Cho Kuk's Reinstatement Finalized Today... Full-Scale Return to Politics Begins

The reinstatement of Cho Kuk, former leader of the Cho Kuk Innovation Party, who was granted a special pardon and reinstatement on the occasion of the 8·15 Liberation Day, will be finalized on August 21.

Former Representative of the Jo Guk Innovation Party, Jo Guk, is greeting Kim Sunmin, the acting party leader, as he is released from the Southern Prison in Guro-gu, Seoul on the 15th under the special pardon and reinstatement measures for Liberation Day. Photo by Yonhap News

According to political sources, the Cho Kuk Innovation Party will complete the final procedures for Cho's reinstatement through a Supreme Council meeting on the morning of the same day.

Cho submitted his application for reinstatement to the party's central office on August 18. The Central Party Membership Qualification Review Committee convened on the following day, August 19, and the reinstatement process will be finalized after passing through the Supreme Council meeting this morning.

Once his reinstatement is completed, Cho is expected to begin public activities in earnest. He is reportedly planning to visit former President Moon Jaein in Pyeongsan Village, Yangsan, South Gyeongsang Province, this weekend, and then pay respects at the tomb of former President Roh Moo-hyun in Bongha Village on August 25.

The Cho Kuk Innovation Party plans to hold a party convention in November to elect a new party leader and other executive members. In an interview with the media on August 18, Cho stated, "I intend to run for party leader."

This content was produced with the assistance of AI translation services.