Hong Joon-pyo: "No One Can Know How Fate Will Change"

"South Korea Has Become a Place Where Fake Lives Prevail"

Hong Joon-pyo, member of the People Power Party. [Photo by Yonhap News]

[Asia Economy Reporter Heo Midam] On the 16th, Hong Jun-pyo, a member of the People Power Party, left a meaningful message saying, "No one knows how fate will change again."

In a post on his Facebook that day, Hong said, "No one can predict a person's fate."

He began by saying, "After losing for the first time in the July 2012 general election and taking a break, I decided to host the weekend political talk show 'Hong Jun-pyo's Live Show' at the request of Son Seok-hee, JTBC president."

He continued, "Although we even filmed a trailer, a by-election for the governor of Gyeongnam suddenly occurred, so after much deliberation, I gave it up and ran for governor of Gyeongnam," recalling the past.

Hong said, "These days, I often think about how my fate might have changed if I had taken the path of a broadcaster back then," adding, "I also have regrets, wondering if my mind would have been more at ease than now, which is a scene full of all kinds of conflicts and hatred."

He added, "But I live thinking this must be my fate, yet I still don't know how that fate will change again."

Finally, he said, "We shouldn't live a fake life," adding, "South Korea has become a place where fake lives run rampant." This appears to be a remark targeting allegations of false credentials against Kim Geon-hee, the spouse of Yoon Seok-yeol, the People Power Party's presidential candidate.

Earlier, on the 14th, when Yoon's camp responded to the controversy over Kim's false credentials by saying, "It happened before marriage, so why make an issue of it?" Hong criticized, "It's a world full of excuses that don't convince."

In the Q&A session of the youth community he created, 'Dream of Youth,' where youth ask and Hong answers, in response to the question, "Kim is not remorseful but rather confident," he criticized, "If everything that happened before marriage is accepted, should we forgive Lee Jae-myung, the Democratic Party presidential candidate, for his four prior convictions before holding public office?"

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