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Ha Jung-woo, the former Blue House AI chief and the Democratic Party of Korea (DPK) candidate in the by-election for Busan’s Buk-gap district, visited Gupo Market on the 6th and shook hands with vendors. Afterward he appeared to rub his hands, a gesture that drew criticism.
On the 7th, at a press briefing at the Busan City Council, Ha said he had shaken hands with about 150 people that day and that the market was his final stop, so his hands went numb.
He asked, “Would someone with ‘sigeun’—a Busan dialect term meaning sound judgment—do something like that?” and said he had earlier shaken hands with vendors wearing wet gloves. He added, “I think this is negative campaigning in practical politics.”
Reporters filmed Ha rubbing his hands after shaking hands with vendors at Gupo Market in Buk-gu, Busan, the previous day. As the clip circulated online, critics accused him of snubbing the vendors.
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