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Eastar Jet founder departs DPK amid scandal

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Rep. Lee Sang-jik of the ruling Democratic Party of Korea leaves the press room at the National Assembly in Seoul, Thursday, after announcing he would leave the party to avoid it being dragged into the corruption allegations surrounding him. The founder of Eastar Jet has been criticized for his failure to take responsibility for the airline's financial difficulties and unpaid wages of its employees as well as an allegation that he founded a paper company to illicitly give company shares to his children. He said he would clear all the allegations and return to the party. / Yonhap
Rep. Lee Sang-jik of the ruling Democratic Party of Korea leaves the press room at the National Assembly in Seoul, Thursday, after announcing he would leave the party to avoid it being dragged into the corruption allegations surrounding him. The founder of Eastar Jet has been criticized for his failure to take responsibility for the airline's financial difficulties and unpaid wages of its employees as well as an allegation that he founded a paper company to illicitly give company shares to his children. He said he would clear all the allegations and return to the party. / Yonhap
Park Han-sol hansolp@koreatimes.co.kr


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