Writer Yoo Si-min is embroiled in controversy after saying about People Power Party presidential candidate Kim Moon-soo's spouse, Seol Nan-young, "The position of a presidential candidate's spouse is a place that Seol Nan-young cannot reach in her life. Right now, her feet are floating in the air."
On the 2nd, Kim stated through his YouTube channel "Kim Eo-jun's Humility Is Difficult News Factory," "Yoo Si-min can be a target of criticism, but he was someone who stood at the very front line in support of low-educated Roh Moo-hyun. Isn't it too strange to call him an elitist?"
Kim stated, "In 1985, during the Seoul Labor Movement Alliance incident, candidate Kim was taken somewhere in 1986. He was hiding next to the iron door of the National Security Division in Geoyeodong and the Anti-Communism Division in Jangandong, and during lunchtime, he dashed into the iron door while shouting 'Kim Moon-soo'—that person was writer Yoo Si-min."
He added, "At that time, he worked on rescue efforts with Seol, and they weren't just acquaintances; they were comrades who shared life and death, and because he knows the past, I asked Yoo (Si-min) that question."
He continued, "It is hard to understand now, but at that time, marriages between labor activists and union members were trending," adding, "The actual nature of such marital relationships and the impacts on each other, based on what I've seen, heard, and experienced, is not 'this is how relationships should be,' but rather 'this is how relationships were.'"
Previously, on the 28th, Yoo appeared on Kim's other YouTube channel, "Kim Eo-jun's Das Boi-da," and spoke about Seol, stating, "The position of a spouse of a presidential candidate from a major political party is a place that Seol Nan-young cannot reach in her life," and added, "That's why this person has her feet floating in the air. So, she is not in her right mind."