Politics · South Korea · 56 mins ago
Chu Mi-ae rejects claim she neglects Gyeonggi duties for national politics
Gyeonggi Governor Chu Mi-ae faced questions at a National Assembly audit held at the provincial government office in Suwon on October 13.
People Power Party lawmaker Park Sang-ung said her social media posts focused more on national politics than on local issues.
He pointed to posts criticizing the nomination of a candidate to lead the Serious Crimes Investigation Agency and to comments about criminal justice policy.
Chu said personal political views were not the focus of the audit and that her official work was available through the province’s public channels.
She said she had not neglected her duties, adding that much of her time in her first three months had gone to addressing the province’s financial emergency.
The exchange highlighted a dispute over how a governor’s public political comments relate to her responsibilities for local government.
Gyeonggi Province Governor Chu Mi-ae rejected a lawmaker’s claim that she focuses more on national politics than on provincial affairs.
People Power Party lawmaker Park Sang-woong cited Chu’s social media posts about national political issues during a parliamentary audit on October 13.
Chu said her posts did not mean she neglected her duties and that her provincial work was publicly available through official channels.
She said she had spent much of her first three months addressing the province’s financial emergency.
The article gives two different spellings for the name of the candidate Chu’s posts concerned.
- Who
- Gyeonggi Province Governor Chu Mi-ae and People Power Party lawmaker Park Sang-woong.
- What
- Park questioned whether Chu was more interested in national politics than provincial affairs. Chu rejected the claim that she neglected her duties.
- When
- October 13, 2026.
- Where
- At the Gyeonggi provincial government building in Suwon, South Korea.
- Why
- Park cited Chu’s social media posts about national political issues; Chu said she was expressing long-held views outside work hours and fulfilling her responsibilities.
Park Sang-woong
Chu Mi-ae
Chu’s attention
Park Sang-woong
Park said Chu’s social media posts focused more on national politics than on provincial issues.
Chu Mi-ae
Chu said citing her personal social media posts did not justify claiming she cared more about politics than provincial affairs.
Chu’s duties
Park Sang-woong
Park questioned whether the national political issues Chu raised were urgent and important for a provincial governor.
Chu Mi-ae
Chu said she had not neglected provincial work and had spent much of the previous three months addressing a financial emergency.
Park Sang-woong questioned Chu Mi-ae’s focus during a parliamentary audit of Gyeonggi Province.
Chu rejected the claim, saying she had not neglected provincial duties and had worked to address the province’s financial emergency.
- Hearing
- Parliamentary audit of Gyeonggi Province
- Date
- October 13, 2026
- Location
- Gyeonggi provincial government building, Suwon
- Lawmaker
- Park Sang-woong, People Power Party
- Governor
- Chu Mi-ae
What people are saying
It is not appropriate to say that I neglect provincial affairs.
There is a view that the name of the candidate for chief of the Serious Crimes Investigation Agency, for example, is mentioned more often.
I have not neglected provincial affairs even by an inch because of that.
Most of my time over the past three months has been devoted to finding ways to resolve the financial emergency.
Sources
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