"Just an Ordinary Netizen Commenting on Facebook? Strange Incident" Jin Joong-kwon Repeatedly Criticizes Democratic Party's Commentary

Former Dongyang University Professor Jin Joong-kwon. [Image source=Yonhap News]

[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Yeon-ju] Former Dongyang University professor Jin Joong-kwon sharply criticized the Democratic Party of Korea (DPK) on the 13th for officially criticizing him, saying, "It is absurd for a political party to comment on the Facebook posts of an ordinary netizen."

On the same day, Jin posted on his Facebook, "To boldly release a post that one would normally only post on their personal Facebook as an official statement of the ruling party, it seems these people are out of their minds," he said.

Earlier, on the 13th, the DPK issued a statement criticizing Jin. It is unusual for the ruling party to target an individual engaged in political commentary for criticism.

Park Jin-young, the DPK's full-time deputy spokesperson, mentioned Jin's criticism of writer Jo Jung-rae's remarks in the statement, saying, "Jin Joong-kwon's mockery has gone too far and now seems to have reached madness." This referred to Jin's criticism of Jo Jung-rae's comment on the 12th that "Anyone who studies in Japan automatically becomes a pro-Japanese collaborator," which Jin called "madness."

Park also said, "Does it feel good to have every word you say picked up by the media and ranked as the main news on portals every day? Do you feel like the world is yours?" and added, "But how long do you think that enjoyable world will last?"

The DPK also compared Jin to 'Ye Hyeong,' a character from the historical novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms. Ye Hyeong was a talented figure who spewed harsh criticism, which led to resentment from Cao Cao and ultimately execution by Huang Zhao.

Regarding this, Jin said, "How should I interpret the DPK deputy spokesperson's mention of 'Ye Hyeong'? There are weak and strong interpretations. The weak interpretation would be 'Jin Joong-kwon is just so detestable that they want to get rid of him,' and the strong interpretation would be a double entendre threatening, 'If you keep going like this, we will cut you off completely,'" he explained.

In another post on the same day, Jin criticized the DPK's statement, saying, "Have these people lost their minds? What is this behavior from a political party? I criticized Jo Jung-rae, so why is the statement coming from the DPK? It's none of your business, so don't meddle," he said.

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