'Im Jong-seok Cutoff' Agreed... Park Young-hoon Resigns as Opposition Strategic Public Official Committee Member

'Pro-Administration' YouTube Appearance... Resignation Over 'Controversial Remarks'
Strategy and Public Relations Committee Excludes Im Jong-seok from Nomination the Day After Broadcast

Park Young-hoon, a strategic nomination management committee member of the Democratic Party of Korea, resigned amid fairness controversy. It was revealed that he appeared on a pro-Myeong YouTube channel before the nomination results were announced and agreed with claims that "former Blue House Chief of Staff Im Jong-seok should be excluded from the nomination."

On the 28th, the Democratic Party stated in a press release to the press corps, "Park Young-hoon resigned taking responsibility for his remarks on the YouTube broadcast."

Park Young-hoon (left), a member of the Democratic Party's Strategic Nomination Management Committee, is speaking on a pro-Myeong YouTube broadcast on the 26th. [Image source=Lee Dong-hyung TV YouTube broadcast screen]

On the 26th, Park caused controversy by echoing panelists' calls to exclude former Chief of Staff Im on the pro-Myeong YouTube channel 'Lee Dong-hyung TV.' In the video, when panelists said things like "I don't know about other things, but Im Jong-seok is not acceptable," and "Why are we dragging Im Jong-seok's story for so long," Park said, "We might reach a conclusion by tomorrow," and "Let's make a fresh start."

In particular, he said, "There is also the aspect that Chief Im Jong-seok is making unreasonable demands to the party," and "It is certain that we need to put an end to the ongoing conflict." These remarks were interpreted as effectively hinting at a cut-off of former Chief Im. In fact, the party's strategic nomination committee excluded former Chief Im from the nomination for the Jung-gu Seongdong-gu Gap district in Seoul the day after the broadcast, on the 27th.