Kim Jong-min: "Even if 100 copies of 'The Black Book of Cho Kuk' are published, 40% support Cho Kuk" Jin Joong-kwon: "This is why the Democratic Party is doomed"

Kim Jong-min "40% think it's a 'Cho Kuk lynching'... frustrating situation"
Jin Joong-kwon "Then what about the other 60%?... Social evaluation of Cho Kuk is over"

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 criticized Democratic Party lawmaker Kim Jong-min, who said about the bestseller "The Black Book on Cho Kuk (A Country Never Experienced Before)" that ranked first on the 1st, "Even if 100 copies are published, 40% of public opinion still thinks it is a 'Cho Kuk lynching,'" by saying, "Having such a person as the party's supreme council member is why the Democratic Party is doomed."

On the same day, Jin posted on his Facebook, "If you reverse (Kim lawmaker's) words, it means that 60% of public opinion believes it is not a Cho Kuk lynching," he said.

Earlier, in an interview with KBS Radio's "Kim Kyung-rae's Strongest Current Affairs," lawmaker Kim Jong-min said, "It's frustrating. Since the founding of the nation, there has never been a case where so many media outlets attacked one individual," and pointed out, "All the articles published over the past year have already played the role of a black book, so what more can be added by publishing (this book)? It's like pouring a ladle of water into the Han River."

Kim said, "Whether it's a black book or a red book, the judgment on Cho Kuk has already been made, but 40% still 'firmly cannot believe it and think it's an unfair attack,'" and claimed, "Even if 100 black books are published, it won't change. 40% see it as problematic and consider it 'lynching.'"

Kim Jong-min, member of the Democratic Party of Korea. [Photo by Yonhap News]

In response, former professor Jin said, "The claim that 40% of public opinion thinks it is a Cho Kuk lynching is also an exaggeration," and added, "Still, expressing a firm will to continue recklessly trusting that 40% is an after-service to the pro-Moon and pro-Cho supporters who made him a supreme council member."

He continued, "The social evaluation of Cho Kuk ended when he stepped down from the ministerial position under public opinion pressure," and pointed out, "(Yet) the obsession is not because 'Cho Kuk' is needed, but because the fictional 'narrative' that called supporters to Seocho-dong to maintain the 40% concrete support is still necessary."

Meanwhile, "A Country Never Experienced Before," co-authored by Jin and other anti-Cho Kuk figures, ranked first in sales at major online bookstores just one day after its release on the 26th of last month.

This book opposes the "Cho Kuk White Paper" published by Cho Kuk supporters and is called the so-called "Cho Kuk Black Book." The book ranked first in daily sales in the comprehensive book category at the four major online bookstores: Kyobo Bookstore, Yes24, Aladin, and Interpark, and the publisher announced that all 5,000 copies of the first edition were sold out.

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