[Asia Economy Reporter Lee Ji-eun] There has been a claim that Kim Geon-hee, the spouse of President-elect Yoon Seok-yeol, told the wife of Foreign Minister Chung Eui-yong to "please leave as I need to look around the room" when visiting the Foreign Minister's official residence during the process of moving into the new presidential residence. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has denied this, stating it is "unfounded."
On the 2nd, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced through a notice that "regarding the visit of the president-elect's spouse to the minister's official residence, the content of the article is not true."
Earlier, Woo Sang-ho, a member of the Democratic Party of Korea, appeared on TBS Radio's 'Kim Eo-jun's News Factory' and said, "I heard from a reliable source" that Kim Geon-hee told the wife of Minister Chung Eui-yong to "please leave."
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