Eldest Daughter's Video of 'Dad Park Gyuntaek, Not a Legal or Political Candidate' Draws Attention

Not an Authoritarian Father but Always Asking and Accepting Family Opinions

A Devoted Dad to His Family, Will Do His Best for the Democratic Party and Gwangsan

Park Gyuntaek, a preliminary candidate of the Democratic Party who is challenging for the Gwangsan-gu (Gap) National Assembly seat in Gwangju Metropolitan City and is spending busy days without a moment to spare, is drawing attention as his daughter posted a video introducing her father.

Park’s daughter calmly explained the image of ‘Dad Park Gyuntaek’ in the video, rather than the legal professional or political candidate Park Gyuntaek.

A screenshot from a video posted by Ms. A, the daughter of Park Gyuntaek, the Democratic Party preliminary candidate for Gwangsan-gu (Gap), Gwangju Metropolitan City. Candidate Park is holding his young daughter. The bottom left of the photo reads "92.8.31".

In the video, daughter A introduced that when she was born, her father Park Gyuntaek was a soldier. After completing the Judicial Research and Training Institute, he started his military legal officer service in Cheorwon, Gangwon Province, carrying her who was only one month old.

A said, “On weekends and after work, my father took full responsibility for me instead of my mother, who was tired from childcare,” and added, “The reason I can still maintain a close father-daughter relationship with my father is probably because he lovingly and devotedly cared for me during the critical attachment formation period until I was three years old.”

She also recalled the time when her father became busy after being appointed as a prosecutor and she could not see his face often.

During that period, she sometimes tossed and turned unable to sleep and heard her father coming home from work. Pretending to be asleep because she was too lazy to greet him, her father always quietly came close, prayed softly, and then left.

She said there were probably many more prayers she did not hear while asleep, and that even when she was rebellious during her teenage years and got scolded, she never resented her father because she knew his unconditional love.

A recalled, “Even though my father was so busy that he had to work on weekends, he took me to his office to spend time together and handle work,” and said, “The time when I ate jajangmyeon ordered at my father’s office and prepared for dictation tests with sentences he personally called out has now become a memory.”

She continued, “Despite his busy schedule, my father tried to spend time with us whenever possible and always asked for our opinions first rather than showing an authoritative figure as the head of the family,” and added, “I never thought of this as my father’s consideration, but I realized it when I heard my husband say, ‘It was amazing how my father-in-law accepted even the smallest opinions of the family members.’”

She also said, “Now that I have a family and work, I personally realize how difficult my father’s consideration and dedication were,” and “I feel grateful to my father who always lovingly took care of our family.”

She added, “My father who calls just because he suddenly thought of me while taking a walk to ask how I am doing after marriage, and who personally brings a set of dishes from a distant province to a housewarming party of my son-in-law’s colleagues so that no flaw is found in his daughter. I love him.”

She concluded, “I am confident that my father, who was devoted to his family, will surely do his best for the Democratic Party and Gwangsan.”

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