Byun Hee-jae
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Byun Hee-jae | |
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 Byun in 2019 | |
| Born | April 22, 1974 |
| Nationality | South Korea |
| Education | Seoul National University |
| Occupation(s) | Political commentator, Journalist |
| Political party | Pine Tree Party |
| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 변희재 |
| Hanja | |
| Revised Romanization | Byeon Huijae |
| McCune–Reischauer | Pyŏn Hŭichae |
Byun Hee-jae (Korean: 변희재; born 22 April 1974) is a South Korean conservative political commentator.[1][2] He is also one of the founder of conservative weekly newspaper name Mediawatch.
Life
[edit]He was born in Seoul in 1974. He studied in the Aesthetics Department at Seoul National University. Although in 1999 he joined the movement against the largest conservative newspaper in South Korea, The Chosun Ilbo, he later became one of the most notable conservative political commentators in South Korea.
Defending Park Geun-hye
[edit]After the Impeachment of Park Geun-hye, Byun launched a campaign defending her. He claimed she was innocent and that the charges against her were fabricated accusations levied by the prosecution for political motives.
After 2022
[edit]Unlike most of conservative political activist Byun view president Yoon Suk Yeol very critically. Because Yoon was one of the main prosecutor that accused Park Geun-hye.[3] He regularly joins the protest against the president and this make him popular again among the anti-government media and public. Byun runs for 2024 South Korean legislative election as a candidate of Pine Tree Party founded by Song Young-gil, the former mayor of Incheon and former candidate of mayor of seoul in 2022. In 2024 October 12nd he declared political asylum in United States of America. It was during his honeymoon in US. [4]
Views
[edit]Taiwan
[edit]In 2019 Byun invited Annette Lu, the former Vice President of the Republic of China to South Korea for advocating normalization of diplomatic relations between South Korea and Taiwan.[5]
Impeachment of Park
[edit]In the interview with Japan Forward, the English newspaper published by Sankei Shimbun, byun argued he has reasonable grounds to believe that prosecutors at that time Yoon and Han Dong-hoon deeply involved in fabricating evidence to remove Park. [6]
References
[edit]- ^ Kim, Tong-hyung (30 April 2013). "Negative creep on Twitter, life-saving comedian". The Korea Times. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 31 July 2015.
- ^ "Supreme Court should reject ruling denying use of expression 'pro-North Korea'". The Dong-a Ilbo. 12 August 2014. Retrieved 31 July 2015.
- ^ Yoon, ex-President Park meet over lunch at presidential residence Lee Haye-ah. December 29, 2023. "The relationship between the two dates back to 2016 when Yoon, then a prosecutor, led an investigation team into Park's corruption scandal that led to her impeachment, ouster from office and subsequent imprisonment."
- ^ Forward, JAPAN (2024-10-15). "INTERVIEW | Byun Hee-jae Fights for Press Freedom in South Korea | JAPAN Forward". japan-forward.com. Retrieved 2024-10-21.
- ^ Lee, Woo Hee. "[미디어워치] [전문] 변희재-뤼슈렌 특별인터뷰 "한국-대만 국교정상화" 한 목소리". MediaWatch (in Korean). Retrieved 2024-04-08.
- ^ "INTERVIEW | Why Sue Yoon Suk-Yeol? Veteran Journalist Explains His Case | JAPAN Forward". Japan Forward. 2023-09-11. Retrieved 2024-04-08.
Further reading
[edit]- 문, 동섭 (7 April 2009). "진보에서 보수로 변신한 '꺼삐딴변' 변희재" (in Korean). Ohmynews. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 31 July 2015.
- 이, 성희 (28 May 2009). "변희재, 같은 '듣보잡'끼리 무슨 공개토론을…". Kyunghyang Shinmun (in Korean). Retrieved 31 July 2015.
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