Pressure mounts on Choo over firefighter remarks despite fresh apology
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Gyeonggi Province Gov. Choo Mi-ae apologized again Monday over her controversial remarks about firefighting finances, as calls for disciplinary action against her continued to grow and the ruling Democratic Party of Korea sought to contain the fallout by focusing on support for firefighters. Choo offered the fresh apology during a National Assembly audit of the Gyeonggi provincial government, hours after attending the funeral of firefighter Kim Jin-seok, who died while battling a factory fire in
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