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Kim Min-Seok Warns Boo Seung-Chan over Remarks Claiming "Firefighting Finances Are surging"... Ethics Committee Investigation

(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Ahn Jung-hoon = On the 19th, during the National Assembly Land, Infrastructure and Transport Committee's audit of Gyeonggi Province, Democratic Party leader Kim Min-seok... due to his remarks regarding the financial burden of firefighting operations on local governments

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(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Ahn Jung-hoon = On the 19th, during the National Assembly Land, Infrastructure and Transport Committee's audit of Gyeonggi Province, Democratic Party leader Kim Min-seok... due to his remarks regarding the financial burden of firefighting operations on local governments

·Seoul, Korea (the Republic of)
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Kim Min-suk, the representative of the Democratic Party, seriously warned Democratic Party member Bu Seung-chan on the 19th and ordered an official investigation from the Party Ethics Judge. This is due to a deputy lawmaker commenting on the controversy over Gyeonggi Governor Chu Miae's “fire finance straw” remarks and stated that the firefighting budget “really eats up finances.” The Democratic Party

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In addition, Democratic Party representative Kim Min-suk issued a severe warning and an official investigation order to Congressman Boo Seung-chan, who mentioned the firefighting budget as a financial saver during a state audit. The deputy councilor refused to apologize, saying that it pointed out a budget structure issue, and the political battle continued, with the people's power strongly condemning this as a remark against firefighters.

The leadership of the Democratic Party of Korea is struggling to contain the controversy sparked by recent remarks on 'firefighting finances' made by Gyeonggi Province Governor Choo Mi-ae and Assemblyman Boo Seung-chan.

While the controversy surrounding Gyeonggi Province Governor Choo Mi-ae’s remarks regarding the fire service as a "financial straw" has not subsided, Representative Boo Seung-chan of the same Democratic Party of Korea has sparked renewed controversy by asking, regarding the fire service budget, "Isn't it really sucking up the finances?" Party leader Kim Min-seok stepped in to contain the situation, issuing a stern warning to Representative Boo a…

On the 19th, during the National Assembly Land, Infrastructure and Transport Committee's audit of Gyeonggi Province, Democratic Party lawmaker Boo Seung-chan remarked, “Isn’t the fire service really sucking up the finances?” This appears to be in reference to the heavy financial burden placed on local governments by fire service budgets, in relation to Gyeonggi Governor Choo Mi-ae’s earlier controversial remark referring to the fire service as a…

·Seoul, Korea (the Republic of)
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Seoul Shinmun (서울신문) broke the news on Monday, October 19, 2026.
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