Yangsook Kwon
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- Korean President's Spouse
- Born in 1948
- Bokya Gongpa of the Andong Kwon Clan
- People from Masan Happo-gu
- Mugunghwa Grand Order
- Graduated from Jinyoung Daechang Elementary School
- Graduated from Gyeseong Girls' High School
- White Eagle Medal
- Singapore Botanical Garden Orchid Naming Beneficiary
- Roh Moo-hyun Family
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Gyeongsangnam-do Changwon-gun Dongdae Village, Oseo -ri, Jinjeon- myeon (Currently Gyeongsangnam- do changwon city Masan Happo-gu Dongdae Village, Oseo-ri, Jinjin-myeon)[2] | |||||||||||||||
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1. outline
2. career
February 2, 1948 Gyeongsangnam-do Changwon-gun Dongdae Village, Oseo-ri, Jinjin-myeon (currently Gyeongsangnam-do) changwon city Masan Happo-gu His father, Kwon Oh-seok (1921), was a member of the Korean People's Guerrilla Corps and a non-converted long-term prisoner in Dongdae Village, Oseo-ri, Jinjin-myeon.[6] and mother Miryang Park Clan Park Deok-nam (朴德南, 1920. ~ 2017.2.24.)[7] She was born as the second daughter among three sons and three daughters.
Kwon Yang -sook's family said that former President Roh Moo -hyun moved to Gimhae -si, Gyeongsangnam -do in 1959, when he was in the first year of middle school. The house located on the left side of Bong -ha, Jinyoung -eup, Gimhae -si, Gyeongsangnam -do, where former President Roh Moo -hyun lived, was called `` Daebat House '' because there are many bamboo.
Like former President Roh Moo-hyun, she graduated from Jinyeong Daechang Elementary School and Hyehwa Girls' Middle School in Busan, and dropped out of the night club at Hunseong Girls' Commercial High School (now Gyeseong Girls' High School ).[8]
Kwon Yang -sook's family said that former President Roh Moo -hyun moved to Gimhae -si, Gyeongsangnam -do in 1959, when he was in the first year of middle school. The house located on the left side of Bong -ha, Jinyoung -eup, Gimhae -si, Gyeongsangnam -do, where former President Roh Moo -hyun lived, was called `` Daebat House '' because there are many bamboo.
Like former President Roh Moo-hyun, she graduated from Jinyeong Daechang Elementary School and Hyehwa Girls' Middle School in Busan, and dropped out of the night club at Hunseong Girls' Commercial High School (now Gyeseong Girls' High School ).[8]
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Ms. Kwon Yang -suk and former President Roh Moo -hyun's wedding photo |
Former President Roh Moo -hyun married in 1973[9] Former President Roh Moo -hyun prepared for the judicial examination . Former President Roh Moo -hyun passed the judicial examination in 1975 with the help of Mrs. Kwon Yang -suk, and he was able to serve as the Judge of the Daejeon District Court in 1977 and 1978 due to the fact that he was quite compliant during the 1976 Judicial Research and Training Institute .
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Former President Roh Moo-hyun's Family |
With former President Roh Moo-hyun , she has one son and one daughter, including a son, Noh Geon-ho , and a daughter, Noh Jeong-yeon. 1988 Roh Moo-hyun The former president entered politics through the nomination of former President Kim Young-sam and was elected as a member of the National Assembly under the Unification Democratic Party, supporting her husband's political activities. In 1997, when former President Roh Moo-hyun moved to Seoul to help former President Kim Dae-jung, who was running for president, he moved up to the Seoul Metropolitan Government until February 2003. Jongno-gu Lived at Hyundai Heights Villa in Myeongryun 1-ga . During the 2002 presidential election, she managed the Nosamo website on behalf of her husband and also did volunteer work at Holt Children's Welfare Association .
When her husband was elected president, she lived in the Blue House from February 25, 2003 to February 24, 2008 . Unlike Mrs. Lee Hee -ho , who had been active in external activities[10] Mrs. Kwon Yang -sook was a style that was quietly accompanied by[11] When Dongja -seung came to the Blue House, he attended the event.[12]
When her husband was elected president, she lived in the Blue House from February 25, 2003 to February 24, 2008 . Unlike Mrs. Lee Hee -ho , who had been active in external activities[10] Mrs. Kwon Yang -sook was a style that was quietly accompanied by[11] When Dongja -seung came to the Blue House, he attended the event.[12]
2.1. after retirement
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last taken together Photographs of Mrs. Kwon Yang -sook and former President Roh Moo -hyun |
On February 25, 2008, when former President Roh Moo -hyun's term ended, Mrs. Kwon Yang -suk also returned home to Bongha Village with her husband . Even when he went to Bongha Village, former President Roh Moo -hyun had a vigorous external activities such as talking to visitors or farming with residents. I did it.
