Controversy is growing after it became known that the daughter of Choi Min-hee, a lawmaker from the Democratic Party of Korea who chairs the National Assembly's Committee on Science, ICT, Broadcasting and Communications, listed her wedding date on her Facebook as 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 Maeil Shinmun on the 28th, Choi's daughter, a person surnamed Jeong, wrote "Marriage on Aug. 14, 2024" in the marriage information section of her Facebook profile. However, the actual wedding was held on the 18th during this year's parliamentary audit period at Sarangjae in the National Assembly. 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 were posted on Jeong's Facebook as well. Jeong was said to have booked the wedding photo shoot through the intermediary platform "Soomgo."
Jeong's mobile wedding invitation is now set to private. The Facebook account is also set 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 why the main ceremony was held during the parliamentary audit period."
In response, Choi told media outlets, "I will clarify after the parliamentary audit ends by sorting out the facts." Jeong was said to have given no particular reply despite multiple attempts to reach her.