'Yunhaekgwan' Lee Cheol-gyu Directly Hits Lee Jun-seok, "Someone Who Says They Will Leave Earth Still Messes Up the World"

President Yoon and Yoon Core Faction Targeted with 'Yangduguyuk' Mention, Retaliation Follows
Lee Jun-seok Responds, "Seems Impatient Due to Less Fame"

Lee Jun-seok, leader of the People Power Party. / Yonhap News

[Asia Economy Reporter Kang Ju-hee] Lee Jun-seok, leader of the People Power Party, criticized President Yoon Seok-yeol's text message controversy as "Yangduguyuk" (literally "hanging a sheep's head while selling dog meat," meaning deceptive appearances). In response, lawmaker Lee Cheol-gyu called it "Angcheondaeso (仰天大笑, looking up to the sky and laughing loudly)."

Lee, classified as pro-Yoon (pro-Yoon Seok-yeol faction), wrote on Facebook on the 28th, "Yangduguyuk? Someone who says they will leave the Earth is still spreading falsehoods (Hokse-mumin, meaning disturbing the world and deceiving the people)." Lee served as the head of the comprehensive situation room in President Yoon's election campaign and as the chief aide to the president-elect in the presidential transition committee.

Earlier, when President Yoon's message to Kwon Seong-dong, acting leader of the People Power Party and floor leader, on the 26th was revealed, saying, "The party leader who used to do internal backbiting has changed," Lee Jun-seok expressed discomfort the next day on Facebook by mentioning the four-character idiom Yangduguyuk, meaning "outwardly respectable and plausible but inwardly unsatisfactory."

In response, lawmaker Lee replied to Lee Jun-seok using the same idiom. The phrase "someone who says they will leave the Earth" is interpreted as targeting Lee Jun-seok's remark on a media YouTube broadcast last March, where he said, "If former Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-yeol becomes president, I will leave the Earth."

Meanwhile, according to a Yonhap News report, regarding Lee Cheol-gyu's criticism, Lee Jun-seok said, "Today, I think I have come to know one more person who has poorly advised the president until the people have reached this state," and added, "You have worked hard, but perhaps you are impatient because you are less famous." The conflict between Lee Jun-seok and the pro-Yoon faction is escalating into an emotional dispute.

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