[Asia Economy Reporter Son Seon-hee] The Blue House announced on the 10th, "No Young-min, Chief of Staff to the President, signed a sales contract for the Banpo apartment on the 24th of last month," adding, "Only the remaining payment is left to be made."
Kang Min-seok, spokesperson for the Blue House, stated in a written briefing that day, "The JoongAng Ilbo's report titled 'Did No Young-min sell the Banpo apartment or not? The registered ownership remains the same' is a report that cannot be helped but be called reckless and malicious, as it did not even go through basic fact-checking."
Earlier, JoongAng Ilbo raised the possibility of a non-contract by pointing out that the transaction details of Chief No's Banpo residence had not been reported as an actual transaction to the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport.
However, it is true that the Blue House has been extremely reserved about the sale status of multi-homeholding aides. Meanwhile, Spokesperson Kang added, "The JoongAng Ilbo report irresponsibly mentions the possibility of 'contract cancellation' relying on anonymous sources," and "In this process, they did not seek any confirmation from the party involved, Chief No, or the official public relations line such as the spokesperson."
Furthermore, he said, "The part of the article claiming that Chief No and Kim Jo-won, Senior Secretary for Civil Affairs, raised their voices and argued several times in public meetings is, in short, fake news," and expressed "strong regret over the JoongAng Ilbo report."
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