Yoon: "Lee calls Russia's invasion of Ukraine 'a distant country's matter'"... Lee: "Don't lie"

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[Asia Economy reporters Naju-seok and Geum Bo-ryeong] Lee Jae-myung, the Democratic Party presidential candidate, and Yoon Seok-yeol, the People Power Party presidential candidate, engaged in a dispute over Lee's remarks regarding the Ukraine crisis. Yoon claimed that Lee said it was a "distant country's issue," to which Lee responded by calling it a "lie."

At the second presidential candidate debate hosted by the National Election Commission on the 25th, Yoon said, "As soon as the (Russian) invasion of Ukraine broke out, Lee said it was a distant issue on the opposite side of the globe and unrelated," adding, "Isn't this a sign that someone running for president is completely unprepared for national security?"

In response, Lee said, "Yoon seems to lie quite often," and added, "What I said was that although it is a distant issue, it has enough influence to cause our country's stock prices to fall." He continued, "Don't distort my words by taking them out of context."

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