Lee aide hints at tougher taxes on homeowners amid AI boom

An aide to President Lee Jae Myung has hinted at imposing more taxes on homeowners to stop the housing market from further overheating.

This prompted the right-wing opposition People Power Party's call to hold the presidential aide accountable for causing confusion in the property market, as it claimed the tax hike on the wealthy would wind up hurting the poor.

On Saturday, Kim Yong-beom, chief secretary for national policy for the liberal president, wrote via Facebook that it would be plausible ...