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Today (9th), a personnel hearing was held for candidate Hwang Hee, Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

Controversy over 600,000 won per month of living expenses and morality issues were intensively dealt with, but there was no clear explanation throughout the hearing.



Reporter Kim Soo-young's report.



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Candidate Hwang Hee reported 7.2 million won in credit card usage for three family members, including spouses and children, in 2019, when he was in his 20s.



It is about 600,000 won per month on average, and criticism has poured out that it makes no sense in common sense.



[Chairman Hyung-Doo Choi/People's Strength: 20% of the lower income groups in Korea also spend 10.2 million won a month.]



Candidate Hwang explained that the actual living expenses were about 3 million won, and that he spent mostly in cash.



[Hwanghee/Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism candidate: I think there will be zero money in my bankbook (I think). Actually, it costs about 3 million won, excluding tuition.] This



is the purpose of using the money in the bankbook for living expenses. The details are only about 1 million won per year, and no other financial data have been submitted to support this.



It was pointed out that it was inappropriate even within the ruling party to take a family trip to Spain with an official passport after paying sick leave while the plenary session was held in 2017.



[Yoo Jeong-ju/Dover Eo-Democratic Party Member: I think you like travel.

Still, you shouldn't go to the plenary session without attending, right?]



Candidate Hwang responded to the suspicion that his doctoral dissertation was similar to the research service report given to his doctoral advisor.



[Hwanghee/Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Candidate: The background and explanation of the policy, and then the rules for smart cities. When you (borrow) these things, the story may be similar, but the thesis is rubbish.

However, it is correct that I wrote that part.] The



ruling party criticized the need for a minister with communication skills rather than expertise, as they pointed out that they had no experience in the Ministry of Culture and Sports.



The opposition party stigmatized even morality as an ineligible point.



(Video coverage: Kim Heung-ki, video editing: Ha Sung-won)