Controversy is growing after it became known that the daughter of Choi Min-hee, a lawmaker from the Democratic Party of Korea who serves as chair of the National Assembly's Science, ICT, Broadcasting and Communications Committee, listed her wedding date on her Facebook more than a year earlier than the actual date.
Choi's daughter recently held a wedding at the National Assembly during the parliamentary audit period, and controversy arose as she received congratulatory money from audited agencies in the process.
According to the Maeil Shinmun on the 28th, a person surnamed Jeong, Choi's daughter, wrote "Married on Aug. 14, 2024" in the marriage information on her Facebook profile. However, the actual wedding took place at Sarangjae in the National Assembly on the 18th during this year's parliamentary audit period. There is a difference of about 430 days between the two dates.
The wedding photos included in Jeong's mobile invitation sent ahead of this year's ceremony were also shot last year in Haebangchon, Yongsan-gu, Seoul. The photos had been posted on Jeong's Facebook as well. Jeong was said to have booked the wedding shoot through the intermediary platform "Soongo."
Jeong's mobile wedding invitation has now been set to private. The Facebook account has also been changed so that only friends can access it.
After this became known, some in political circles criticized, saying, "If Jeong had already completed a marriage registration or a simple ceremony last year, it is hard to understand the reason for holding the main ceremony during the parliamentary audit period."
In response, Choi told media outlets, "I will clarify after organizing the facts once the parliamentary audit is over." Jeong was said to have given no particular answer despite multiple attempts to contact her.