[사설]The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is a special travel notice, the minister’s husband is going to the US to buy a yacht

With the spread of Corona 19, the Foreign Ministry has issued special travel advisories to countries around the world, recommending that people refrain from traveling abroad. It is noted that this is inappropriate behavior as the Chancellor’s spouse after traveling to the United States.

Lee left for New York state, USA, on the 3rd. In a blog post in the middle of last month, he wrote that he plans to travel the East Coast of the United States after purchasing a yacht. Lee retired three years before his teacher retirement in 2014, and while living in Geoje, Gyeongsangnam-do, he created a personal blog, leaving a record of his return home after retirement. Yacht purchases and travel plans in the United States seem to be an extension of that.

The fact that they are relatives of high-ranking officials should not impose unduly many restrictions compared to ordinary people. However, if your spouse were a foreign minister who issued a special travel notice, it would have been the right decision to refrain from leaving for a hobby. As revealed in the crisis of the homeland last year, the reality is that not a few show much more suspicious behavior than the general public, much less the minimum moderation and initiatives that should be aware as a family of high officials. Just before leaving the country, Mr. Lee met with reporters and said, “Won’t the crown disappear in a day or two? So you can’t have it at home all the time … I said. It’s not just Lee who feels that way. All citizens feel that way. However, people also refrained from returning to Chuseok to cooperate with the quarantine. In response to Mr. Lee’s actions, the Democratic Party leadership responded that it was “conduct inappropriate. “In light of past response style, it would have been because he was confident that his passport would pass by as a one-time event. Of course, it may be a matter of personal privacy. However, as citizens, we cannot help but feel the bitterness of why we must respect the special travel warning that even the husband of the foreign minister does not respect.