On the 14th, Rep. Yoon Geon-young of the Democratic Party of Korea said that the media report that former National Security Director Chung Eui-yong left for the United States was “obviously fake news”.
On the same day, Rep. Yoon wrote on Facebook, “What if I send someone who is in Korea to the United States out of nowhere?” he wrote.
The JoongAng Ilbo reported on the same day that the former head of the National Intelligence Service, Jeong Eui-yong and former Unification Minister Kim Yeon-cheol, recently departed for the United States one following another, following Seo Hoon, the former head of the National Intelligence Service, who is key to uncovering the truth regarding the case of forcible repatriation of North Korean fishermen in 2019 and the murder of a civil servant in the West Sea in 2020. told
The article also included that Jeong said he wanted to visit his grandchildren in the United States following resigning as foreign minister.
Rep. Yoon, however, emphasized, “Jung is well in Korea, and his grandchildren are not in the United States.
In addition, reports that former Minister Kim Yeon-cheol recently departed for the United States were reported to be true.
An acquaintance of former Minister Kim said, “I know that he left for the United States on a personal schedule earlier this week.”
Former Director Suh Hoon is said to have stayed in the country at the invitation of an American think tank following completing his post as head of the National Security Office.
In a statement sent to the media last month, former Director Seo, who was accused of the murder of a public official in the West Sea, said, “I will do my best to cooperate with the investigation of the facts.”
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