“I want to eat human flesh” only warnings to diplomats

He continued working as a deputy consul in Seattle … “Eat and live thanks to Japan”
“I think human meat will be delicious. I will definitely taste human flesh. “

A diplomat working at the Consulate General in the United States was found to have made grotesque comments and cursed mission officials. It is known that the Foreign Ministry warned the diplomat and let him work on the mission, and the controversy over the punishment of the cotton bat is growing.

According to a report received by Representative Lee Tae-gyu of the National Assembly on the 20th, Deputy Consul A of the Consulate General in Seattle, belonging to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, told mission officials: “My grandmother is Japanese, And thanks to their grandmother, Koreans (Koreans) were able to eat bread. ” did. It has been reported that he has frequently cursed employees.

However, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has included Vice Consul A in the list of nominated candidates for ‘Exemplary Civil Service’ in the first half of 2019. In October 2019, after the employees’ report arrived, the investigation only was handed over to Vice Consul A with a warning on behalf of Minister Kang Kyung-hwa. The Foreign Ministry said that these are “adequate measures that have been comprehensively reviewed.” In addition, it has been confirmed that the rants and criticisms in the diplomatic missions abroad are repeated persistently. As a result of a survey conducted by Lee’s office of 268 administrative employees in diplomatic missions abroad, 52.2% (140 people) responded that they had “suffocated.” There was also a testimony that the wife of the ambassador in State B said: “Because the ambassador is the same as the president, take advantage of the meals that are provided.” In addition, there have been several cases of mobilization for private matters, such as acting as a gentleman for a son of a diplomat. The status of preferential hiring of administrative staff in local missions was also revealed. 13.4% (36 people) of those surveyed said that “there is preferential hiring”. The director of the Korean Cultural Center in the Eurasia region testified that he hired a daughter as an administrative staff member and wife as a Korean language instructor at the local King Sejong Institute and paid a total of 68 million won in labor and expenses. Travel. Representative Lee noted, “It appears that Minister Kang and the Foreign Ministry headquarters are unwilling to eradicate the abuse of local missions.”

Reporter Choi Ji-sun [email protected]