Choo Mi-ae Targets Yoon Seok-yeol: "Just Seeing the Palm's 'Wang (王)' Character Reveals How Deeply Political Ambition Ran"

"If Leaders or Aides Are Ignorant, How Can the Country Function?"

Former Minister of Justice Choo Mi-ae. [Photo by Yonhap News]

[Asia Economy Reporter Heo Midam] Choo Mi-ae, former Minister of Justice and honorary co-chair of the Democratic Party's presidential campaign committee, criticized Yoon Seok-yeol, the People Power Party's presidential candidate, on the 15th, saying, "Just seeing that he wrote the character '王' (king) on his palm shows how desperate and greedy his political ambition was."

On the same day, Choo said on YTN Radio's 'Hwang Bo-seon's Start of a New Morning,' "He received absurd political advice from a shaman called Cheongong and realized his political ambition," expressing her view.

Earlier, during the People Power Party's presidential primary TV debate, Yoon was repeatedly seen with the character '王' engraved on his palm, and later, controversy arose over claims that he took Cheongong, a monk who has given 'Jeongbeop lectures,' as his mentor.

Regarding the 'king' controversy, Yoon explained, "A few people from my apartment wrote it for me, and I tried to erase it in the car, but it wouldn't come off." He also denied the mentor controversy about Cheongong, saying, "I know Cheongong, but the claim that he is my mentor is exaggerated."

Choo also commented on the situation where former People Power Party emergency committee chairman Kim Jong-in's joining Yoon's campaign committee is being discussed, saying, "Didn't Yoon recently make a statement defending Jeon Du-hwan? At that time, he said something like 'Jeon Du-hwan was good at politics because he placed talented experts in the right positions.' I believe those remarks are not unrelated to Kim Jong-in. Perhaps he made those comments after receiving advice from Kim Jong-in."

She continued, "If such people give wrong advice, the country will go astray, but Yoon lacks the ability to discern that. How can a country run if both the aides and the leader are ignorant?" she directly criticized.

Regarding the fact that Lee Jae-myung, the Democratic Party's presidential candidate, is showing weak support in various opinion polls, Choo said, "Even though Daejang-dong is a People Power Party gate, the media is too biased, treating it as Lee's suspicion," and claimed, "The media is putting the People Power Party's claims in article headlines and is focused on catching Lee Jae-myung."

Meanwhile, on the 10th, after paying respects at the Gwangju 5·18 Democratic Cemetery, Yoon bowed his head and apologized, saying, "I humbly apologize to everyone who was hurt by my remarks defending Jeon Du-hwan."

This content was produced with the assistance of AI translation services.