However, less than a year after returning home, Mr. Kwon Yang -suk himself became an investigative radar when the prosecution -related prosecution began. In April 2009, four months after the investigation began, the prosecution summoned Mrs. Kwon Yang -suk as a reference and investigated.[13] Former Chairman Park Yeon -cha pledged the $ 1 million suspicion of the former secretary -general. In the media, Mrs. Kwon Yang -suk wrote an article as if he was called as a suspect, but he was strictly a reference and was not accused of any charges. Ms. Kwon Yang -suk was called to the prosecution and more than 20 days later, former President Roh Moo -hyun was summoned by the Supreme Prosecutors' Office for 10 hours, and the prosecution will even plan to investigate Kwon Yang -suk in mid -May.[14]
However, on May 23, 2009, former President Roh Moo-hyun died , and the investigation into him ended with no prosecution . After hearing the news about former President Roh Moo-hyun, Mrs. Kwon Yang-sook visited Pusan National University Yangsan Hospital and fainted on the spot after seeing her husband hospitalized in the intensive care unit.[15] After her husband's death, she moved to her private residence in Bongha Village and recuperated for two days.
However, less than a year after returning home, Mr. Kwon Yang -suk himself became an investigative radar when the prosecution -related prosecution began. In April 2009, four months after the investigation began, the prosecution summoned Mrs. Kwon Yang -suk as a reference and investigated.[13] Former Chairman Park Yeon -cha pledged the $ 1 million suspicion of the former secretary -general. In the media, Mrs. Kwon Yang -suk wrote an article as if he was called as a suspect, but he was strictly a reference and was not accused of any charges. Ms. Kwon Yang -suk was called to the prosecution and more than 20 days later, former President Roh Moo -hyun was summoned by the Supreme Prosecutors' Office for 10 hours, and the prosecution will even plan to investigate Kwon Yang -suk in mid -May.[14]
However, on May 23, 2009, former President Roh Moo-hyun died , and the investigation into him ended with no prosecution . After hearing the news about former President Roh Moo-hyun, Mrs. Kwon Yang-sook visited Pusan National University Yangsan Hospital and fainted on the spot after seeing her husband hospitalized in the intensive care unit.[15] After her husband's death, she moved to her private residence in Bongha Village and recuperated for two days.
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Former President Roh Moo-hyun's funeral ceremony Ms. Kwon Yang -sook and former President Kim Dae -jung |
I attended the inauguration ceremony in a wheelchair.[16] He also attended the national funeral with a broken body.[17] Kim Dae-jung showed a resolute attitude throughout the funeral, but As the former president sobbed after laying the wreath, he was unable to hold back his tears, and during the final farewell prayer before the cremation ceremony, he sobbed again and collapsed to the ground. After the cremation, her husband's remains were temporarily placed in Jeongtowon on Mt. Bonghasan and then buried in a graveyard prepared for the 49th funeral.
2009 September 1st After the separation of the Roh Moo-hyun Foundation and the Bongha Foundation, he took office as the chairman of the board of directors of the Bongha Foundation. Unlike the Roh Moo-hyun Foundation, which mainly deals with political issues and also serves as a think tank for the Democratic Party and progressive parties, the Bongha Foundation focuses purely on private-level projects such as Bongha Village facility management and crop projects. Even after the death of former President Roh Moo-hyun, he continued to reside in Bongha Village, but on May 1, 2018, when his private residence was opened, he moved to a new home in Jinyeong-eup. However , when politicians visit Bongha Village , they are met at their former private residence as an exception.
2009 September 1st After the separation of the Roh Moo-hyun Foundation and the Bongha Foundation, he took office as the chairman of the board of directors of the Bongha Foundation. Unlike the Roh Moo-hyun Foundation, which mainly deals with political issues and also serves as a think tank for the Democratic Party and progressive parties, the Bongha Foundation focuses purely on private-level projects such as Bongha Village facility management and crop projects. Even after the death of former President Roh Moo-hyun, he continued to reside in Bongha Village, but on May 1, 2018, when his private residence was opened, he moved to a new home in Jinyeong-eup. However , when politicians visit Bongha Village , they are met at their former private residence as an exception.
