Second Day of Han Sung-sook's Confirmation Hearing: Agreement on Report Remains Uncertain

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The National Assembly is holding the second day of the confirmation hearing for Prime Minister nominee Han Sung-sook. With the People Power Party demanding that the nominee resign and face an investigation regarding the "Modu Startup" data leak scandal, it appears unlikely that the confirmation report will be adopted by bipartisan agreement.

Reporter Jung Yoon-sik has the story.

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The National Assembly's Special Committee on Personnel Hearings convened this morning, June 26, to continue the confirmation hearing for Prime Minister nominee Han Sung-sook for the second consecutive day.

Opposition lawmakers, who focused their questioning yesterday on the process by which the multi-homeowner nominee disposed of her three properties, continued their offensive against the nominee today.

When pointed out that the fence installed in front of her house in Samcheong-dong, Seoul, was inappropriate, nominee Han acknowledged the wrongdoing and stated that she would have it removed.

[Yoo Young-ha / People Power Party Lawmaker: You installed a fence on someone else's land without permission, effectively using it as if it were your own.]

[Han Sung-sook / Prime Minister Nominee: Too many tourists were coming down and looking into my home. I realize it was insufficient, and I will restore it to its original state.]

Meanwhile, the Democratic Party mentioned the national football team's loss to South Africa in the third match of the World Cup group stage yesterday, comparing the nominee to Guus Hiddink to praise her.

[Park Sun-won / Democratic Party Lawmaker: People are saying, 'A coach like Hiddink would have been better than a former player like Hong Myung-bo.' (The nominee) is not a typical bureaucrat or a professor we often see, but a Hiddink. That is why the President selected her.]

People Power Party Floor Leader Chung Jeon-sik pressured the nominee to resign from both her position as Prime Minister nominee and Minister of SMEs and Startups to face an investigation, asserting that she must be investigated regarding the "Modu Startup" data leak scandal involving the leakage of personal information and startup ideas.

While the Democratic Party is defending the nominee, arguing that she is fully qualified to serve as Prime Minister, the intense standoff between the two parties suggests that the adoption of the personnel hearing report through bipartisan agreement will face difficulties.

(Video coverage by Lee Seung-hwan, Video editing by Kim Jin-won)
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