New Conservative Party Recruits 'Prosecutor's Internal War' Author Kim Woong... Democratic Party and Liberty Korea Party Vie for Women's Support

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[Asia Economy reporters Lee Ji-eun and Kang Nahum] The New Conservative Party has recruited former Chief Prosecutor Kim Woong, author of 'Prosecutors' Civil War' and who resigned in protest against the adjustment of investigative authority between the prosecution and police. The Democratic Party and the Liberty Korea Party have each recruited female talents from multicultural and legal sectors to win the hearts of female voters.

The New Conservative Party held a recruitment ceremony for former Chief Prosecutor Kim at the National Assembly Members' Office Building that morning. Kim, author of 'Prosecutors' Civil War,' which was also made into a drama, announced his resignation last month by criticizing the prosecution's internal bulletin board, Eprose, calling the bill adjusting investigative authority between the prosecution and police a "huge fraud."

The New Conservative Party appears to have decided to recruit him, judging that his reformist conservative stance aligns well with their colors. Yoo Seung-min, chairman of the New Conservative Party's Conservative Reconstruction Committee, said at the welcoming ceremony, "After reading the post on Eprose, I thought that prosecutors having such spirit and standing for justice is true prosecutorial reform," adding, "While reading the book Prosecutors' Civil War, I came to believe that he is the person who matches the warm community and courageous reform path for a just world that the New Conservative Party pursues."

Former Chief Prosecutor Kim said, "I could not understand how laws that are disadvantageous, inconvenient, and unfair to the people are disguised as reforms, and how cheating and privileges become reforms by meeting emotional appeals and agitation, transforming into fairness and justice like a nine-tailed fox," adding, "From now on, I have decided to do what I do best: 'catching fraudsters.' I will take down this 'fraud cartel' at the pinnacle of the Republic of Korea's fraud republic."

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The Democratic Party also recruited Won Ok-geum, president of the Vietnamese Residents Association in Korea, as their 16th recruit that day. This is the first recruitment case in the field of multicultural human rights. Born in Long Thanh, Dong Nai Province, southern Vietnam, President Won met her Korean husband, who was dispatched as an engineer while working at a Vietnamese state-owned construction company in 1996, and married him. She entered Korea the following year and acquired Korean nationality in 1998. In 2004, while serving as an operator of the Korea-Vietnam multicultural family internet community, she began counseling migrant women struggling with cultural differences and embarked on a full-fledged path as a migrant human rights activist. At the party admission ceremony, President Won said, "I want to create a happier Korea with everyone's love, where any Korean citizen, regardless of origin, status, or occupation, is respected and treated with dignity."

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The Liberty Korea Party's Talent Recruitment Committee also recruited seven female legal professionals, including lawyer Jeon Ju-hye, at the National Assembly Members' Office Building. Lawyer Jeon served as a member of the Liberty Korea Party's Special Committee for Organizational Strengthening and is famous for leading the Supreme Court ruling on 'gender sensitivity' related to the Me Too movement for the first time. Other recruits include lawyer Jung Sun-mi, who works as a legal advisor on sexual harassment and sexual violence cases at Soongsil University Counseling Center; lawyer Kim Bok-dan, who deals with domestic violence and housing issues; lawyer Yoo Jung-hwa, a member of the Seoul Bar Association's School Violence Countermeasures Committee and the Liberty Korea Party's Media Special Committee; lawyer Hong Ji-hye, who participated in the defense team for the 'Bad Fathers' defamation case and secured a not guilty verdict; lawyer Oh Seung-yeon, active in the Korean Bar Association's Work-Family Balance Committee; and lawyer Park So-ye, a director of the Korean Women Lawyers Association.

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