Ex-vice foreign minister summoned to special counsel

Ex-vice foreign minister summoned to special counsel

Former First Vice Foreign Minister Kim Hong-kyun appears at the office of special counsel Lee Myeong-hyeon's team in Seoul on Sept. 18, 2025, to be questioned over former Defense Minister Lee Jong-sup's exit of the country last year to avoid an investigation by anti-corruption investigators in connection with a series of allegations surrounding the death of a Marine, Chae Su-geun, in July 2023. (Yonhap)

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