Political Scandal Origins of 'Gate'

The word 'gate' originally means 'door' or 'gate' but
In politics, it is used to refer to power-type corruption.

This stems from the 'Watergate' incident, the worst political scandal in the United States.

Nixon's presidential campaign at the 1972 U.S. presidential election was called
The incident was discovered while attempting to bug the Democratic Party's office in the
Watergate building.

With this incident, 'gate' became a symbol of political immorality.

In Korea, the word 'gate' was first used in the 1976 Park Dong-seon incident.

The so-called 'Korea Gate' incident
The incident caused diplomatic controversy when lobbyist Park Dong-sun illegally lobbied the U.S. Congress in


Today '-gate' has become a representative suffix for all kinds of scandals.

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