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Kim In-cheol, a candidate for Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Education, who had been surrounded by various allegations including the benefit of a family scholarship, eventually resigned voluntarily.

This is the first case of a horse fall among the candidates of the Yun Seok-yeol administration.



Correspondent Kim Kyung-hee.



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Candidate In-cheol Kim, who volunteered for an emergency press conference on the morning of the 3rd, announced his resignation in front of reporters with a calm expression.



[Kim In-cheol / Candidate for Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Education: I wanted to return the benefits I received from the state and society to the people through the last service, but it was not enough.]



It was a sudden announcement made just three days before the personnel hearing, but the reason was not explained and questions were asked. did not receive



[Kim In-cheol / Candidate for Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Education: I do not give any explanations or excuses.

It was all my negligence and my fault.

Please cooperate to keep the last dignity.]



It turned out that candidate Kim, his spouse, and his entire family of two children benefited from the Fulbright Scholarship.



In addition, while serving as the president of the foreign university, an audit by the Ministry of Education found that the unfair execution of business promotion expenses was found, and he received a lot of disciplinary action.



In particular, recently, he received academic research funds for writing a dissertation from a student, and there were even suspicions that the final thesis was reviewed at a restaurant called Bangseokjip.



Contrary to other allegations, it seems that candidate Kim has made a decision to resign while promptly issuing clarifications.



Looking at the reasons for the resignation distributed after the press conference, it is analyzed that he felt a considerable burden that the image of a privileged family was hardened through the hearing and could even be branded as a plagiarized professor.



With the resignation of Candidate Kim, the new government, which was launched six days before its inauguration, had to bear the burden of appointing a new candidate and holding a personnel hearing.