Kim Kyung-yul: "No Regrets Mentioning 'Kim Geon-hee Risk' but Nearly Drowned in Turmoil"

Kim Kyung-yul, a member of the People Power Party's Emergency Response Committee, expressed his reflections on the luxury bag controversy involving First Lady Kim Keon-hee on the 14th, after being the first to mention the six-character phrase "Kim Keon-hee risk." He said, "There was much more turmoil than I had expected. It almost sank."

Kim Kyung-yul, Emergency Response Committee Member of the People Power Party. Photo by Yonhap News

On the same day, Kim appeared on SBS Radio's "Kim Tae-hyun's Political Show" and explained, "If I were to compare it to tests in Korean, English, and Math, I hoped to receive 60 to 70 points out of 80 from the public," adding, "The situation at the end of last year when I joined the Emergency Response Committee was, to dare to compare, only about 30 points, and I was worried it would become fixed."

He continued, "So I kept asking and demanding, 'Let's do better on the Korean test,' and 'First Lady Kim Keon-hee should clearly explain and apologize to the public regarding the Dior bag acceptance,'" adding, "One of my small life principles is that if you make a mistake, you do not regret it. I will take full responsibility." He then analyzed, "However, now the public might be feeling a bit fatigued," and "because the public has already made some evaluation of this matter."

Meanwhile, regarding former Minister of Justice Cho Kuk's declaration to form a new party, he said, "Former Minister Cho Kuk was recently sentenced to two years in prison for his children's admission bribery and the cover-up of Blue House inspections," and added, "He should first accept judicial judgment rather than leaving it to political or historical judgment." Cho Kuk held a press conference the previous day at Busan Democracy Park in Jung-gu, Busan, announcing, "I will establish a new party in preparation for the April 10 general election."

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