Nam Young-hee Shared Video of "700 Police at Yoon's Commute" Showing Biden's Motorcade

Netizens Share 'Yoon's Commute Motorcade Video'
When Revealed as Biden's Car, "I Never Said It Was Yoon"

/Photo by Nam Young-hee, Deputy Director of the Democratic Research Institute, Facebook capture

[Asia Economy Reporter Kang Juhee] Nam Younghee, Deputy Director of the Democratic Research Institute of the Democratic Party of Korea, sparked controversy again after sharing a post claiming that a video of a motorcade during U.S. President Joe Biden's visit to South Korea was the commuting motorcade of President Yoon Suk-yeol. Previously, Deputy Director Nam had stirred controversy by claiming that the Itaewon tragedy was a man-made disaster caused by the relocation of the Blue House.

On the 3rd, Deputy Director Nam shared a video posted by a netizen titled "Yoon Suk-yeol commuting motorcade video" on her Facebook, writing, "State-controlled mourning is an outrage. Do not end this by scapegoating the responsible parties."

The video showed a long line of police motorcycles with flashing lights and security vehicles moving along an 8-lane road in downtown Seoul. The netizen who posted the video wrote, "He commutes like this every day. To protect his own body, he mobilizes 700 police officers daily."

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However, it was revealed that the video posted by this netizen was not President Yoon's commuting motorcade but the motorcade during President Biden's visit to South Korea. The Presidential Office stated in a notice that day, "The video shared by Deputy Director Nam on social media yesterday has no relation to President Yoon's commuting. The scenes in the video are from the motorcade of President Biden during his visit in May."

In response, Deputy Director Nam posted a rebuttal. She said, "I shared the netizen's Facebook post titled 'President's commuting motorcade' on my Facebook, but I never said that the video was the President's commuting motorcade." She added, "The Presidential Spokesperson's Office could simply say that the netizen's video is false information. I hope this is not an order to target coordinates." This implies that she only shared the netizen's post and never claimed it was President Yoon's motorcade, so it should not be an issue.

Previously, on the day after the Itaewon tragedy occurred, Nam claimed on Facebook that the cause of the disaster was the "relocation of the Blue House," which sparked controversy. At the time, she stated, "Even conceding a hundred times, the root cause lies with the security personnel concentrated at the Yongsan Ministry of National Defense Presidential Office," and added, "The hasty and forced relocation of the Blue House caused this great disaster. It is because of the rare president Yoon Suk-yeol who still commutes from Acrovista in Seocho-dong."

After the controversy, Deputy Director Nam deleted the post within about 30 minutes, but she continued to post criticisms of President Yoon and calls for his resignation. In this regard, former People Power Party lawmaker Yoon Heesook strongly criticized her, saying, "No matter how politically obsessed someone is, they should not lose their sense of decency."

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