Controversy over Kim Geon-hee Compared to the Cho Kuk Incident... Yoon Seok-yeol Says "It Is Entirely Up to the People to Judge"

[Asia Economy Reporter Naju-seok] Yoon Seok-yeol, the presidential candidate of the People Power Party, said on the 27th that the controversy over his spouse Kim Geon-hee's false resume and the allegations related to former Minister of Justice Cho Kuk's family, known as the Cho Kuk incident, are "entirely up to the people to judge."

An excerpt from the interview with Yoon Seok-yeol, the People Power Party's presidential candidate, released by the New Era Committee

On the same day, the New Era Committee directly under candidate Yoon released an interview with Yoon after Kim's apology through a video. In the interview, Yoon said, "There is no need to say whether it is different from the Cho Kuk incident or not; it is entirely up to the people to judge."

Yoon added, "It happened before marriage, so it has nothing to do with me, isn't that what people say now that we are a married couple? Then wouldn't the people have to evaluate all the things that happened before at once? That judgment belongs to the people."

Yoon introduced that the decision for Kim's apology was made by Kim herself. He explained, "No matter how much I do politics, the decision has to be made by my wife herself. I wouldn't tell her what to do or not do. We are not that kind of couple. Kim made the judgment."

Yoon also revealed that he spoke with Kim on the phone after her public apology. He said, "After the press conference, I called her while she was getting into the car," and "I told her she did a good job, and she told me to come home not too late and then hung up." Yoon introduced, "I think she wanted comfort from her husband," and "So she said okay."

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