Kang Kyung-hwa “My husband is also very embarrassed … It’s not easy to go home.”

Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha said her husband Lee Il-byung, emeritus professor at Yonsei University, continued the controversy on his trip to the United States, saying, “My heart is very complicated.”

Minister Kang told reporters who met at the Foreign Ministry office in Doryeum-dong, Seoul, on their way home from work on the 5th, “I continue to communicate with my husband. It seemed very embarrassing, ”he said.

Minister Kang said, “I know it is not easy to return to Korea because it is a situation that has been planned for a long time and has been planned with many people and friends.”

Minister Kang was reported to have concentrated on preparing for an audit of state affairs without commenting on the controversy at the meeting of the Director General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs this afternoon. Professor Lee is also very embarrassed, “and said,” I keep in touch with (husband). “Before this, when a journalist who met on the way to the Kuwaiti embassy in Korea asked about the controversy:” The road to Condolences now. “He said,” I hope you refrain from doing so. “He didn’t answer questions like ‘Is there still no intention of persuading you to come back?

Minister Kang visited the Kuwaiti Embassy in Seoul to express his condolences to the recently deceased King of Kuwait, Sabah al Ahmed al Jaber al Sabah. The schedule was already known through the media, but it was reported that the embassy was embarrassed when several reporters visited the Kuwaiti embassy due to the controversy surrounding Minister Kang’s husband.

Minister Kang apologized the day before for “regrettable” Professor Lee’s trip to the United States, but criticized that the prime minister’s family, who issued an overseas travel warning, has not diminished that it is inappropriate to go on a trip overseas. a hobby.

Minister Kang also appeared to avoid outside exposure by going to work through an underground parking passage that was not normally used this morning. He seems to be aware of reporters hoping to interview Minister Kang.

Professor Lee changed his personal blog to private. Through his blog, Professor Lee revealed his plans to visit the coast of the United States and the Caribbean after purchasing a yacht in the United States.