"Kim Keon-hee, Wife of Yoon Seok-yeol, Holds Press Conference Admitting to Inflating Career to Impress"

Kim Geon-hee, the wife of People Power Party presidential candidate Yoon Seok-yeol and CEO of Kobana Contents, held a public apology press conference on the 26th at the party headquarters in Yeouido, Seoul, regarding allegations of false credentials. Kim said about the controversy over her false credentials, “There was a mistake on my part while balancing work and studies,” and “I exaggerated my career and wrote some things incorrectly to appear better.” She continued, “I should not have done that, and looking back, it was a very shameful thing,” and “Please forgive me. I sincerely apologize to the people.” After reading from a prepared statement, Kim left without taking questions from reporters.

Kim had listed achievements such as winning the grand prize at the 2004 Seoul International Cartoon & Animation Festival and serving as planning director of the Korea Game Industry Association in 2004 on her adjunct professor application submitted to Suwon Women’s University in 2007, which were alleged to be false or exaggerated. Other entries on different resumes, including a training stint at New York University and a curated exhibition at Samsung Museum of Art, were also pointed out to be partially inaccurate or inflated. As criticism intensified, candidate Yoon apologized on the 17th, stating, “I clearly say that causing this controversy itself is against the fairness and common sense I have emphasized.” This is the first time Kim has appeared in public since Yoon’s political participation announcement on June 29. Here is a collection of photos from the press conference.

Yoon Seok-yeol, the presidential candidate of the People Power Party, and his wife Kim Geon-hee, CEO of Kobana Contents, are making a public apology on the 26th at the party headquarters in Yeouido, Seoul, regarding allegations of false credentials. Photo by Moon Ho-nam munonam@

Yoon Seok-yeol, the presidential candidate of the People Power Party, and his wife Kim Geon-hee, CEO of Kobana Contents, are making a public apology on the 26th at the party headquarters in Yeouido, Seoul, regarding allegations of false credentials. Photo by Moon Ho-nam munonam@

Yoon Seok-yeol, the presidential candidate of the People Power Party, and his wife Kim Geon-hee, CEO of Kobana Contents, are making a public apology on the 26th at the party headquarters in Yeouido, Seoul, regarding allegations of false credentials. Photo by Moon Ho-nam munonam@

Kim Gun-hee, wife of Yoon Seok-yeol, the People Power Party's presidential candidate and CEO of Cobana Contents, is leaving after making a public apology regarding allegations of false credentials at the party headquarters in Yeouido, Seoul, on the 26th. Photo by Moon Ho-nam munonam@

Yoon Seok-yeol, the presidential candidate of the People Power Party, and his wife Kim Geon-hee, CEO of Kobana Contents, are leaving the party headquarters in Yeouido, Seoul, on the 26th after making a public apology regarding allegations of false credentials. Photo by Moon Ho-nam munonam@

Yoon Seok-yeol, the presidential candidate of the People Power Party, and his wife Kim Geon-hee, CEO of Kobana Contents, are leaving the party headquarters in Yeouido, Seoul, on the 26th after making a public apology regarding allegations of false credentials. Photo by Moon Ho-nam munonam@

Kim Geon-hee, the CEO of Kobana Contents and wife of Yoon Seok-yeol, the People Power Party's presidential candidate, is getting into a vehicle after making a public apology regarding allegations of false credentials at the party headquarters in Yeouido, Seoul, on the 26th. Photo by Moon Ho-nam munonam@

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