
At the National Assembly press conference, the Democratic Party's Seo Young-kyo and Kim Eui-gyeom directly refuted the attacks... The fairness of the police investigation was also pointed out.
Independent lawmaker Han Dong-hoon held a press conference at the National Assembly on the 13th to directly refute the ruling party's claim of a 'targeted investigation' regarding Justice Minister candidate Kim Seung-won and strongly stood against the Democratic Party and the ruling party's offensive.
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Rep. Han Dong-hoon held a press conference to refute the ruling party's claim that it was a targeted investigation into suspicions related to candidate Kim Seung-won while he was Minister of Justice.
In response to Seo Young-kyo's criticism of "speak harshly," "If the Democratic Party shows its teeth to the people, it should be pulled out."
“To block the Democratic Party and Jang Dong-hyuk’s faction, we will use 5,000 social media accounts a day.”
(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporters Park Soo-yoon, Lee Yu-lip, and Choi Joo-seong = On the 13th, independent lawmaker Han Dong-hoon refuted the ruling party's claim that when he was Minister of Justice, he conducted a 'targeted investigation' into the suspicion of lobbying for approval of new drug clinical trials involving Justice Minister candidate Kim Seung-won.
One lawmaker held a press conference at the National Assembly on this day, two days before Candidate Kim's National Assembly confirmation hearing, and responded to the ruling party's claims by saying, "Kim Seung-won was an 'unheard-of person' at the time (slang for a bastard who has never heard or seen anything), so who would target an unheard-of person for investigation?"
He then sarcastically said, "(Before the nomination of the ministerial candidate), the only thing I knew about Kim Seung-won was when he referred to the National Assembly speaker from his own party as 'GSGG' and a bastard."
He also responded to the statement by Rep. Seo Young-kyo of the Democratic Party of Korea, chairman of the Legislation and Judiciary Committee of the National Assembly, and Rep. Kim Eui-gyeom, the ruling party's secretary-general, at a previous press conference that "circumstances have been revealed in which prosecutor Han Dong-hoon attempted to involve opposition party leader Lee Jae-myeong from the early stages of the prosecution's investigation into candidate Kim Seung-won," as "a first-of-its-kind comment."
He continued, "It appears that President Lee Jae-myung is involved in the 'poison drug lobby,'" and added, "If you know anything like that, please report it to me. I will protect you two so they don't end up in the drum."
Rep. Seo said to himself, "Can all kinds of nasty things come out of the mouth of a member of the National Assembly?" and said, "The Democratic Party 'outed' a public interest informant and showed its teeth to the public. The teeth it exposes to the public should be pulled out."
Regarding the ruling party's pressure to disclose the source of the transcript related to Candidate Kim's lobbying suspicions, one lawmaker drew a line, saying, "I did not receive it from the prosecution. However, even if I received it from the prosecution, it is not a problem and it is fully worth protecting."
Regarding Democratic Party lawmaker Kim Dong-ah accusing her of leaking investigation materials related to Candidate Kim and receiving an investigation by the police on the same day, he pointed out, "The police covered up the Jeju disappearance case for several months until the body was found, but now that the Democratic Party has brought in a complaint that has not been made, they are investigating the accuser even on a Sunday like today."
He pointed out, “If you only conduct investigations that suit the regime’s tastes, the police will fall further and further,” adding, “When I sued Kim Min-seok, leader of the Democratic Party, for spreading false information, (the police) did not tell me to come back.”
In addition, he emphasized, "Now that 200 people are fighting against just me, I have to fight 200 times more than usual. Among those 200 people, there are 180 members of the Democratic Party, but there are also 10 people from Jang Dong-hyuk's party faction," and emphasized, "If I can stop this, I will write not 50 but 5,000 (social media posts) a day."
He then lashed out, saying, "Jang Dong-hyuk's party faction, if you are not going to fight together, help the Democratic Party and not interfere with me, just plant a king flower and beat the drums."
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National Assembly confirmation hearing held for Minister of Justice Kim Seung-won
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People Power Party lawmaker Joo Jin-woo claimed that the cooperative of the spouse of Justice Minister candidate Kim Seung-won received preferential treatment in the selection process for Suwon City's after-school activity service providers. On the other hand, the candidate's side refuted that the expression 'family union' was a distortion and the preferential treatment was groundless.
Yong Hye-in, candidate for Minister of Gender Equality and Family, announced her voluntary resignation 14 days after being nominated. Candidate Yong held a press conference at the National Assembly Communication Center and announced that he was resigning from his candidacy.

As Yong Hye-in, a candidate for Minister of Gender Equality and Family, resigned from her candidacy due to controversy over concurrent positions, the existence of the semi-mixed proportional representation system, which served as the basis for her election through proportional representation in the 21st and 22nd general elections, is being discussed again. Amid criticism of the two major parties' use of satellite parties, the need for system reform is emerging, with the People Power Party calling for a complete abolition and the Democratic Party showing a reserved attitude. The Constitutional Court's decision to unconstitutional the 3% blocking clause is also expected to act as a variable.

With Yong Hye-in, candidate for Minister of Gender Equality and Family, voluntarily resigning, the Democratic Party has relieved its burden, and is now putting all its efforts into protecting its candidate for Minister of Justice, Kim Seung-won. Although there are more opposing opinions on Candidate Kim in public opinion polls, the Democratic Party maintains its position that there are no legal problems and sees him as a key figure in prosecution reform.

The People Power Party defined Kim Seung-won, the candidate for Minister of Justice, as 'the motherland of 2026', criticized him as a contractor to cancel indictments to protect the president's judicial risks, and demanded the withdrawal of his nomination. Senior Spokesperson Choi Bo-yoon and Senior Floor Spokesperson Choi Eun-seok linked Candidate Kim's suspicions to the case of former Minister Cho Kuk, while Rep. Na Kyung-won defined the Democratic Party as a criminal community and criticized it for turning the hearing into a vending machine for indulgences.

With Yong Hye-in, candidate for Minister of Gender Equality and Family, voluntarily resigning, the personnel hearing battles between the ruling and opposition parties were compressed into a single front surrounding Kim Seung-won, candidate for Minister of Justice. The Democratic Party of Korea launched a desperate fight to defend candidate Kim, and the People Power Party announced an all-out offensive aimed at knocking candidate Kim out of office.