Ruling Saenuri Party leader Kim Moo-sung apologized Friday for a racist remark he made to an African student during volunteer work earlier in the day.



Kim had been delivering briquettes to the socially underprivileged in southern Seoul as part of the party’s community outreach program, when he told an accompanying student that his face “was the same color as the briquettes.”



The student reportedly did not understand the comment.





Kim Moo-sung (Yonhap)