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Yoon Chang-jung
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He briefly served as the press spokesman for Korean president Park Geun-hye in early 2013, and was fired following a sexual assaulting on a Korean American female intern for the South Korean Embassy in the United States. in May 2013. This event is said to "have overshadowed President Park"s first visit to the United States". Yoon is a 1982 of Korea University alumni.
He joined the Park election team in 2012.
He became a Blue House spokesman on February 24, 2013. He has been described as a "conservative columnist.. disliked by many progressives".
South Korean President Park Geun-hye visited to the United States between May 5 to 9, Yoon accompanied Park as her chief spokesman. The sexual assault, or sexual harassment in question, consisted of groping the intern, and later calling her up to his room and answering the door either naked or in underwear (sources vary).
Those events occurred on May 7.
On May 8, 2013 the intern reported those events to the American police. Yoon escaped to Seoul after alleged assault. Kwak Sang-do, Senior Secretary to the President for Civil Affairs, said the order for Yoon to return “didn’t conflict with any South Korean or United States laws.” and "Yoon’s return from the United States was a policy decision by the Blue House, and because he was only under indictment, it was not criminal flight from justice for him to return to South of Korea."
Yoon apologized for his actions on 11 May 2013.
On 12 May 2013, Present Park Geun-hye fired spokesman Yoon Chang-jung in the middle of her trip to the United States after he was accused of sexually assaulting a Korean American female intern from the Washington, District of Columbia Embassy of South of Korea.
President Park and her office has apologized for Yoon actions on Monday. 23 women lawmakers of the Democratic Party in South of Korea condemned Yoon for having returned to South of Korea in a rush to avoid a United States. police investigation into his alleged sexual assault and criticized the Blue House for trying to cover up the Yoon"s scandal.
The Democratic Party has demanded the resignation of a number of Blue House officials. lieutenant has also called for a more throughout investigation.
Due to those allegations and demands, Mississippi
Park’s senior presidential press secretary and Mr. Yoon’s immediate supervisor, Lee Nam-ki, who is said to have encouraged Yoon to return to South of Korea as soon as possible to avoid being arrested by United States. law enforcement, has declared he is willing to resign. On 10 May, Democratic Party said the Washington scandal was a “foreseeable tragedy” because of Park’s refusal to heed her critics.
