years ago."

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