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Kim Min-seok says no political talk at Chief Justice Cho's father's funeral

Democratic Party's Kim Min-seok visited Chief Justice Cho Hee-dae's father's funeral and said he avoided political talk out of respect.

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Kim Min-seok, a Democratic Party of Korea lawmaker and chairman of the Mega Project and Local Growth Special Committee, said on 2026-06-01 on the party's YouTube channel that he had no political discussion during his visit to the funeral of Chief Justice Cho Hee-dae's father, only talking about family matters. [1] A sublease contract obtained by Rep. Joo Jin-woo's office shows that Kim Seong-su, nominee for Supreme Court justice, signed a sublease agreement in May 2023 for the Dogok Rexel apartment in Gangnam, Seoul, with a deposit of 350 million won and monthly rent of 800,000 won. [2] Kim Seong-su's confirmation hearing preparation team said on the 2nd that the 350 million won deposit reported in his property declaration was the deposit he paid to his brother-in-law when renting his Yeoksam-dong apartment in 2011, and that it was carried over when he moved to the Dogok Rexel apartment in 2021. [3] Kim Min-seok visited the funeral of Chief Justice Cho Hee-dae's father at Pohang St. Mary's Hospital in Pohang, North Gyeongsang Province on 2026-05-31, postponing a dinner scheduled with Prime Minister Han Seong-suk and Presidential Chief of Staff Kang Hoon-sik. [4] On 2026-05-28, Chief Justice Cho Hee-dae submitted a non-attendance opinion to the National Assembly, stating that having the National Assembly testify about the exercise of the right of recommendation, which is the Chief Justice's independent constitutional authority, violates the separation of powers and judicial independence. [5] On 2026-05-31, Kim Min-seok asked fellow lawmakers to refrain from directly naming or calling out individuals during the funeral period (which ended on 2026-06-01) and to maintain proper respect in public messages and remarks. [6] Rep. Joo Jin-woo of the People Power Party, a member of the National Assembly Legislation and Judiciary Committee, claimed that Kim lived in his brother-in-law's Yeoksam e-Pyeonhansesang apartment from February 2011 to June 2021, then moved to Dogok Rexel, and that since 2018 he reported the jeonse deposit as 350 million won in property declarations. [7]
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  1. Kim Min-seok, a Democratic Party of Korea lawmaker and chairman of the Mega Project and Local Growth Special Committee, said on 2026-06-01 on the party's YouTube channel that he had no political discussion during his visit to the funeral of Chief Justice Cho Hee-dae's father, only talking about family matters. · KyungHyangSinmun
  2. A sublease contract obtained by Rep. Joo Jin-woo's office shows that Kim Seong-su, nominee for Supreme Court justice, signed a sublease agreement in May 2023 for the Dogok Rexel apartment in Gangnam, Seoul, with a deposit of 350 million won and monthly rent of 800,000 won. · 동아일보
  3. Kim Seong-su's confirmation hearing preparation team said on the 2nd that the 350 million won deposit reported in his property declaration was the deposit he paid to his brother-in-law when renting his Yeoksam-dong apartment in 2011, and that it was carried over when he moved to the Dogok Rexel apartment in 2021. · 동아일보
  4. Kim Min-seok visited the funeral of Chief Justice Cho Hee-dae's father at Pohang St. Mary's Hospital in Pohang, North Gyeongsang Province on 2026-05-31, postponing a dinner scheduled with Prime Minister Han Seong-suk and Presidential Chief of Staff Kang Hoon-sik. · KyungHyangSinmun
  5. On 2026-05-28, Chief Justice Cho Hee-dae submitted a non-attendance opinion to the National Assembly, stating that having the National Assembly testify about the exercise of the right of recommendation, which is the Chief Justice's independent constitutional authority, violates the separation of powers and judicial independence. · KyungHyangSinmun
  6. On 2026-05-31, Kim Min-seok asked fellow lawmakers to refrain from directly naming or calling out individuals during the funeral period (which ended on 2026-06-01) and to maintain proper respect in public messages and remarks. · KyungHyangSinmun
  7. Rep. Joo Jin-woo of the People Power Party, a member of the National Assembly Legislation and Judiciary Committee, claimed that Kim lived in his brother-in-law's Yeoksam e-Pyeonhansesang apartment from February 2011 to June 2021, then moved to Dogok Rexel, and that since 2018 he reported the jeonse deposit as 350 million won in property declarations. · 동아일보
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