'Japanese Edition' Published Im Eun-jeong: "President Yoon, Though Popular in Japan"

Prosecutor Im Eun-jeong Announces Publication on SNS
'I Will Keep Going' Scheduled for Release in Japan This Year

Im Eun-jeong, head prosecutor of the Daegu District Prosecutors' Office's Important Economic Crime Investigation Division (Judicial Research and Training Institute class 30), announced the publication of the Japanese edition of her book "I Will Keep Going."

On the 19th, Deputy Chief Prosecutor Im shared on her Facebook, "'I Will Keep Going' Japanese edition is scheduled to be published in Japan within this year," adding, "I was typing on my laptop by the seaside where the blue sea of the East Sea looks beautiful."

Ahead of the Japanese edition's release, Deputy Chief Prosecutor Im revealed that her mind was not entirely at ease. She said, "There have been various controversies recently regarding President Yoon Seok-yeol's diplomatic achievements during his visit to Japan, and I hear that President Yoon is quite popular in Japan," adding, "I am cautious about how my book will resonate with Japanese readers' hearts."

Im Eun-jeong, the Inspection Officer of the Ministry of Justice, is heading to the Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials at the Government Complex Gwacheon on the 8th to be questioned as a witness regarding allegations that former Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-yeol obstructed the investigation into former Prime Minister Han Myeong-sook's perjury coaching case. / Photo by Moon Ho-nam munonam@

She explained, "My book is a narrative about Yoon Seok-yeol, the prosecution, and myself personally, but it also captures the murmurs and confusion behind the scenes of prosecutors who, faced with power and interests, waver, hesitate, make decisions, and ultimately choose a path at a crossroads."

Prosecutor Im added, "As thoughts came to me that beyond nationality and profession, it is about the frailty of human nature, the dignity of humans, and issues of conscience, and that it might be helpful to Japanese prosecutors, public officials, and citizens as well, only then was I able to write the preface with a peaceful mind."

Recently, Prosecutor Im passed the Ministry of Justice's second in-depth qualification review. Except for the Prosecutor General, prosecutors undergo a qualification review by the Ministry of Justice every seven years, and those judged to have lower job performance are classified as subjects for in-depth qualification review.

After completing the review, she calmly stated, "I expressed my wish to work as a prosecutor of the Republic of Korea, as a regular prosecutor, not as the Prosecutor General, Chief Prosecutor, or Deputy Chief."

Meanwhile, Deputy Chief Prosecutor Im, who was commissioned in 2001, has voiced critical opinions about the prosecution organization since she opposed the order of 'blank sentencing' and requested a not guilty verdict in the retrial of the late Yoon Jung-gil, secretary of the Progressive Party, in December 2012, which led to disciplinary action.

During the Moon Jae-in administration, she served as the Inspection Policy Officer at the Supreme Prosecutors' Office and raised suspicions of obstruction of investigation into the 'Han Myeong-sook former Prime Minister perjury coaching case' by then Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-yeol. She is currently under investigation by the Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials on charges of leaking official secrets related to this case.

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