Gyeonggi-do Provincial Government Suspends Kim Bong-kyun, Senior Secretary for Government Policy, 'Controversy Over War Crimes'

The Gyeonggi provincial government said it has decided to suspend the provincial council's work for Kim Bong-kyun, senior presidential secretary for cooperation, who has demanded the withdrawal of his appointment by taking issue with his criminal history in the power of the people of the provincial council.

will decide the follow-up measures following the suspension of Kim's work at the provincial council by collecting opinions from the chairman of the provincial council and the ruling and opposition parties.

Earlier, the People's Power of the Provincial Council declared a boycott of the plenary session from the regular session on the 5th, demanding the resignation of Governor Kim Dong-yeon's political line, including newly appointed Deputy Economic Governor Ko Young-in, Senior Secretary for Political Affairs Yoon Joon-ho, Senior Secretary for Political Affairs Kim Cooperative, and Senior Secretary for Communication Son Joon-hyuk.

In the first administrative audit of the provincial council's steering committee on the governor's secretariat and aides on the 20th, lawmakers from the People's Power clashed with Democratic Party lawmakers demanding Kim's exit, which once crippled the administrative audit.