President Lee Jae Myung on Friday ordered the well being ministry to conduct an investigation into the chair of the Korean Purple Cross for his alleged racist feedback about international ambassadors in 2023.
Earlier, an area media outlet reported that Kim Chul-soo, president of the Republic of Korea Nationwide Purple Cross, referred to the darkish pores and skin coloration of the ambassadors and stated they have been “nothing particular” after internet hosting an occasion with envoys and their spouses from seven nations, together with Angola, India and Sri Lanka.
“President Lee sternly rebuked the conduct as he issued the order,” presidential spokesperson Kim Nam-jun instructed reporters in a discover.
Lee additionally harassed that discrimination or hatred based mostly on race, ethnicity, nationality or area constitutes a critical delinquent act that undermines the nationwide group, in accordance with the spokesperson.
