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At the hearing for Minister of Employment and Labor Lee Jeong-sik, there was a debate over the history of the candidate's past dismissal requests from the Ministry of Labor.

During the hearing of Cho Seung-hwan for Minister of Oceans and Fisheries, the Democratic Party raised the issue of evasion of military service.



For more details, reporter Son Hyung-an will tell you.



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Democratic lawmakers brought up allegations of misconduct that arose when Candidate Jeong-sik Lee, the Minister of Employment and Labor, served as secretary-general of the Labor-Management Development Foundation for three years from 2017.



At that time, various abuses were discovered, such as belatedly handling the sexual harassment case within the foundation and receiving expensive liquor from subordinates.



[Yoon Jun-byeong / Democratic Party member: Candidates who have received a request for dismissal from the Ministry of Employment and Labor are currently receiving a personnel hearing from the Minister of Employment and Labor.

Isn't it ironic?]



The fact that candidate Lee received hundreds of millions of won in compensation for labor advisory services to Samsung Group, but did not properly report his/her employment was also controversial.



The candidate acknowledged that both allegations were true and bowed his head.



[Lee Jung-sik / Candidate for Minister of Employment and Labor: I am sorry to say that I am not enough and I am sorry that I came to this hearing after causing a stir.]



In the question of policy issues, Yoon Seok-yeol answered, “The minimum wage has not risen much under the Moon Jae-in administration.” It was somewhat different from the policy stance.



During the personnel hearing of Cho Seung-hwan for Minister of Oceans and Fisheries, which was interrupted at one time in the morning due to insufficient data submission, the question of the candidate's evasion of military service and the gift of children became issues.



Candidate Cho replied that he did not intentionally evade military service, and



[Rep. Eogu/Democratic Party: The candidate was exempted from military service.

How did you receive it?]



[Cho Seung-hwan / Candidate for the Minister of Oceans and Fisheries: I was diagnosed with chronic hepatitis in the 1985 draft examination, and I still feel heartbroken when I see a diamond insignia.]



Submitting gift data from a child of the MZ generation I heard bitter voices saying that it was difficult to get consent.



(Video coverage: Cho Chun-dong, Kim Heung-gi, video editing: Jeong Seong-hoon)