President Yoon Seok-yeol said today (8th) regarding the controversy surrounding the work of his relative, Senior Administrator Choi, in the annex, "From the time I first started politics, at the forehead (building) camp, and in our company, we were officially elected together. A comrade who has been exercising,” he said.
President Yoon met with reporters on the way to the Yongsan presidential office on the morning of the same day and answered the question, "What is your position when the Democratic Party of Korea criticizes the 'privatization of power' about the controversy over the private plane boarding for the president and the issue of hiring a second-class family? .
Choi is known to be in charge of the so-called 'official residence team' (tentative name) team leader in his annex, and was mainly in charge of assistant work to Mrs. Kim.
Choi's father and President Yun's mother are sixth cousins, and Mr. Choi is eighth cousins to President Yun.
President Yoon said, "It seems that the spokesperson has already talked about the NATO team issue."
Previously, Mr. A, the spouse of Lee Won-mo, a personnel secretary in the presidential office, accompanied President Yoon and his wife to the NATO summit in Spain, causing controversy.
Mr. A departed for Spain as a member of the advance squad five days ahead of President Yoon and his wife, and when she returned home, she boarded the presidential plane, Unit 1.
In this regard, the president's office has revealed that Mr. A has no room for preference or conflict of interest, as she is a 'other attendant' and has not received any separate remuneration.
Regarding the announcement of British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's resignation the day before, President Yoon said, "I met him during NATO, and I thought he was a very dynamic person.