Kim Young-shub, the KT CEO, stated his position on whether he will resign to take responsibility for the hacking incident during the National Assembly Science. ICT. Broadcasting. and Communications Committee audit on the 21st.
Kim said, "Because I bear overall management responsibility, it is proper to take reasonable responsibility after stabilizing the situation to a certain extent," adding, "I will take due responsibility, including resignation."
That day, lawmakers from both ruling and opposition parties asked Kim for his position on resigning, but he answered only that he would "take due responsibility," instead of using the term "resignation."
When Hwang Jeong-a of the Democratic Party of Korea asked, "Does taking due responsibility mean you will resign?" Kim silently nodded.
Rep. Noh Jong-myeon of the Democratic Party of Korea asked again whether due responsibility includes resignation, and Kim made it clear that it was "responsibility including resignation."