President Yoon stopped answering questions on his way to work… Expression of resignation from the secretary for foreign cooperation

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Yesterday (21st), the President's Office announced that it would completely stop answering questions on the way to work for President Seok-Yeol Yoon.

The president's office cited the reason for the suspension as that the situation that the MBC reporter asked the president last week could happen again.

This is reporter Park Won-kyung.

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Yesterday, right before President Yoon Seok-yeol went to work, the President's Office announced through a press notice that questions and answers on the way to work would be stopped.

This is the 195th day since the question and answer started.

[Lee Jae-myung/President's Office Deputy Spokesperson: It was judged that it was difficult to preserve the original purpose due to unsavory things such as screaming.

Rather, there are concerns that it will become an obstacle that hinders communication with the public.]

The President's Office explained that the 'unsavory thing' refers to the MBC reporter asking President Yoon a question in a question-and-answer on the way to work on the 18th.

[MBC Reporter: What did MBC maliciously do?

What's malicious?]

A high-ranking official in the presidential office said, "The question the MBC reporter asked to President Yoon, who was heading to the office, made me think that it was not a coverage activity, but a political activity."

An official from the presidential office said, "It was a scene where all the people were inevitably uncomfortable due to acts close to riots coming and going in Goseong."

In the midst of this, Kim Young-tae, secretary for foreign cooperation, who oversees the Q&A site on the way to work, expressed his appreciation, saying he felt morally responsible for the recent situation.

The power of the people, who pointed out the MBC reporter's folded arms and wearing slippers, said that freedom of speech and self-indulgence are clearly different, and that the interim suspension of the question and answer was caused by MBC and covered the presidential office.

On the other hand, the Democratic Party criticized it as a direct declaration to all media, saying not to ask uncomfortable questions, and the Justice Party criticized President Yoon's media view reform as a fundamental measure to prevent recurrence.