Ministry questions possible collusion, Korean Publishers Association demands minister's dismissal Visitors browse books at the Seoul International Book Fair at Coex, southern Seoul, on June 14. (Hwang Dong-hee/The Korea Herald)Tensions between the Culture Ministry and the Korean Publishers Association, the organizer of the Seoul International Book Fair, reached a boiling point Tuesday as the two exchanged allegations and criticisms over the association's earnings disclosure.On Tuesday morning, the ministry said in a statement that the chairman of the KPA is attempting to "evade responsibility" and "distort facts" over the ministry's audit of the book fair, in which it said it found financial irregularities.
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