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, “During a meeting of the Democratic Party of Korea, leader Lee Jae-myung mentioned Employment and Labor Minister Kim Moon-soo’s statement that during the Japanese colonial period, our ancestors’ nationality was Japanese, and urged President Yoon Suk-yeol to immediately dismiss those who make such inflammatory remarks and issue an apology.”,
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, “Lee, the party leader, stated, ‘Is Minister Kim’s extreme statement not essentially denying our national identity? There are no remarks more atrocious than this. We will do our best to swiftly pass a bill that completely uproots the pro-Japanese new right virus that undermines national legitimacy and ensures that those who engage in anti-national and anti-people behavior cannot hold public office.'”,
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, “Furthermore, he criticized government officials’ statements one by one, such as Truth and Reconciliation Commission Chairman Kim Kwang-dong bringing up the ‘North Korean involvement in the May 18th Gwangju Democratization Movement’ and Park Ji-hyang, director of the Northeast Asia History Foundation, suggesting that the Korean people’s level is lower than that of British citizens in the 1940s. Lee argued, ‘The statements made by government officials have crossed the limits of public tolerance.'”