"Yoon Sang-hyun Suspicions of Solicitation of Foreign Minister to Myung Tae-kyun"... "Rumor" Rebuttal

Minjoo, Myung Tae-gyun and Kim Young-sun revealed the recording...March 2022 currency
Minjoo reignites 'Suspected Intervention in Nomination'..."It's perfect".
Yoon Sang-hyun said, "I never wanted the Minister of Foreign Affairs…It's a rumor.

[Anchor]
Immediately after the election of the Yoon Suk Yeol president, a recording of Yoon Sang-hyun, a member of the People's Power, requested the foreign minister's position through Myung Tae-kyun was released.

The Democratic Party of Korea released a voice file containing Myung's claim, and lawmaker Yoon refuted that it was a "false rumor," saying that neither the Cabinet nor the foreign minister wanted it.

Reporter Lee Jun-yeop reports.

[Reporter]
The recording released by the Democratic Party of Korea is about a call between Myung Tae-kyun and former lawmaker Kim Young-sun in mid-March 2022.


recommended Yoon Sang-hyun of the same party to run in the floor leader election, but Yoon claims that he wants the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade.

[Myeong Tae Gyun / Mid-March 2022] He went to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade for 13 years. I don't know, but the floor leader went out. Are you going out? (Rep. Yoon) said, "I only trust you." "OK"]

The Democratic Party of Korea rekindled suspicions of nomination intervention, mentioning records obtained by prosecutors between Myung and President Yoon's wife and the transmission of non-public opinion polls.It is argued that the circumstances raised, such as that President

Yoon said to Representative Yoon, "I will say it one more time," are in line with the doubts so far.

[Song Jae-bong / Democratic Party member (Myeong Tae-kyun gate fact-finding team): The Yoon Suk Yeol said, "Okay. I'll talk to Yoon Sang-hyun one more time. Because he's the chairman of the mission committee,' he replies. It's a clear nomination intervention. The head of the mission committee moved to the Yoon Suk Yeol's instructions.]

In response, lawmaker Yoon dismissed it as a rumor, saying he never wanted a foreign minister and had negative thoughts in the Cabinet.

[Yoon Sang-hyun / People's Power: I have negative thoughts about joining the Cabinet in many ways. So what kind of foreign minister did I want? It's a complete rumor.]

While emphasizing the position of watching the results of the prosecution's investigation, some in the party said that Kwon Sung-dong and Yoon Han-hong, who are known to have confronted Myung over the nomination, were rather out of the "Myeong Tae-kyun Gate."

[Kim Dae-sik / Senior spokesman for the People's Power Party (SBS Radio's "Kim Tae-hyun's Political Show")] Kwon Sung-dong and Yoon Han-hong are out of the Myeong Tae-gyun gate. Yoon Han-hong and Kwon Sung-dong are completely liberated from this transcript. Good for you.]

As the so-called "Myeong Tae-kyun Suspicion" is also the center of the investigation into the Special Prosecutor's Act of Kim Gun-hee, who was transferred to the government, it is emerging as another detonator in the impeachment process.

I'm YTN's Lee Junyeop.


Filmmaker: Lee Sang-chang
Video editing: Jeon Ju-young
Design: Im Saetbyul