[단독] Kang Won-rae “A word mistake? It was a mistake… I can’t control my emotions because of hundreds of millions of losses.”

[이데일리 고규대 문화산업전문기자] Broadcaster Kang Won-rae expressed his apology for the recent controversy over the spread of’K-Defense Prevention’.

On the afternoon of the 22nd, Kang Won-rae had a phone interview with E-Daily for about 30 minutes. “The expression that the quarantine policy is inferior was a remark that grew emotionally while talking about the difficulties of self-employment.” said.

Kang Won-rae said, “Since 2018, we have reached monthly profits and losses from the end of 2019, but we have not been able to do business in reality due to restrictions on business hours since Corona 19,” said Kang Won-rae. “I launched a store last October, but since no one wants to come in, I still cry and eat mustard. They have the store door open.” Kang Won-rae continued, “Since last year, due to Corona 19, we have suffered a loss of about 250 million won due to monthly rent and labor costs.” “Currently, we are reducing the monthly rent from the deposit because we are unable to pay the monthly rent, so there will be no deposit left in the next five months. I think it will be.”

Broadcaster Kang Won-rae (right) is having a meeting with merchants such as Ahn Chul-soo, representative of the National Assembly Party and representatives of the self-employed, who visited Itaewon, Yongsan-gu, Seoul on the 20th. (Photo = Yonhap News)

Kang Won-rae once again conveyed the background of his remarks about the recent’wrong’. He said, “I text chat with store merchants in Itaewon, but I am in a state of intense emotion due to restrictions on business hours.” “It is enough to say that people who are known to the public, such as me and Hong Seok-cheon, have a single protest in front of the National Assembly and even talk about shaving them.” “After raising the problem of self-employed people, I came to attend to talk about the regret as a self-employed person when Ahn Cheol-soo, the head of the National Assembly Party, wanted to hear the opinions of store merchants in major regions such as Jongno, Hongdae, Gangnam Station and Itaewon. Expressing regret for not understanding’was wrong’,” he said.

Earlier, Kang Won-rae said, “K-pop is the best in the world and No. 1 on the Billboard chart, but Korea’s quarantine seems to be the lowest in the world. ‘You should do it yourself’ I don’t think this is what I’m going to say as a person who leads us as a parent and a leader. We believed and were more careful because it was just Itaewon. I feel stuffy and just look at the empty store. My heart is bent” and so on. Because of the expression’K-defense is the world’s second best’ rather than the overall context, some netizens received personal attacks.

In the end, Kang Won-rae said to his social network service (SNS), “I’m sorry. We apologize for causing concern to the people of the Republic of Korea and to the officials and medical staff who have worked hard in quarantine. I wasn’t a politician and I wasn’t in a position to support a specific political party, but it’s a bit unfortunate because it’s interpreted politically.

Regarding this, Jeju Governor Won Hee-ryong said, “It is impossible to attack people who criticize the quarantine standards and express regrets by taking coordinates while writing expressions that should not be taken.” “This violence makes the discussion more interesting. Is it the same?” On the morning of the 22nd, CEO Ahn Chul-soo said on social media, “It is not something that the Moon Jae-in regime supporters will attack politically,” and “If you have any uncomfortable feelings, please pour them out to me.” Representative Ahn is known to have delivered a message of consolation to Kang.

Kang Won-rae said, “I have received a lot of personal attacks through Facebook messenger or Instagram messenger. I haven’t looked for comments on internet articles since the traffic accident, but people around me told me that there were many criticisms.” Kang Won-rae confessed, “I met with Jun-yeop Goo yesterday (21st) and received comfort, and said I was sorry to my wife Kim Song, who is being attacked for no reason.” Kang Won-rae said, “There are quite a few people who are angry when I read the message that came as a messenger.

At the end of the interview, Kang Won-rae said, “I am sorry that the content I want to say was not delivered well because of a mistake in my words,” and “What I wanted to say at the meeting (I met with CEO Ahn Cheol-soo) on that day was’Please let me work.’” Kang Won-rae said, “If we change the limit of business hours from 9 pm to the total daily business hours limit, etc., or if you come up with an idea, some areas may be open until 12 pm.” “Winter will end soon, and spring will come. I hope the wise policy of the authorities that understands the pain comes out.”

The restrictions on business hours, which began with Kang Won-rae’s remarks, are likely to be controversial for the time being, as it leads to rebuttal and rebuttal by the politicians. On the 22nd, Prime Minister Jeong Sye-gyun said at a meeting of the Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasure Headquarters held at the government office in Seoul, “Yesterday (20th), after 9pm, a political party’s office was restricted to’what nocturnal animal corona is?’, or’unscientific and emergency It is said that they demanded the abolition of’business regulations’ immediately.’ He said, “It is never desirable to speak and act that confuse the people who are participating in the quarantine with patience,” he said.

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