The Democratic Party raises suspicions of Kim Gun-hee's 'false career lecture'... Opposition calls it "false negative"

Kim Gun-hee Issues Statement Regarding False Resume Allegations
(Seoul=Yonhap News) Reporter Lee Jung-hoon = Kim Gun-hee, CEO of Kobana Contents and wife of People Power Party presidential candidate Yoon Seok-yeol, is issuing a statement on the afternoon of the 26th at the party headquarters in Yeouido, Seoul, regarding allegations of a false resume. 2021.12.26 [Joint Coverage]
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[Asia Economy Reporter Junhyung Lee] On the 22nd, the Democratic Party of Korea raised allegations of 'false career lectures' against Kim Gun-hee, wife of Yoon Seok-yeol, the People Power Party's presidential candidate, prompting an immediate backlash from the People Power Party.

The Democratic Party's Election Countermeasures Committee's Task Force (TF) on current issues stated in a press release that, based on the lecture records submitted by Polytech University, it was confirmed that Ms. Kim had taught game-related subjects such as game analysis, game planning, game graphics, and game content development since the second semester of 2006. The TF pointed out, "On the other hand, Ms. Kim graduated from Kyonggi University's Department of Painting and obtained a master's degree in art education from Sookmyung Women's University Graduate School of Education," adding, "There was no game-related teaching experience in the career verification documents Ms. Kim submitted to Polytech University."

The TF emphasized the suspicion of false career claims by Ms. Kim. The TF stated, "Ms. Kim was able to teach game subjects because she was appointed as an industry-academia adjunct professor based on her industrial experience," and claimed, "She is suspected of fabricating her work period at the Game Industry Association to receive the minimum score for industrial experience during the appointment screening." They added, "There are also claims that without this experience, the appointment itself would have been impossible."

MBC airs program related to Kim Geon-hee's '7-hour phone call'
(Seoul=Yonhap News) Reporter Lim Hwayoung = On the afternoon of the 16th, the electronic billboard at the MBC building in Sangam-dong, Seoul, displayed the MBC program "Straight," which covers the contents of the '7-hour phone call' of Kim Geon-hee, spouse of People Power Party presidential candidate Yoon Seok-yeol. 2022.1.16
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The People Power Party issued a statement immediately refuting the allegations raised by the Democratic Party. Lee Yang-su, chief spokesperson of the People Power Party's Election Countermeasures Headquarters, said in the statement, "It seems the Democratic Party lawmakers have run out of material for their false negative campaigns, which they treat like 'homework assigned by candidate Lee Jae-myung.'" Lee explained, "Ms. Kim gained practical experience in application (app) production and educational game development at H Technology and researched digital graphics and design at Kookmin University's Department of Techno Design," adding, "The fields of digital graphics and design are essential for planning, analyzing games, and developing game content." He continued, "What is wrong with CEO Kim Gun-hee teaching game planning, analysis, graphics, and content development to Polytech University students by utilizing her major and experience?"

Lee also stated, "Ms. Kim was able to continue teaching for 10 semesters because she prepared her classes diligently and received good evaluations from students and fellow professors," adding, "If her lecture evaluations had been poor, it would have been difficult to teach for 10 semesters." Furthermore, he said, "The evaluation of teaching qualifications is done by the students who took the classes, not by Democratic Party lawmakers who have never attended a single lecture," and added, "Candidate Lee Jae-myung himself caused losses of billions of won to the public by recklessly pushing the Daejang-dong urban development project with his close associates, which had nothing to do with his major."