Reuters ‘Dior bag scandal’ NYT ‘$2,200 Dior pouch’ Park Jang-gyeom KBS ‘Seller of the pouch’
Reuters published an article on KBS's report on President Yoon Seok-yeol on the 7th as 'Dior bag scandal', and while NYT previously wrote on the 1st that it was a '$2,200 Dior pouch', KBS interlocutor Park Jang-gyeom said, 'NYT and the seller used it as a pouch.' The basis for using the pouch was revealed on the 8th, showing a deliberate error.
Reuters responded to the KBS report with an article titled <Korea's President Yoon promises clearer rules after wife's 'Dior bag scandal'> and an explanation of the 'Dior Bag' video and "3 million won ($2,250) ) The fact that the couple was still living in a private home before moving into the newly built presidential residence may have also caused confusion about what to do with the gifts, he added. “The article reported.
Anchor Park said in a news comment, "The store employee who sold this product in Korea also said it was a pouch, and Mr. Choi, who visited First Lady Kim Kun-hee, also described it as a pouch." He added, "The product name is also pouch," and the store employee said to the buyer, Pastor Choi, "Selling." The complete exclusion of ‘coverage of remarks made at the time’ was applied to public reporting.
The NYT previously published an article on the 1st titled “First Lady and Dior Pouch: Political Crisis Hitting Korea,” with the subtitle “A scandal involving the president’s spouse has become a major issue for his party ahead of important congressional elections.” “A personal scandal occurred and his wife “It was a spycam video showing him receiving a $2,200 Dior pouch as a gift,” the report said.
Anchor Park Jang-beom, President Yoon's interlocutor, said in his anchor comment on 'KBS News 9' on the 8th, "What kind of expressions will foreign media such as the New York Times and the Washington Post use? All are marked as pouches. The product name is also pouch,” an official announcement was made on public broadcasting.
Just before this announcement, Reuters reported the article <President Yoon talks about his wife's 'Dior bag scandal'> in response to the previous day's KBS talk report.
The Wall Street Journal named ‘Dior handbag’ for the first time on the 23rd of last month under the title ‘A $2,200 Dior Handbag Shake South Korea’s Ruling Party’.
France's AFP then reported on the 'Dior Bag' with the article 'Could a Dior bag ruin S. Korea president's election hopes?', and at the time, the New York Times reported '$2,200 Dior It is marked as ‘pouch’.
KBS appears to have falsified the incident by saying in the interview broadcast, <Recent First Lady Kim Kun-hee's 'Pouch Controversy'> subtitles, that the anchor "left it behind" during the interview.
Regarding the 'scandal', the NYT article said, "(Pastor Choi) said that he could only receive a meeting if he had been notified in advance that he was bringing expensive gifts," and "Public officials and their spouses are allowed to receive gifts worth more than $750 even if there is no potential conflict of interest." “It is prohibited,” the report said.
The article is translated as follows:
<While Choi advocates friendly relations between North and South Korea, President Yoon is taking a more aggressive stance toward North Korea. He said that he got to know Mr. Kim when President Yoon was running for president, and that he was invited to President Yoon's inauguration ceremony in May 2022. He said he visited Ms. Kim's office a month later to thank her, and she gave him a $1,300 Chanel cosmetics gift set.
At this meeting, Mr. Choi said that he overheard a conversation in which Chairman Kim appeared to be involved in the appointment of high-ranking government officials. He said he then decided to "expose" her. The Voice of Seoul reporter handed him a hidden camera and a cloud-blue calfskin Dior pouch, and Mr. Choi sent a photo of the Dior bag to Mr. Kim and asked to meet again.
Choi said he had requested to meet with the first lady several times, but he had only done so twice, and that he could only receive an audience if he had informed her in advance that he was bringing expensive gifts. Government officials and their spouses are prohibited from accepting gifts of more than $750, even if there is no potential conflict of interest.>