Kim Woong "Attacking High-Paid Lecturers Is Not the Job of the Prosecutor"

People Power Party Lawmaker Posts on Facebook
"Demonizing the Rich, Dividing Classes and Occupations Must Stop"

Kim Woong, a member of the People Power Party, stated on the 21st, "It is not the right approach to disclose the high salaries of some instructors and attack them; we need to analyze the causes rather than the results."

Through his Facebook on the same day, Kim said, "In the process of expanding the issue of CSAT (College Scholastic Ability Test) questions into a private education problem, criticism of the wealth of some high-paid instructors is intensifying," expressing concern that "some are finding certain instructors' watches and revealing their exorbitant prices, followed by public attacks on their unbelievable spending."

Kim argued that excessive criticism of the high salaries of some private education instructors goes against the basic stance of conservatism. He explained, "Michael Howard, former leader of the UK Conservative Party, announced 16 conservative principles, and the second one is 'I do not believe that someone is poor because someone else is rich.'"

He continued, "Demonizing the rich and dividing classes and occupations during political crises is what the Moon Jae-in administration and the Democratic Party of Korea have done," adding, "We should not show the kind of witch-hunting behavior that labeled opponents as 'tochak waegu' (native Japanese collaborators) just because they opposed them."

Kim Woong, member of the People Power Party. [Photo by Yonhap News]

He further stated, "When a problem arises, focusing on the results rather than the causes is mostly agitation," and argued, "High salaries apply to only a very small number of instructors, and above all, this is a result of problems in our country's education system, not the cause." Kim added, "Our educational problems did not occur because some instructors earn a lot of money, and we are not poor because they are wealthy."

Kim's remarks seem to be in response to criticism of some top CSAT instructors who receive high salaries.

Jeon Yeo-ok, former Saenuri Party (predecessor of the People Power Party) lawmaker, posted on her blog on the 20th a photo of a watch worth around 100 million won worn by math top instructor Hyun Woo-jin, saying, "If you feel sorry for the kids that much, provide 24-hour private tutoring for 'killing questions' and distribute workbooks for free."

Hyun recently shared an article on his social media about President Yoon's policy of 'CSAT questions being created within the public education curriculum,' commenting, "I feel sorry for the kids. Currently, none of the CSAT subjects?Korean, Math, English, or Inquiry?are easy. Whether easy or difficult, it is confusing, so please provide clear guidance."

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