Heo Eun-ah "The Original Arm-Linker is Go Min-jeong"... Ko "Comparing a Civilian to the First Lady"

Former President Moon Jae-in (left) and Go Min-jung, Supreme Council Member of the Democratic Party of Korea./Photo by Heo Eun-ah, Member of the People Power Party Facebook

Kim Geon-hee (right) is taking a commemorative photo with U.S. President Joe Biden at the Tsnoychangba International Convention Center in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, on the 12th (local time). / Presidential Office

[Asia Economy Reporter Kang Joo-hee] Ko Min-jung, a Supreme Council member of the Democratic Party of Korea, who criticized the 'linking arms photo' of First Lady Kim Keon-hee and U.S. President Joe Biden, rebutted by saying she was a 'civilian at the time' when the People Power Party countered with a linking arms photo of herself and former President Moon Jae-in.

Ko stated in a post on Facebook on the 17th, "I was not a politician in 2017 when the photo with former President Moon was taken."

The controversy began when Ko Min-jung pointed out that First Lady Kim, who accompanied President Yoon Suk-yeol on his Southeast Asia tour, took a photo linking arms with President Biden. Ko appeared on KBS Radio's 'Joo Jin-woo Live' on the 15th and said, "It was uncomfortable to see," adding, "If she had a more public-minded attitude as the president's wife, she probably wouldn't have done that."

In response, Heo Eun-ah, a member of the People Power Party, countered by presenting a photo of Ko linking arms with former President Moon. Heo wrote on Facebook, "The original was Ko Min-jung," and rebutted, "She was a spokesperson for the Moon Jae-in administration and is now a Supreme Council member of the Democratic Party. It would have been better if she had a more public-minded attitude."

Heo also mentioned that former President Moon's wife, Kim Jung-sook, had linked arms with French President Emmanuel Macron, saying, "Who would think that is appropriate? Wouldn't people think you are just being spiteful and obstructive because someone else is doing what you used to do? Spitting while lying down only falls on your own face."

However, Ko Min-jung maintains that when she took the photo linking arms with former President Moon in 2017, she was a civilian. On the 17th, she left a brief message saying, "Comparing my photo as a civilian, not a politician, to that of the First Lady?"

Ko posted the photo on her Instagram in 2017, writing, "Finally linking arms! I always saw others taking photos with supporters, and now finally me. On the way back after the Jeonnam Democratic Forum."

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