Gender minister nominee says aware of concerns over keeping Assembly seat
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(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporters Kim Jeong-jin and Oh Gyu-jin = On the 2nd, as Yong Hye-in, nominee for Minister of Gender Equality and Family, expressed her intention to 'face the challenge head-on' in response to demands for her resignation from her parliamentary seat, the Democratic Party of Korea...
Rep. Yong Hye-in of the Basic Income Party, nominated as the Minister of Gender Equality and Family, has been reported to the police in connection with allegations that she used airport VIP lounges with her family in the past and posted a video of herself wearing clothing bearing the party name ahead of local elections. On the 2nd, the civic group Committee for People's Livelihood Measures (Seominwi) accused Rep. Yong of abuse of power and viola…
Gender minister nominee says aware of concerns over keeping Assembly seat
Gender Minister nominee Yong Hye-in said Wednesday she is aware of concerns over retaining her National Assembly seat to take her newly nominated position, sidestepping questions about calls for her to resign from parliament. Yong has faced growing calls to give up her parliamentary seat after she earlier said she would keep her seat even after being appointed to the Cabinet position, breaking from convention for proportional representatives. "I…
Representative Yong Hye-in, nominated as the Minister of Gender Equality and Family, stated that she would communicate during the confirmation hearing regarding demands from the political sphere for her resignation in order to retain her proportional representation seat. The upcoming hearing process is drawing attention amidst criticism from both ruling and opposition parties.
Rep. Yong Hye-in of the Basic Income Party, nominated as the Minister of Gender Equality and Family, avoided giving a direct answer regarding whether she would resign from her parliamentary seat. On the morning of the 2nd, as she arrived for her first day at the confirmation hearing preparation office set up at the Korea Youth Activity Promotion Agency in Seodaemun-gu, Seoul, Rep. Yong responded to reporters' questions about whether she would ch…
Kim Yun-young, former chairwoman of the Labor Party's Women's Committee and the actual planner of the "Stay Silent" campaign—a symbolic asset of nominee Yong Hye-in for Minister of Gender Equality and Family—has publicly demanded a stance from Candidate Yong regarding the sexual misconduct scandal that unfolded around the "Kim Gil-o faction," a former unofficial organization of the Labor Party that is said to have taken control of the Basic Inco…
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