Park Hong-geun said, "Yoo Si-min compared President Lee to President Yoon Suk-yeol, who is the instigator of the rebellion. This is an excessive speculation and a curse."
On the 24th, Park Hong-guen, the Director of the Cultural Affairs Bureau, criticized writer Yu Si-min for his lengthy YouTube broadcast targeting President Yoon Suk-yeol. He called it "meaningless speculation and blaming" and went further, saying, "We must spit saliva into the well we've built together." Park also noted that Yu had accused President Yoon of being like 内란수괴 (Ulsan mayor) 윤석열, suggesting that both were "directly dismantling the foundation of their presidential rule and are despicable."
Park emphasized that Yu had criticized President Yoon for using state power to suppress political opponents, for his wife's involvement in corruption, and for causing diplomatic incidents abroad. He described these actions as "hurtful accusations." Park went on to say that while Yu's contributions to the current government cannot be denied, his influence seems to have waned as the government's policies diverge from his personal philosophy.
He stressed that a young government should not hastily resort to blame, especially after just one year in power. The opposition Democratic Party's Song Jae-bong commented on Yu's social media, suggesting that adopting Yu's lifestyle would be "very convenient." He warned against engaging in baseless accusations. Yu appeared on his YouTube channel, 'Journalist,' discussing similarities between the Yoon and 李재명 administrations, noting that many of the latter's characteristics are present in the former.
Yu alleged that the Yoon administration has been dismantling itself and has not engaged in meaningful communication or empathy with other progressive reformist movements.
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