Jeon Yeo-ok on Yoon Seok-yeol's '王' Character Controversy: "Yoon Camp Amplified an Issue That Should Have Ended as Gossip"

Jeon Yeo-ok says to Yoon camp, "They made candidate Yoon a laughingstock"

Jeon Yeo-ok, former Saenuri Party (currently People Power Party) member of the National Assembly. [Image source=Yonhap News]

[Asia Economy Reporter Heo Midam] Amid fierce controversy over former Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-yeol, the People Power Party's presidential candidate, being spotted with the character "왕 (王)" carved on his palm during a TV debate, former Saenuri Party (now People Power Party) lawmaker Jeon Yeo-ok pointed out on the 4th that "the Yoon Seok-yeol campaign is increasingly inflating what should have been a mere gossip into something 'emperor-level'."

On the same day, former lawmaker Jeon posted on her Facebook, saying, "My close friend withdrew support for Yoon Seok-yeol. Although Hong Joon-pyo is somewhat uneasy, he said he was angry after seeing the '왕 (王)' incident involving Yoon Seok-yeol."

She added, "My close friend said, 'I wonder if they really don't understand what kind of feelings our people have in wanting a regime change.' I agree with that."

She continued, "Since the largest corruption scandal since Dangun, the 'Daejang-dong' case, broke out, the 'Hwacheon Daeyu' has been shrouded in suspicion and strangeness," adding, "Yoo Dong-gyu, the interior designer, was arrested, and the next step should be the arrest of the chief architect Lee Jae-myung. But in this situation, carving '왕 (王)' on the palm is infuriating."

Former lawmaker Jeon said, "Yoo Dong-gyu was arrested like an emperor, but Lee Jae-myung says, 'It's unfortunate, but I will never apologize.' It's shameless to the point of giving goosebumps," adding, "The next presidential election must be against such a Lee Jae-myung."

She also criticized the Yoon Seok-yeol campaign's remarks such as "Candidate Yoon mainly washes his fingers," and "From now on, we won't even eat Wang Ttukbaegi (a brand of instant noodles)," saying, "They turned candidate Yoon Seok-yeol into a laughingstock beyond dad jokes."

She added, "They have made the people who long for regime change lose their patience," and pointed out, "If the Yoon Seok-yeol campaign does not overhaul itself and start anew, it will not work."

In conclusion, she emphasized, "Candidate Yoon Seok-yeol needs to get his act together," and said, "Do not make those who support or have supported Yoon Seok-yeol feel ashamed."

A scene where Yoon Seok-yeol, the People Power Party's presidential candidate and former Prosecutor General, drew the character '왕 (King)' on his palm during a TV debate was captured on camera. Photo by MBN.

Earlier, this controversy arose after it was belatedly confirmed that former Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-yeol attended the People Power Party presidential primary TV debate several times with the character "왕 (王)" written on his palm.

Regarding this, Kim Yong-nam, former lawmaker and spokesperson for the Yoon Seok-yeol campaign, appeared on MBC Radio's "Kim Jong-bae's Focus" that morning. When the host asked, "Usually, when you apply or wipe hand sanitizer due to quarantine, doesn't most of it get wiped off?" he replied, "It seems (Yoon) mainly washes his fingers."

He continued, "Some seem to keep trying to talk about shamanistic meanings, but as you know, if a professional in that (shamanistic) field had written it, they wouldn't use a black marker," adding, "They would write it with something like red ink similar to a stamp pad, not with a marker, and I haven't heard of anyone writing it visibly like that," emphasizing again that there is no shamanistic meaning.

He also said, "From now on, we won't even eat Wang Ttukbaegi ramen, and we won't carve the character 왕 (王) for abs on our stomachs."

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