During his visit to the United States on the 22nd, South Korean President Yoon Seok-wyeh (right) used foul language to describe American congressmen in private.

(Bloomberg)

[Central News Agency] During South Korean President Yoon Seok-wyeon's visit to the United States, the media filmed a video of his speech that was suspected of being disrespectful to U.S. President Biden and Congress.

His political party today sued South Korea's MBC TV station, which was the first to broadcast the video, and criticized the station for distorting facts and undermining alliances.

Agence France-Presse reported that Yin Xiyue, who went to the United States to attend the United Nations General Assembly a few days ago, was caught by the media at the event site on the 22nd local time, which was suspected of referring to Biden and the US Congress in foul language, causing controversy.

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According to the broadcast footage, Biden promised to provide 6 billion US dollars (about NT$190 billion) to fight AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria during the event, but Yin Xiyue said to his aides after the group photo ended: "If those stinky bastards don't get in Congress. Let it pass, where is that damned Biden face?" In the subtitles of the video, MBC used asterisks instead of Korean swear words, while broadcasting the video in its original sound.

From the subtitle of the film, Yin Xiyue seems to mean that Biden wants to increase the US contribution to the Global Fund, which requires the approval of the US Congress.

After the video was exposed, the South Korean Presidential Office issued a clarification statement late at night on the 22nd, saying that Yin Xiyue was referring to the South Korean Congress, not the U.S. Congress, and that Biden was not mentioned later, but the pronunciation was similar. It's "If those stinky bastards don't pass the (South Korea) Congress, they will be embarrassed if they make trouble there."

Yin Xiyue himself criticized on the 26th that the media's erroneous reports distort the facts and will have a negative impact on the alliance between South Korea and the United States.

Yin Xiyue's ruling party, National Power, today charged four senior MBC executives with defamation charges.

"MBC is continuing to carry out reporting that harms the country's interests... They must apologize," Jung Jin-suk, acting chairman of National Power, told Congress.

MBC vehemently denied any wrongdoing and said in a statement that its decision to report on the news "was based on reasonable judgment based on common sense."

According to the report, Yin Xiyue’s remarks, which were accidentally captured and broadcast publicly, while the microphone was still turned on, have become the focus of public debate in South Korea, not only occupying mainstream and social media, but also spawning thousands of Internet memes. .