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President Lee Targets Ruling Party Hardliners: “Incompetent… Attacking From Within Under the Pretext of Reform”

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On the 9th, President Lee Jae-myung stated, “Pure radicalism may be a problem, but the bigger issue is when people demand high-ranking positions without the ability and try to unilaterally control personnel appointments and national policy; when that fails, they use radical reform as a pretext to launch internal attacks.” This remark was made by Choo, who has opposed the appointment of Kim Ji-yong as the head of the Serious Crimes Investigation …

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On the 9th, President Lee Jae-myung stated, “Pure radicalism may be a problem, but the bigger issue is when people demand high-ranking positions without the ability and try to unilaterally control personnel appointments and national policy; when that fails, they use radical reform as a pretext to launch internal attacks.” This remark was made by Choo, who has opposed the appointment of Kim Ji-yong as the head of the Serious Crimes Investigation …

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On the 9th, President Lee Jae-myung delivered a message of warning via social media, strongly criticizing the behavior of hardliners in the ruling party who, failing to realize their own incompetence, attempted to intervene in personnel and policy matters and, when things did not go their way, resorted to internal attacks under the pretext of a just cause.

(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Im Hyeong-seop = President Lee Jae-myung said on the 9th, "Pure radicalism may be a problem, but demanding high positions without the ability and even interfering with personnel appointments or national policy..."

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Targeting Ruling Party Hardliners: "Trying to Do As They Please, Even in Personnel and Policy"

On the 9th, President Lee Jae-myung, targeting hardline reformists within the ruling party, stated, "They demanded high-ranking positions despite lacking the ability, and tried to do their own way with personnel appointments and national policies; when that didn't work out, they are using a noble cause as a pretext."

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연합뉴스-Yonhap News Agency broke the news in Seoul, Korea (the Republic of) on Friday, October 9, 2026.
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