Im Miri, Self-Revealing Personal Information "It's a Troublesome Effort to Dig Up Personal Details..."

[Source - Im Miri Facebook]

[Asia Economy Reporter Shinwon Yoon] Professor Im Miri of Korea University, who was reported to the Democratic Party for writing a column with the intention of "voting without the Democratic Party," has publicly disclosed her personal information.

On the 14th, Professor Im posted on her Facebook, revealing her educational background, career, and political activities, stating, "I expected this, but since my personal information is already being dug up, I am posting this to save you the trouble."

This appears to be because interest has focused on Professor Im's political career in relation to the Democratic Party's withdrawal of the prosecution against her for the critical column. The Democratic Party said, "Professor Im is from a think tank of a specific politician, and we judged that the column published in Kyunghyang Shinmun went beyond mere opinion expression and had a clear political purpose, which is why we proceeded with the prosecution."

She said, "The biggest interest of those digging into my personal information is probably my political party." She opened up, "I liked elections since I was in college. Right after graduation, I worked at a local newspaper, handling election promotional materials for neighborhood assembly members. In 1998, when I was starting my own company, I received a candidacy proposal and even campaigned in front of Hanyang University’s main gate targeting college students."

She also mentioned that the reason for leaving the Grand National Party (the predecessor of the Liberty Korea Party) was due to conflicts of opinion with grassroots leaders within the party regarding tobacco tax and comprehensive real estate tax. She explained, "At that time, I distributed a piece titled 'I am ashamed of the Grand National Party' to each office of the Grand National Party members and then submitted my resignation."

Additionally, she referred to her experiences in 2007 with the Sohn Hak-kyu camp and the Creative Korea Party of candidate Moon Guk-hyun, clarifying, "My name might also appear on the Internet as part of the Lee Myung-bak camp and the Ahn Cheol-soo camp, but I only put my name there and did not actually participate in those camps."

Finally, Professor Im said, "I have lived a complicated life, but I developed similar aspirations to now when I worked on the 30th anniversary commemorative anthology of 'Emergency Measure No. 9' in 2005 and the Sewol Ferry incident in 2014," adding, "(After those two events) I have been trying to live fiercely in a different way than before."

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