The ruling Democratic Party of Korea is concentrating fire on Kim Keon-hee -- People Power Party presidential candidate Yoon Suk-yeol’s wife -- raising one allegation after another and accusing her of falsifying her career history.
Adding on to the false claims on Kim’s resume that she sent to universities while applying for teaching positions, the Democratic Party is raising suspicions on Kim’s claims to have studied at New York University.
The ruling party claims that while Kim had visited New York University as part of her six-month Global Leadership Association program at Seoul National University, she portrayed as if she completed a regular program at the New York institution.
“Yoon and the presidential election committee of the People Power Party have lost the golden time for an apology,” Park Chan-dae, spokesperson for the election committee at the Democratic Party, said Monday.
“A faded photo of Kim sitting at a lecture in New York is not enough of an explanation for her false resume,” Park said, referring to a photo of Kim released by a news outlet here. The photo showed Kim listening to a lecture in a college classroom.
The issue has drawn fire from former Justice Minister Choo Mi-ae, who had been locked in a feud with Yoon while he was the prosecutor general.
“Kim’s habitual lies are not a problem of feminine or psychological weakness. Kim used her lies to seize power and opportunities between the prosecution and the wealthy,” Choo wrote on her social media...
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