Moon Chung-in Resigns from Sejong Institute After Audit Shows $757,000 Embezzled
Moon Chung-in the academic behind many of former President Moon Jae-in’s North Korea appeasement policies steps down from the think tank he has been leading due to embezzlement charges:
![Moon Chung-in, the chairman of Sejong Institute, speaks during the East Asia Wisemen's Roundtable held in central Seoul on October 2021. [NEWS1]](https://i0.wp.com/koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/data/photo/2023/02/28/4a54d4f7-fcd1-4ddc-b56f-a1578dc63e96.jpg?resize=558%2C372&ssl=1)
Moon Chung-in, chairman of the national policy think tank Sejong Institute under the Foreign Ministry, said he will step down from his position, after the recent audit by the ministry to inspect the institute on the case of alleged embezzlement of some 1 billion won ($757,000) every year.
Joong Ang Ilbo
Moon served as the special advisor for unification, diplomacy and national security affairs for President Moon Jae-in.
Moon expressed his intent to no longer serve his role at the institute on Monday, according to the Sejong Institute on Tuesday. It will soon open a board meeting to vote on Moon’s resignation. A source from the think tank said his resignation may be linked to the recent budget audit.
You can read more at the link, but critics are saying that Moon Chung-in is being targeted with the audit so the Yoon administration can have him replaced. Both things can be true, may he was targeted and maybe he was aware of the embezzlement going on.
“A billion won here, a billion won there, and pretty soon you’re talking real money….” (paraphrasing Everett Dirksen, an American politician of the late 20th Century)
Seems like people in these government positions who actually embezzle money ought to be treated more harshly than people who merely happen to be married to politicians not in favor with the leftist news rags; but I obviously miss “the nuanced view of the truly sophisticated”.
It’s another beautiful day in North Central Texas. I hope it is wherever you are, too.