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During his time as party leader, President Lee Jae-myung experienced several political difficulties with his chief of staff, Rep. Cheon Jun-ho.
(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Hwang Yoon-ki = President Lee Jae-myung publicly encouraged Chun Jun-ho, senior vice-president of the Democratic Party of Korea, who was the chief of staff when he was the party leader, saying, "Thank you for your hard work."
On this day, President Lee shared a video of Representative Chun appearing on the party's YouTube channel 'Minty 07' on
He then comforted me by saying, “You worked hard to reliably stay by my side as my chief of staff while crossing the big and deep river of terrorist attacks with deadly weapons, attempts at judicial murder through fabricated indictments, and unprecedented high-intensity political oppression over the past few years.”
President Lee also commented, “There is still a lot to do and the hurdles to overcome are high, but as always, the most difficult thing is the arrow flying from behind.”
In the video shared by President Lee, Rep. Cheon explained the time when the National Assembly's motion to arrest President Lee was passed in September 2023 and said, "It's really a terrible thing to think about now," and it appears that he expressed sympathy with this.

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