[Asia Economy Reporter Yang Nak-gyu] President Moon Jae-in said, "(Former Minister Cho Kuk's) guilt or innocence will be revealed through the investigation and trial process, but regardless of the outcome, I feel a great debt of gratitude just for the hardships that former Minister Cho Kuk has endured so far."
On the 14th, President Moon held a New Year's press conference at the Blue House's State Guest House under the subtitle "Definite Change, Republic of Korea 2020," and said, "The appointment of Minister Cho Kuk as Minister of Justice caused much conflict and division among the people, and I sincerely apologize for the fact that this conflict continues to this day."
President Moon continued, "Now that the bill adjusting the investigative authority between the prosecution and police has been passed, I hope we can let go of Minister Cho Kuk, and whether one supports or opposes him, the question of guilt or innocence should be left to the trial results."
This is President Moon's third New Year's press conference. Unlike previous years, since he delivered a New Year's address on the 7th, this year there was no separate New Year's address, and the conference proceeded in a Q&A format after a brief opening remark of about three minutes. The Q&A with reporters was divided into three topics?politics and society, livelihood and economy, and diplomacy and security?without pre-selecting questioners.
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