Photo of South Korean President Staring at Blank Computer Screen Confuses Netizens

Published:

5 Jul 2022 03:37 GMT

Users suggested that Yoon Suk-yeol was simply posing for a photo, not doing anything on the computer.

A photo of South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol looking at an almost blank computer screen during his visit to Spain has raised some doubts in the virtual community.

The Yoon Administration published last Sunday a dozen images in which the president and the first lady of the Asian country, Kim Keon-hee, appeared in different scenarios during their four-day stay in the Spanish capital, within the framework of the summit of NATO, informs local news agency Yonhap News.

In one of these photos, the head of state appears seated at a desk staring at his computer monitor. However, many users quickly realized that the screen was almost empty and they suspected that Yoon was simply posing in front of the cameras without doing any work.

In response, the Presidential Office issued a clarification, claiming that the image was taken just after the politician signed the agenda for a Cabinet meeting in Seoul, leaving the page blank.

“When we publish a photo of the president, we try not to show what is on the monitor“, a presidential official told reporters on Monday, citing security reasons, among other issues. “We pay a lot of attention when we publish photos, and distorting that as if we were doing a show is quite regrettable,” added the representative of the Office.