Cheong Wa Dae: "Advisers Meet President Moon Within 1-2 Minutes... 'Not True' That He Is Unapproachable"

The day after the luncheon meeting between President Moon Jae-in and President-elect Yoon Seok-yeol was canceled, on the 17th, Cheongwadae in Jongno-gu, Seoul appeared hazy due to fine dust and fog. Cheongwadae and the president-elect's side are conducting practical negotiations for the meeting, but it is reported that differences of opinion still remain. Photo by Moon Honam munonam@

[Asia Economy Reporter Lee Ji-eun] On the 17th, the Blue House addressed the claim by President-elect Yoon Seok-yeol's camp that they would relocate the presidential office due to "lack of communication," stating that the "lack of communication" is a misunderstanding and correcting the facts.

Park Soo-hyun, the Blue House Chief of Public Communication, posted the second series titled "The Facts Are Like This" on Facebook, saying, "The claim that the distance between the presidential office and the secretariat building causes 'lack of communication' is completely untrue."

Park referred to media articles quoting opposition figures who said the distance between the main building, where the presidential office is located, and the Yeomin Building, where the secretariat is, is far, causing a "lack of communication" structure, and pointed out, "Such misunderstandings or statements about the Blue House structure are the result of confusing it with the times when Presidents Lee Myung-bak and Park Geun-hye used the office located in the main building."

He continued, "President Moon Jae-in has never used the main building office. Like President Roh Moo-hyun, to eliminate the physical distance between the main building and the secretariat building, the president himself moved down to the secretariat building and uses the office on the 3rd floor of Yeomin 1 Building."

Park said, "Therefore, all aides at the Blue House can meet and communicate with President Moon within 1 to 2 minutes at any time," adding, "The president often has lunch with aides in the office, and sometimes he visits the cafeteria without notice, standing in line just like the aides to serve himself."

He also added, "I hope my post today is not read as a criticism of the next government's plan to relocate the Blue House," emphasizing, "I am only clarifying the fact that the Moon Jae-in Blue House was not a structure lacking communication."

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