"'Ilbe'-like Monster to Arise"... 'Yoon Assassination Contract Fundraising' Posts Appear in Some Communities

Park Min-young, Former Youth Advisor of People Power Party, "Complete Loss of Self-Regulation Ability"

Former People Power Party youth aide Park Min-young criticized on Facebook on the 20th, saying, "The malicious acts of some female-majority communities are going too far." / Photo by Park Min-young Facebook capture

[Asia Economy Reporter Lim Juhyung] Controversy has erupted after posts discussing a 'contract killing' of President-elect Yoon Seok-yeol appeared in some online communities that had shown strong support for Lee Jae-myung, the senior adviser of the Democratic Party of Korea, during the last presidential election.

On the 20th, Park Min-young, former youth aide of the People Power Party, wrote on her Facebook, "The malicious acts of extreme female-majority communities such as Theqoo and Women’s Generation have crossed the line," adding, "If these issues are not brought to light and openly discussed now, they will become monsters worse than Ilgan Best."

According to former aide Park, some netizens using these communities posted messages discussing contract killings targeting President-elect Yoon. On Women’s Generation, an online community exclusive to women, posts such as "I want to hire a contract killer before May 9" and "I want to raise funds to contract kill Yoon Seok-yeol" were uploaded.

The contract killing posts that started on Women’s Generation soon spread to other online communities. On Theqoo, posts imagining more specific scenarios also appeared.

Some posts related to 'contract killing' posted on the online community 'Yeoseong Sidae' / Photo by Internet homepage capture

When one netizen asked, "What is the going rate for contract killings these days?" another replied, "For men, the Philippines is 6 million won, Malaysia is 2.7 million won."

Posts such as "I heard contract killing in the Philippines costs 300,000 won; if 300,000 people each contribute 1 won to commission it, would that all be considered incitement to murder?" and "I want 100,000 people to do a group purchase" also appeared.

Regarding this, former aide Park said, "These communities have been operated in a closed manner, requiring resident registration cards and photo verification for membership registration," adding, "It has been confirmed that they have completely lost their ability to self-regulate. Extremism knows no gender."

Meanwhile, according to multiple media reports including Yonhap News on the 21st, the National Police Agency has launched an internal investigation into the netizens who posted messages related to the contract killing of President-elect Yoon.

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