Foreign Minister Eui-yong Eui-yong admitted on the 3rd that he moved in disguise to assign his child to elementary school in 1982. Candidate Jung explained that “after returning from abroad, it was for their children to adjust to school.”
Eui-Yong Eui-Yong “Children’s disguised transfer in 1982… Concerns about school adjustment”
Sending children to a famous private school in Seoul… points out insufficient explanation
![Candidate Jeong Eui-yong, Minister of Foreign Affairs, who is being asked by reporters on his way to work on the 21st of last month [뉴스1]](https://i0.wp.com/pds.joins.com/news/component/htmlphoto_mmdata/202102/03/85738158-c020-4f96-9a94-58197d7ead83.jpg?w=560&ssl=1)
Candidate Jeong Eui-yong, Minister of Foreign Affairs, who is being asked by reporters on his way to work on the 21st of last month [뉴스1]
Candidate Jung said in a written response to the personnel hearing submitted to the Office of the People’s Power of the People’s Power Jeong Jin-Seok, saying, “After being dispatched overseas in 1982, when returning home, each of the 9-year-olds and 8-year-olds returned to Korea. I moved to my wife’s house and had my cousin brothers attend an elementary school nearby,” he said.
![Eui-yong Eui-yong, written response to the candidate personnel hearing [정진석 의원실]](https://i0.wp.com/pds.joins.com/news/component/htmlphoto_mmdata/202102/03/8756efa5-1419-4d3f-8610-758530519aeb.jpg?w=560&ssl=1)
Eui-yong Eui-yong, written response to the candidate personnel hearing [정진석 의원실]
Candidate Jung reported that his child moved to Haengdang-dong, Seongdong-gu, Seoul in October 1982, but in November, the next month, he reported that he moved to an apartment in Yeoksam-dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul. The elementary school that candidate Jung’s children attended is a famous private elementary school in Seongdong-gu, Seoul. Unlike public elementary schools, which are allocated according to their address, this school selects students by lottery. Therefore, it is pointed out that it is not enough to clarify the reason for camouflage transfer.
The Moon Jae-in administration has set the criteria for exclusion of personnel from the top 7 high-ranking public officials if they have moved in disguise twice or more since July 2005. Meanwhile, Candidate Jung admitted that he had “have drunk driving in November 1989” for’drunk driving’, one of the seven exclusion criteria. He replied, “No human or material damage has occurred, but I am deeply reflecting on the inappropriate behavior as a public official.” Other criteria, such as evasion of military service, tax evasion, illegal property growth, research misconduct, and sex-related crimes, answered “There is no such matter.”
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