SEOUL, An appellate court on Tuesday upheld a lower court’s ruling ordering the presidential office to disclose the movie viewing and dining expenses of President Yoon Suk Yeol in 2022.
The ruling came after a civic group, known as the Korea Taxpayers Association (KTA), filed a suit against the presidential office over its refusal to reveal the president’s movie viewing and dining expenses and the presidential special activity expenditures made since Yoon’s inauguration in 2022.
A district court ruled last year that the presidential office has to disclose information on expenses spent by Yoon and first lady Kim Keon Hee to watch a movie on June 12, 2022, and the 4.5 million won (US$3,251) allegedly spent by the president for dinner at a restaurant in southern Seoul on May 13, 2022.
The Seoul High Court upheld the ruling in favor of the civic group, saying the lower court’s decision is valid based on evidence from the previous ruling and the defense made in court.
Source: Yonhap News Agency