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Oceans minister nominee s wife embroiled in illegal porcelain sale
Posted : 2021-05-02 15:19
Updated : 2021-05-02 15:32 An Instagram post showing antique porcelain dishware at a cafe owned by Oceans and Fisheries Minister nominee Park Jun-young s wife, who is accused of illegally bringing in the pieces from the U.K. and selling them. Captured from Instagram
By Kwon Mee-yoo
The wife of Oceans Minister nominee Park Jun-young has been accused of smuggling porcelain pieces into the country and illegally selling them.
According to Rep. Kim Sun-gyo of the main opposition People Power Party (PPP), Park s wife, surnamed Woo, purchased antique porcelain tea cups and dishes when her husband was a minister counsellor at the Korean Embassy to the U.K. from 2015 to 2018. She then brought them into Korea as part of her diplomatic moving package without making a customs declaration