Candidate Kim Young-ho, 370 Million Won YouTube Earnings Over 5 Years... "Account Deleted to Prevent Misunderstanding"

Income Amount Excluding Essential Expenses is 91.05 Million Won

Kim Young-ho, the nominee for Minister of Unification, is reported to have earned approximately 370 million KRW in profits over five years through a YouTube channel he operated.

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According to materials submitted by nominee Kim to the National Assembly on the 17th, Kim earned a total revenue of 372.39 million KRW from 2018 to last year through the YouTube channel "Professor Kim Young-ho's World Reading."

The earnings were 10.89 million KRW in 2018, 101.95 million KRW in 2019, 153.92 million KRW in 2020, 57.32 million KRW in 2021, and 48.31 million KRW last year.

After deducting essential expenses related to operating the YouTube channel, the net income over the past five years totaled 91.05 million KRW.

The YouTube channel was operated by nominee Kim while he was a professor in the Department of Political Science and Diplomacy at Sungshin Women's University, and it had approximately 240,000 subscribers. The channel was set to private after Kim was nominated as Minister of Unification, and Kim informed the National Assembly that the channel has been deleted.

In response to opposition lawmakers' demands to submit videos posted on the channel, Kim stated, "After being nominated as a ministerial candidate responsible for unification issues and inter-Korean relations, I deleted the YouTube account considering the need to prevent unnecessary misunderstandings and to faithfully fulfill the given role."

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