2024 South Korea General Election: The Rebuilding Korea Party

Cho Kuk, April 6, 2024 : Moving on an escalator to take a train at a station, Cho Kuk, leader of the Rebuilding Korea Party (aka the Korea Innovation Party) for proportional representation seats, holds a mock Dior bag which a supporter gave him for his birthday celebration, after the party's meeting with supporters in Seoul, South Korea, ahead of the April 10 general election. The mock Dior bag describing angry electors' vote, makes a parody of a scandal of South Korea's first lady Kim Keon-Hee who received a luxury Dior bag as a 'gift' in 2022. The photo of green onions on the bag makes a parody of South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol who aroused anger by finding the price tag of 875 won ($0.65) for a bunch of green onions a "reasonable price" at a grocery mall last month. The 875 won ($0.65) was a temporary discount price offered due to a government subsidy and the average retail prices of green onions was about 3,000 to 4,000 won ($2.2 to 2.9) for weeks, which was some of the highest levels over the years. Cho Kuk, South Korea's former Justice Minister under the previous liberal Moon Jae-In administration, was an architect of the liberal government's prosecution reform. (Photo by Lee Jae-Won/AFLO)