Korean National Assembly Lawmakers’ Statements Toward Coupang

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(During Korean Parliamentary Hearings)

1. December 17, 2025

National Assembly Science, ICT, Broadcasting and Communications Committee Hearing

■ Choi Hyung-du
• “Saying that he cannot attend because he is a ‘global CEO’ is utter nonsense.”
• “Zuckerberg and Bezos did not evade parliamentary hearings either.”

■ Lee Hoon-gi
• “Do you take the Korean people for fools?”

■ Choi Min-hee (Committee Chair)
• “This is an act of contempt toward the National Assembly and the public.”
• “‘HAPPY TO BE HERE’… Are you actually going to translate that?”

■ Hwang Jung-a
• “Where is Chairman Bom Kim?”
• “You don’t need to say ‘respected.’ Just tell us where he is.”
• “Did you come here having decided in advance to deliberately give irrelevant answers as a strategy?”

■ Lee Jun-seok
• “Madam Chair, please stop allowing these meaningless answers.”

■ Cho In-cheol
• “Ah, XX…”


2. December 30, 2025

Joint Hearing of Six National Assembly Committees

■ Ahn Ho-young
• “This is an arrogant and insolent attitude that disregards the National Assembly and the Korean people.”

■ Lee Yong-woo
• “This goes beyond shamelessness.”
• “This is not compensation — it is a rain-dodging gimmick.”

■ Kim Young-bae
• “You are consistently lying.”
• “Even a stick wouldn’t be enough.”

■ Jeong Il-young
• “This is an incompetent and empathy-less response that rubs salt into the public’s wounds.”
• “If you intend to disrespect the National Assembly and the people like this, leave Korea.”
• “Are you kidding us?”

■ Kim Hyun-jung
• “This is mockery and deception toward the National Assembly.”

■ Yeom Tae-young
• “The march of death that has continued at Coupang must be stopped.”

■ Jeong Hye-gyeong
• “Chairman Bom Kim has refused to appear for the eighth time.”
• “This is behavior that mocks and disregards the public.”

■ Noh Jong-myeon
• “You are gravely mistaken.”
• “Regardless of your personal wishes, this is an obligation you must comply with.”


3. December 31, 2025

Joint Hearing – Day 2

■ Hwang Jung-a
• “We must immediately file a perjury accusation.”
• “An additional charge of insulting the National Assembly should also be applied.”

■ Kim Young-bae
• “‘Enough’ is something a witness must never say.”
• “This is a combative attitude. We will demand an apology first.”

■ Jeong Il-young
• “This is a high-handed, authoritarian attitude.”


Context Note
• All statements above are direct quotations or verbatim expressions as reported by Korean media, rendered into English without dilution or reinterpretation.
• These remarks include insults, profanity (masked), accusations of contempt, demands for expulsion, and calls for criminal referral, and
• They constitute a core factual basis currently cited in the United States as evidence of hostile and degrading parliamentary treatment of a U.S. company and its executives.