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Kang Kyung-hwa’s husband, Professor Lee Il-byung, travels to Vietnam even in February amid COVID-19
Jang Hye-jin, Busan.com reporter [email protected]
Check-in: 2020-10-04 18:00:05Revision: 2020-10-04 19:26:45Published: 2020-10-04 18:53:49
The photo shows Minister Kang and her husband, Professor Il-Byeong Lee, at the award ceremony for the appointment of Foreign Minister Kyung-hwa Kang at the Blue House in 2017. Material photo from Yonhap News
Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-hwa’s wife, Yonsei University Professor Emeritus Lee Il-byung, is coming under fire after traveling to the United States to buy 1 billion yachts. Revealed.
Professor Lee’s personal blog ‘Private’s Happiness Journey’ contains the record of his trip to Vietnam in February with his group.
The blog contains the travels, cultural life and family stories of Professor Lee, and appears to have been used to share everyday life.
On January 16, Professor Lee posted an article on his blog titled ‘Vietnam Tennis Travel Plan Version 1.0’.
In this article, Professor Lee detailed the travel itinerary, such as flights, number of trips and accommodation, related to the trip to Vietnam on February 8-17. In another article that followed, Professor Lee also included information about visiting restaurants and museums in Vietnam tourist destinations.
The problem was that when Professor Lee traveled, Vietnam was at the beginning of the Corona 19 spread and in addition, the World Health Organization (WHO) made a ‘priority’ trip to six countries, including Singapore, Japan, Malaysia, Vietnam, Thailand and Taiwan, where there are many Chinese exchanges. It also coincides with the time the minimization recommendation was issued.
Professor Lee also published several articles about his trip to Greece in June. However, the trip to Greece appears to have been canceled due to COVID-19.
Professor Lee said in his blog on June 16: “A couple of hours ago, the news that Greece is allowing travelers from Korea to enter Korea from June 16 was incorrect, and it was corrected in the news of the Ministry of Foreign Relations that is only possible after July 1 “. “So I was busy canceling airline tickets urgently, canceling accommodations, canceling ship inspections and informing the owner of the news.”
At the time, it was a time when Corona 19 was a pandemic in some European regions, so special attention was needed.
Capture from Professor Il-Byeong Lee’s blog
Meanwhile, Minister Kang Kyung-wha said in a meeting with officials and directors of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on the afternoon of that afternoon regarding her husband’s visit to the United States, “as the people refrain from activities externalities such as trips abroad, I am sorry to leave the process for this.
Then Minister Kang met with reporters as he was leaving the government building and said, “I (my husband) know this situation well and I explained it to him, but in the end, I made up my mind and left, and I’m sorry anyway.” . Said she convinced him to hold back.
Jang Hye-jin, Busan.com reporter [email protected]
