Lee Jun-seok: "Delete False Information by 2 PM" Legal Action.. Full-scale War with Broadcasters and Netizens

Lee Jun-seok, the Reform Party presidential candidate, declared a full-scale war against those who wrote aggressive posts and videos about him. Candidate Lee warned that if the distorted false information related to his remarks about 'chopsticks' and 'female genitalia' is not deleted from broadcasts and the internet by 2 PM today (29th), he will take civil and criminal legal action.
Candidate Lee held an emergency press conference at the National Assembly on the morning of the 29th, when early voting began, and demanded, "Those who spread or posted false information about me on broadcasts and the internet by reversing the facts by 2 PM today should voluntarily delete it and publicly apologize." He further stated, "Otherwise, I will take strong civil and criminal action."
Candidate Lee's 'chopsticks' remark came during a question to Kwon Young-guk, the Democratic Labor Party candidate, in a TV debate on the 27th. Candidate Lee asked Kwon, "If someone says they want to stick chopsticks in a woman's genitalia when talking about women, is that misogyny?" To which Kwon replied, "I will not answer."
Candidate Lee later explained that he took the explicit expression about the female body, which was allegedly written by Lee Jae-myung's son, from an internet post.
The specific sexual expression 'chopsticks' was first raised in October 2021 on far-right YouTube channels. The Democratic Party demanded Lee's resignation, calling it "vulgar verbal violence." The Progressive Party also said they would file a complaint against Lee with the National Assembly Ethics Committee. Even the People Power Party, which had been pursuing unification with Lee, criticized the remarks as "inappropriate." Some in the political sphere pointed out that while Candidate Lee aimed at the votes of men in their 20s with his explicit remarks, he only provoked backlash from women and moderates.

rainman@fnnews.com Kim Kyung-soo Reporter