“Protests Mistaking Him for Kim Moon-soo from People Power Party Lead to Banner Removal”,
Kim Moon-soo of the Democratic Party took down a promotional banner hung in his constituency on May 11th. This was due to continuous complaints from locals who mistook it for a promotion of Kim Moon-soo, the presidential candidate from the People Power Party.
On the same day, he posted on his Facebook account a message titled “Removal of Kim Moon-soo Banner,” along with a video and photos showing him removing the blue banner with his name on it. As a representative for the constituencies of Suncheon, Gwangyang, Gokseong, and Gurye in South Jeolla Province, he explained that the decision was due to “intense protests from the Democratic Party supporters and residents of Suncheon mistaking him for the People Power Party’s Kim Moon-soo.”
Kim, a freshman member of the Democratic Party, is known for participating in a head-shaving protest last March along with fellow Democratic Party members Park Hong-bae and Jun Jin-sook, urging for the swift impeachment of then-President Yoon Suk-yeol. Coincidentally, he shares not only the same name but also the same Chinese characters with Kim Moon-soo, the former Minister of Employment and Labor, who is running for president with the People Power Party.
Recently, he gained attention on social media for targeting his namesake candidate. On May 6, he posted a photo with Lee Jae-myung, the Democratic Party’s presidential candidate, captioned, “The president is Lee Jae-myung. Kim Moon-soo will also unite with Lee Jae-myung,” satirically commenting on the conservative party’s confusion over candidate unification issues. On May 10, he further mocked the situation by stating, “This is too much. The Kim Moon-soo who went to the right should not yield and must continue the democratization fight to dissolve the rotten People Power Party,” alluding to the internal conflicts concerning unification within the rival party.