{"id":254839,"date":"2026-04-02T00:30:56","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T15:30:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/news\/uncategorized\/2026\/04\/02\/kim-kwan-young-s-cash-scandal\/"},"modified":"2026-04-15T16:43:24","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T07:43:24","slug":"kim-kwan-young-s-cash-scandal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/news\/politics\/2026\/04\/02\/kim-kwan-young-s-cash-scandal\/","title":{"rendered":"Kim Kwan-young&#8217;s Cash Scandal: What Does His Expulsion Mean for the Jeonbuk Governorship Race?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Translation result. <\/p>\n<div class=\"news_content\" data-layout-area=\"CONTENT\" data-layout-area-cnt=\"1\"><!--\ubd80\uc81c\ubaa9--><!--\/\/\ubd80\uc81c\ubaa9--><\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/contents-cdn.viewus.co.kr\/image\/2026\/04\/CP-2024-0113\/image-5f4c84d8-88f0-4446-82ce-bd80c3c1e9c9.jpeg\" alt=\"&nbsp;   Kim Gwan\u2011young, the governor of North Jeolla Province who has been accused of distributing cash envelopes, told reporters at the provincial government office on the 1st that he handed out proxy payments to young people and later retrieved them, and that he would explain the matter to the party\u2019s ethics inspection team. Yonhap News\" \/><figcaption>&nbsp;   Kim Gwan\u2011young, the governor of North Jeolla Province who has been accused of distributing cash envelopes, told reporters at the provincial government office on the 1st that he handed out proxy payments to young people and later retrieved them, and that he would explain the matter to the party\u2019s ethics inspection team. Yonhap News<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div><!--PC \uc678\ubd80\uad11\uace0(1)--><\/div>\n<p>On the 1st, the Democratic Party expelled Kim Gwan\u2011young, the governor of North Jeolla Province, over allegations that he distributed cash envelopes. The expulsion stripped Kim, who was seeking re\u2011election, of his candidacy.<\/p>\n<p>The party held an emergency Supreme Council meeting that day and voted to expel Kim.<\/p>\n<p><!--\uad11\uace0\uc601\uc5ed 241017--><!--\/\/\uad11\uace0\uc601\uc5ed 241017--><\/p>\n<p>Chief spokesperson Kang Jun\u2011hyun said, \u201cWe uncovered indications that he provided money,\u201d and added that the Supreme Council members voted unanimously to expel him.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier that morning, party leader Jeong Cheong\u2011rae ordered the party\u2019s ethics inspection unit to launch an emergency probe into Kim. The move came after police received a complaint the previous day alleging Kim handed out cash envelopes to young people at a restaurant and opened an investigation.<\/p>\n<div id=\"AnyMindavs\"><\/div>\n<p>Meanwhile, the Democratic Party\u2019s primary for the North Jeolla governorship had been a three\u2011way contest between Kim and lawmakers Ahn Ho\u2011young and Lee Won\u2011taek. With Kim expelled, the primary is expected to proceed between the two remaining candidates.<\/p>\n<p>Reporter Bin Jae\u2011wook binjaewook2@viva100.com<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Democratic Party expelled former Governor Kim Kwan-young over cash distribution allegations, stripping him of candidacy for re-election.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/contents-cdn.viewus.co.kr\/image\/2026\/04\/CP-2024-0113\/image-5f4c84d8-88f0-4446-82ce-bd80c3c1e9c9.jpeg","footnotes":""},"categories":[278093],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-254839","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Kim Kwan-young&#039;s Cash 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