South Korean president fires her spokesman after 'unsavoury' incident Senior presidential press secretary Lee Nam-Ki announced Yoon Chang-Jung's dismissal today, saying he was "personally involved in an unsavoury incident," described as "an inappropriate act for a high-level official" that "hurt national dignity." The presidential Blue House did not elaborate further, but South Korea's Yonhap news agency cited a police complaint as saying a 56-year-old man grabbed a woman's buttocks in a Washington hotel on Tuesday. Mr Yoon, who is 56, was not named in the report. Park Geun-Hye, South Korea's president, traveled to Washington seeking a show of unity with her country's top ally at a time of high tension with rival North Korea, which unleashed a torrent of threats against Washington and Seoul in March and April. Ms Park, who was inaugurated in late February, faced bitter opposition in her first month on the job to policy proposals and her choices for top government posts, many of whom withdrew amid corruption and other claims. The leader, who has cited Margaret Thatcher as among her political role models, is the first female president in South Korea, which came 108th out of 135 countries in a survey on gender equality - one place below the United Arab Emirates. Women in South Korea continue to face widespread sexism, huge income gaps and few opportunities to climb business or political ladders. Mr Yoon, a conservative columnist before joining Ms Park's team last year and becoming spokesman after the inauguration, was disliked by many progressives.