7 People from People Power Party, 1 from Democratic Party
Assemblyman Jeon Bong-min Holds Top Wealth with 106.56 Billion KRW, Up from 91.42 Billion KRW
Park Deok-heum, Yoon Sang-hyun, and Others Increase Wealth by Over 10 Billion KRW Compared to Last Year

[Asia Economy Reporter Oh Ju-yeon] In the 21st National Assembly, there are a total of 8 members of the National Assembly with assets exceeding 10 billion KRW, including 7 from the People Power Party and 1 from the Democratic Party of Korea. Among them, the member with the highest assets is Jeon Bong-min of the People Power Party, who reported 106.55578 billion KRW.


According to the regular asset change report list disclosed by the National Assembly Public Official Ethics Committee on the 31st, the wealthy individuals with assets exceeding 10 billion KRW were a total of 8 members: Kang Ki-yoon, Kim Eun-hye, Park Deok-heum, Baek Jong-heon, Yoon Sang-hyun, Jeon Bong-min, Han Mu-gyeong from the People Power Party, and Park Jeong from the Democratic Party of Korea.


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Member Jeon ranked first in asset holdings again this year following last year. The assets reported by Member Jeon increased by 15.1349 billion KRW from 91.42087 billion KRW last year to 106.55578 billion KRW this year.


The highest-valued assets among Member Jeon's holdings are unlisted stocks. The valuation of Ijin Housing (10,000 shares) and Dongsu Construction (58,300 shares), where he served as CEO, rose from 85.87313 billion KRW last year to 91.86016 billion KRW this year. Member Jeon owns land in the Gijang-gun area of Busan Metropolitan City and an apartment in Suyeong-gu registered under his name.


Next, Park Deok-heum of the People Power Party reported 67.23846 billion KRW, ranking second in asset holdings. Park reported 55.98854 billion KRW last year, but this year it increased by 11.24991 billion KRW. Most of Park's assets consist of real estate. Park and his spouse reported land including a site in Jamsil-dong, Songpa-gu, Seoul, and farmland in Bukbang-myeon, Hongcheon-gun, Gangwon Province.


The third highest asset holder is Yoon Sang-hyun of the People Power Party, who reported 57.79295 billion KRW. This is an increase of 22.78402 billion KRW from 35.0893 billion KRW last year, largely due to changes in the value of stocks traded by himself and his spouse. The combined value of listed and unlisted stocks held by him, his spouse, and children increased from 24.0594 billion KRW last year to 51.29552 billion KRW this year.



Additionally, Park Jeong of the Democratic Party of Korea (45.81482 billion KRW), Baek Jong-heon of the People Power Party (26.57499 billion KRW), Kim Eun-hye of the People Power Party (22.53183 billion KRW), Han Mu-gyeong of the People Power Party (13.86658 billion KRW), and Kang Ki-yoon of the People Power Party (13.5427 billion KRW) also reported assets exceeding 10 billion KRW this year.


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