Candidate Lee Jae-myung's wife Kim Hye-kyung votes alone near home

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[Asia Economy Reporter Bae Kyunghwan] Kim Hye-kyung, wife of Lee Jae-myung, the Democratic Party presidential candidate, visited a polling station near her home on the 9th to cast her vote. Kim, who had stayed out of the public eye after issuing a national apology last month, appeared for the first time in a month.

On that day, around 5:20 p.m., Kim cast her vote at the Sunae 1-dong No. 2 polling station set up at Chorim Elementary School in Bundang-gu, Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi-do. She was accompanied by aides. After lightly bowing her head in response to supporters' cheers, Kim entered her home without making any further statements.

Previously, on the 9th of last month, Kim held a solo press conference at the Democratic Party headquarters in Yeouido-dong, Seoul, where she issued a national apology regarding allegations of excessive protocol and misuse of corporate cards during Lee’s tenure as governor of Gyeonggi-do, stating, "It is all my fault and the result of my shortcomings." Since then, she has refrained from official activities. She also did not accompany Lee when he cast his early vote on the 4th in Sogong-dong, Jung-gu, Seoul.

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