Japanese media are also paying attention to the appearance of First Lady Kim Kun-hee, who visited Japan with President Yoon Seok-yeol.
On the 16th, the Asahi Shimbun reported the image of Mrs. Kim climbing the stairs of the presidential plane wearing a light gray coat, white trousers and a white scarf, conveying his face.
Regarding Ms. Kim, Asahi introduced her as “bright in art and culture, and received a doctorate in design from a private university in Seoul (Kookmin University) in 2008.”
It was also mentioned that Ms. Kim established an art exhibition planning company and planned an exhibition of works by famous artists such as Chagall and Mark Rothko.
In addition, Mrs. Kim arranged a special session with Tadao Ando, a famous Japanese architect, at the Le Corbusier exhibition held in Seoul in 2016, Asahi said.
As a result of the active investment business, it was also mentioned that the total assets reached about 7 billion won.
Regarding the meeting with President Yoon, he introduced, “I got to know him through an acquaintance who was 12 years older than him, who was walking the path of a prosecutor, and we got married in 2012.”
Asahi mentioned that as Ms. Kim’s fashion sense went viral, her fan club reached 90,000 people, and sales of sandals and skirts posted on social media skyrocketed.
After becoming the first lady, she became the target of bodyguards, but the media explained that she is appealing her intimacy by visiting a market in a downtown area or posting pictures of her spending time with a dog on social media.
However, Asahi reported that he was subject to criticism from the Korean media and opposition parties, raising suspicions such as falsifying his past career, plagiarizing his doctoral thesis, and manipulating the stock price of the company he was a director of.
The media also mentioned that the behavior of President Yoon when he went abroad was also dissatisfied.
At the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO · NATO) summit held in Spain in June of last year, he was pointed out for ‘confusing public and private affairs’ by bringing an acquaintance on board the presidential plane, and at the summit of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) held in Cambodia in November of the same year. At the meeting dinner, Asahi added that a picture of his arms crossed by US President Joe Biden was released and was pointed out as “inappropriate”.
Source: Donga
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