Yeo: "'Bingon Porno' Jang Gyeong-tae, Resign Immediately from Supreme Council Member and Science and ICT Committee"

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[Asia Economy Reporter Lee Ji-eun] On the 15th, ruling party members of the National Assembly's Science, Technology, Information and Broadcasting and Communications Committee (STIBC) called for the resignation of Jang Kyung-tae, a Supreme Council member of the Democratic Party, who referred to First Lady Kim Keon-hee's activities during President Yoon Seok-yeol's Southeast Asia tour as "poverty porn."

The STIBC members issued a statement that day, saying, "The Democratic Party must immediately remove Assemblyman Jang, who made 'disgraceful remarks,' from his positions as Supreme Council member and STIBC member."

They criticized Jang's comment at the Democratic Party Supreme Council meeting on the 14th, where he described First Lady Kim's visit to sick children in Cambodia as a "poverty porn photo shoot," calling it an "anti-women disgraceful remark" and stated, "As fellow STIBC members, this is truly a devastating and shameful matter."

The STIBC members said, "Assemblyman Jang, who became a member of the National Assembly as a prominent young politician of the Democratic Party, made remarks that are a representative example showing the true face and the lowest point of the Democratic Party," adding, "this incident clearly reveals the Democratic Party's complete lack of gender sensitivity."

They further stated, "The Democratic Party must immediately take action to strip Assemblyman Jang of his Supreme Council position and impose appropriate disciplinary measures," and said, "The People Power Party STIBC members find it extremely shameful to continue facing Assemblyman Jang, who made anti-women disgraceful remarks, to discuss state affairs, and we urge him to resign from his STIBC position immediately."

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