Former Emergency Response Committee Chairman Kim Jong-in, People Power Party presidential candidate Yoon Seok-yeol, and former Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs Kim Dong-yeon are cutting a cake at the publication celebration of "Today's Character Story in Comics: Emergency Response Committee Chairman - Kim Jong-in" held on the 15th at the Grand Hyatt Seoul in Yongsan-gu, Seoul. Photo by the National Assembly Press Photographers Group

Former Emergency Response Committee Chairman Kim Jong-in, People Power Party presidential candidate Yoon Seok-yeol, and former Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs Kim Dong-yeon are cutting a cake at the publication celebration of "Today's Character Story in Comics: Emergency Response Committee Chairman - Kim Jong-in" held on the 15th at the Grand Hyatt Seoul in Yongsan-gu, Seoul. Photo by the National Assembly Press Photographers Group

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Yoon Seok-yeol, the People Power Party's presidential candidate, and Kim Jong-in, former Emergency Response Committee Chairman, attended the publication celebration of "Today's Character Story in Comics: Emergency Response Committee Chairman - Kim Jong-in" held on the 15th at the Grand Hyatt Seoul in Yongsan-gu, Seoul, and shook hands. Photo by the National Assembly Press Photographers Group

Yoon Seok-yeol, the People Power Party's presidential candidate, and Kim Jong-in, former Emergency Response Committee Chairman, attended the publication celebration of "Today's Character Story in Comics: Emergency Response Committee Chairman - Kim Jong-in" held on the 15th at the Grand Hyatt Seoul in Yongsan-gu, Seoul, and shook hands. Photo by the National Assembly Press Photographers Group

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Yoon Seok-yeol, the People Power Party's presidential candidate, and Kim Jong-in, former Emergency Committee Chairman, attended the book launch event for "Today's Character Story in Comics: Emergency Committee Chairman - Kim Jong-in" held on the 15th at the Grand Hyatt Seoul in Yongsan-gu, Seoul, and shook hands. Photo by National Assembly Press Photographers Group

Yoon Seok-yeol, the People Power Party's presidential candidate, and Kim Jong-in, former Emergency Committee Chairman, attended the book launch event for "Today's Character Story in Comics: Emergency Committee Chairman - Kim Jong-in" held on the 15th at the Grand Hyatt Seoul in Yongsan-gu, Seoul, and shook hands. Photo by National Assembly Press Photographers Group

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Yoon Seok-yeol, the presidential candidate of the People Power Party, attended the publication celebration of "Today's Character Story in Comics: Emergency Response Chairman - Kim Jong-in" held on the 15th at the Grand Hyatt Seoul in Yongsan-gu, Seoul, and is reading the book. Photo by Kukhoek Press Photographers Group

Yoon Seok-yeol, the presidential candidate of the People Power Party, attended the publication celebration of "Today's Character Story in Comics: Emergency Response Chairman - Kim Jong-in" held on the 15th at the Grand Hyatt Seoul in Yongsan-gu, Seoul, and is reading the book. Photo by Kukhoek Press Photographers Group

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Yoon Seok-yeol, the presidential candidate of the People Power Party, and Kim Dong-yeon, former Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs, are attending the publication celebration of "Today's Character Story in Comics: Emergency Response Committee Chairman - Kim Jong-in" held on the 15th at the Grand Hyatt Seoul in Yongsan-gu, Seoul. Photo by the National Assembly Press Photographers Group

Yoon Seok-yeol, the presidential candidate of the People Power Party, and Kim Dong-yeon, former Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs, are attending the publication celebration of "Today's Character Story in Comics: Emergency Response Committee Chairman - Kim Jong-in" held on the 15th at the Grand Hyatt Seoul in Yongsan-gu, Seoul. Photo by the National Assembly Press Photographers Group

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[Asia Economy Reporter Yoon Dong-joo] On the 15th, a book launch event for 'Emergency Response Committee Chairman - Kim Jong-in' was held at the Grand Hyatt Seoul in Yongsan-gu, Seoul.



At the event, candidate Yoon Seok-yeol and representative Lee Jun-seok publicly requested former Emergency Response Committee Chairman Kim to join the election campaign committee. However, former Chairman Kim drew a line on joining the campaign committee, stating, "I still do not know anything about that."


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