"Curious About the Brain Structure That Makes Him Think of Taking Care of North Korea First"‥ Kim Jin-tae's Direct Hit at Governor Choi Moon-soon

"The Governor of Gangwon Should Not Be Chasing Only Communist Countries Like This"

Screenshot of a tweet by Jin-tae Kim, Chairman of the People Power Party Gangwon-do Chuncheon-si Gap District Committee

[Asia Economy Reporter La Young-cheol] Kim Jin-tae, the chairman of the People Power Party's Chuncheon City Gap district committee in Gangwon Province, strongly criticized Choi Moon-soon, Governor of Gangwon Province (Democratic Party), for his 'proposal to supply Russian vaccines to North Korea.'

On the previous day (28th), Chairman Kim targeted Governor Choi on SNS, saying, "After the failure of Chinatown (Korea-China Cultural Town), is it Russia this time?" and sarcastically added, "I am curious about the brain structure that thinks of taking care of North Korea first when even the people of Gangwon Province cannot get the (COVID-19) vaccine."

He continued, "Our government says it has secured Pfizer and Moderna vaccines for the people, but if it says it will send Russian-made vaccines to North Korea, would North Korea really be happy?"

Chairman Kim also fired a direct shot, saying, "Right now, Gangwon Province is burdened with troublesome issues like the debt-ridden Pyeongchang Alpensia and the boy who cried wolf, Chuncheon Legoland. It is not the time for the governor of Gangwon to be chasing only communist countries."

This criticism was directed at Governor Choi's proposal to Kulik, the Russian ambassador to South Korea, to "allow the supply of the Russian-made COVID-19 vaccine 'Sputnik V' to Wonsan, North Korea."

On the 27th, during a meeting with Ambassador Kulik, who visited the Gangwon Provincial Office, Governor Choi said, "I am grateful that you trusted Korea Korus's Chuncheon factory and entrusted the production of the Russian vaccine," and proposed, "Please allow the supply of the Russian-made COVID-19 vaccine 'Sputnik V' to Wonsan, North Korea."

Previously, when Governor Choi, who was under public criticism over the 'Gangwon Chinatown' controversy, refuted it as "fake news" and said, "Let's fact-check," Chairman Kim proposed a public debate with Governor Choi, saying, "You are rather spreading lies."

As Kolon Global, the operator of the 'Korea-China Cultural Town,' announced a position of "full review of the project," the Korea-China Cultural Town project entered the process of being scrapped. Amid this, Governor Choi directly proposed to Russia to "supply the Russian-made 'Sputnik V' vaccine to North Korea," stirring controversy again.