Lee Jae-myung apologizes for son’s illegal gambling stint

The ruling Democratic Party’s (DP) presidential candidate Lee Jae-myung apologized for his son’s past illegal gambling habit on Thursday, following media reports which traced comments on a gambling website to his son’s e-mail address.

The candidate released an apology through a press release Thursday morning, acknowledging that his 29-year-old son had engaged in illegal gambling on multiple occasions from 2019 until last year.

“I apologize for my son’s wrongdoings,” the candidate said. “I failed as a parent to properly teach my child.”

Online gambling is strictly illegal in Korea, and while lotteries, horse racing, boat racing and cycling are legal forms of gambling in the country, casino gambling is mostly prohibited, with only one of the country’s 23 land-based casinos open to Koreans.

Source: https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/2021/12/16/national/politics/Lee-Jaemyung-gambling-illegal/20211216182720011.html