Ministry of Patriots and Veterans Affairs Requests Active Review of Audit for Independence Hall Director
Liberation Association Submits National Audit Petition Against Kim Hyungseok, Director of Independence Hall of Korea
As the Liberation Association submitted a petition for a national audit of Kim Hyungseok, Director of the Independence Hall of Korea, to the Board of Audit and Inspection, the Ministry of Patriots and Veterans Affairs has requested an active audit.
The Ministry of Patriots and Veterans Affairs announced on the 21st that it had sent an official letter to the Board of Audit and Inspection requesting an audit in response to the national audit petition. This is a follow-up measure after the ministry received the Liberation Association's petition for a national audit of the Independence Hall director the previous day.
In the official letter, the ministry stated, "The matters regarding Director Kim's selection and appointment process, as well as support for academic research funds, which were cited in the petition, have been repeatedly raised during the 2024 National Assembly audit and the 2025 personnel hearing for the Ministry of Patriots and Veterans Affairs." The ministry added, "There have also been media reports criticizing the appropriateness of statements made by the head of an independent institution as a public official."
The ministry further requested, "We ask for an active review of the audit in response to the national petition," and added, "The Ministry of Patriots and Veterans Affairs will cooperate as necessary."
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Meanwhile, Director Kim previously sparked controversy in his speech commemorating the 80th anniversary of Liberation, stating that from a global historical perspective, liberation was "a result of the Allied victory in World War II," and that "this interpretation differs from the national historical view that liberation was achieved through victory in the anti-Japanese independence struggle."
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