Jin Joong-kwon on Kim Nam-guk's Misogynistic Podcast Controversy: "'Dogfight,' 'Cho Kuk White Paper,' and Now..."

Former Dongyang University Professor Jin Joong-kwon. Photo by Yonhap News

[Asia Economy Intern Reporter Kim Yeon-ju] Former Dongyang University professor Jin Joong-kwon strongly criticized the controversy surrounding Kim Nam-guk, the Democratic Party candidate for Ansan Danwon, who was accused of condoning conversations that belittled women and sexualized them during a past podcast appearance, saying, "'Dogfight,' 'Cho Kuk White Paper,' and now 'sex jokes.' Is this the 3rd room?"

On the 13th, Jin posted on his Facebook, "Let's see how the Democratic Party leadership handles this issue," expressing his opinion.

He pointed out, "If they don't handle it quickly, it seems it will get noisy," and questioned, "Why on earth would you appear on such a broadcast?"

He added, "In the end, it will be either resignation or expulsion, but seeing people say 'the host should have stopped it,' it looks like they plan to just brush it off," criticizing, "The hosts who should have stopped that broadcast are even worse."

He continued, "Kim Nam-guk did not stop it but rather echoed it and added comments on women's body evaluations, which caused the problem," adding, "The very fact that he appeared on such a broadcast is the problem."

Earlier, Park Soon-ja, the United Future Party candidate for Ansan Danwon, urged Kim Nam-guk, the Democratic Party candidate running in the same district, to "immediately resign from the candidacy," accusing him of belittling women on a dating and sex-related podcast last year.

Park held a press conference at the National Assembly Communication Office in the morning and revealed parts of the podcast "Three Yeongojeon (Love Impotence War)" that Kim appeared on last year, pointing out, "It was a broadcast where the participants, under the title of sex jokes, freely uttered profanity as well as various sexual slang and sexually derogatory remarks."

Park claimed, "Some of the conversations between the hosts included shameful sexual derogatory remarks such as 'You have to sleep with a hundred people before marriage,' 'Have you done it with your husband at your in-laws' house?' 'Suck OOO,' 'The breasts are only as big as the head,' and 'South American white people have a certain elasticity,' which are too shameful to even mention."

Regarding the controversy, Yoon Ho-jung, the Democratic Party Secretary-General, was reported to have responded to reporters after the joint election committee meeting of the Democratic Party and the Together Citizens' Party held in Yongsan, Seoul, saying, "We need to check the content, but isn't that something the host should have stopped?"

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