Hong Jun-pyo's Side: "Is Poverty a Qualification?"... Criticism of Lee Jae-myung and Yoon Seok-youl Childhood Comparison Photos

"Exploiting Poverty, Insulting Vulnerable Groups"

Photo posted on Facebook by Lee Kyung, spokesperson for Lee Jae-myung's camp, on the 7th. / Photo by Lee Kyung

[Asia Economy Reporter Kang Juhee] Hong Joon-pyo, a member of the People Power Party, criticized the Lee Jae-myung camp for comparing the childhood clothes of Gyeonggi Province Governor Lee Jae-myung and former Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-youl, saying, "Using poverty as a credential or fashion is actually insulting the vulnerable class."

On the 8th, Yeo Myung, spokesperson for Hong Joon-pyo's camp, wrote on Facebook, "True to Governor Lee Jae-myung's worldview that hates the rich, the spokesperson's 'capacity of thought' is less than a broken soy sauce paper cup," expressing this criticism.

Earlier, on the 7th, Lee Gyeong, spokesperson for Lee Jae-myung's camp, posted childhood photos of Governor Lee and former Prosecutor General Yoon on Facebook, writing, "Lee Jae-myung's clothes and Yoon Seok-youl's clothes. Thoughts are as big as each person's capacity."

Lee Kyung, spokesperson for Lee Jae-myung's camp, shared a photo on Facebook comparing the childhoods of Gyeonggi Province Governor Lee Jae-myung and former Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-youl.
/Photo by Lee Kyung

Governor Lee's childhood photo was in black and white, showing him wearing an overcoat that appeared larger than his body size. Former Prosecutor General Yoon's childhood photo was in color, showing him wearing a white dress shirt, a blue jacket, and a red bow tie.

The spokesperson's side-by-side posting of the two childhood photos was interpreted as an attempt to highlight the fact that Governor Lee had a poor childhood.

The photo was shared by the spokesperson from a post by poet Kim Joo-dae on Facebook. The poet said, "Poor parents buy clothes larger than their children's bodies to dress them, while rich parents buy clothes that fit their children's measurements. I saw poverty in Lee Jae-myung's oversized clothes during childhood, and wealth in Yoon Seok-youl's perfectly fitting clothes and bow tie."

In response, spokesperson Yeo said, "Overcoming poverty and succeeding can be a great life story," but also pointed out, "Governor Lee Jae-myung is living in the top 0.1% of South Korea as a lawyer and a metropolitan government head."

She added, "Using poverty as a credential or fashion is actually insulting the vulnerable class," criticizing the approach.

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