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Kwon Yang-sook and Kim Gun-hee |
2022, Yoon Seok-yeol Soon after the inauguration of the President of the Republic of Korea, First Lady Kim Kun- hee, who became the President's spouse, visited Bongha Village to pay a courtesy visit to First Lady Kwon Yang-sook, who was the President's senior . He chatted for nearly 90 minutes with First Lady Kim Geon-hee, who came to see him, and together they visited the cemetery in Bongha Village to pay their respects.
Jeong Cheong-rae visited Bongha Village on March 23, 2026 We paid a courtesy visit to the representative of the Democratic Party of Korea . Ms. Kwon Yang-sook is said to have shed tears, saying, “This is the first time I have brought a report on the results of prosecution reform.” #
Jeong Cheong-rae visited Bongha Village on March 23, 2026 We paid a courtesy visit to the representative of the Democratic Party of Korea . Ms. Kwon Yang-sook is said to have shed tears, saying, “This is the first time I have brought a report on the results of prosecution reform.” #
3. Criticism and Controversy
- Roh Moo-hyun He was involved in the Park Yeon-cha Gate in 2009, after the former president left office . Please refer to the corresponding document for details.
- Former President Roh Moo-hyun's daughter, Noh Jeong-yeon, transferred 1.3 billion won given to her by Ms. Kwon Yang-sook through an illegal transfer, for which Ms. Noh Jeong-yeon was found guilty, and Ms. Kwon Yang-sook's indictment was deferred. Mr. Noh Jeong-yeon said that 1.3 billion won was money sent by his mother, and Ms. Kwon Yang-sook said about the source of this 1.3 billion won, "(Former President Roh Moo-hyun) had been collecting and storing money given by acquaintances who visited the Blue House during his time in office and acquaintances who visited his residence in Bongha Village after leaving office," and "As for the 'acquaintances,' "for humane reasons, the specific identity of them cannot be revealed." The size of former President Roh Moo-hyun's publicly disclosed assets was revealed. Considering that 1.3 billion won is 1.4 times the amount of former President Roh Moo-hyun's total assets disclosed , there are some who criticized Moon Jae-in, former President Roh Moo -hyun's chief of staff and lawyer, for receiving money from an acquaintance while in office, and for not being able to disclose who it was. This is a fact that even the former president acknowledged. #
4. family
It is known that her older sister, Kwon Chang-jwa, lost her husband (Kim Jae-seok), who worked at a construction company, in 1988 and lives in Seoul with her son, Kim Gyeong-woo.
My sister Kwon Jin -ae lives in Busan with her husband, Lee Seung -nam. Kwon Jin -ae had a son and two daughters with Lee Seung -nam. The eldest daughter Lee Hye -jin graduated from the Department of Chemistry at Pukyong National University in Busan and helped the Democratic Party's Busan Election Commission's campaign team helped the aunt Roh Moo -hyun. #
The son -in -law is the 22nd National Assembly Jongno -gu Kwak Sang -un, a member of the Korean National Assembly .
The son -in -law is the 22nd National Assembly Jongno -gu Kwak Sang -un, a member of the Korean National Assembly .
5. Nickname
- There is a nickname called water pump because of the name . In a similar case, Kim Jung-sook 's nickname is water purifier .
6. digression
- In the movie The Attorney (movie), she appears under the name Jang Soo-kyung and was played by Lee Hang-na .[18]
- In February 2005, Roh had surgery when he had double eyelid surgery for pioneering sewage.
- 2003 There is Kwon Yangsuk Orchid , an orchid named as a tribute in Singapore during the state visit to Singapore . It is the first orchid with a Korean name and the first orchid to be named first lady.[19] It is said that it is still growing in the Singapore Botanic Garden.
- Kwon Yang-sook's mother and Roh Moo-hyun Park Deok-nam, the former president 's mother-in-law, died on February 24, 2017. Age 96.
- Roh Moo-hyun is the second-largest adult in the democratic political party after Kim Dae-jung , and enjoys the popularity of always ranking at the top of the favorability surveys of South Korea's past presidents, but Kwon Yang-sook himself is not evaluated well. To the conservative camp, she is stigmatized due to the controversy over the activities of the Korean People's Guerrilla Army and corruption of Kwon Oh- seok , the spouse and father of Roh Moo-hyun, an eternal political enemy . On the other hand, to the Democratic Party camp, she is resented for being implicated in the Park Yeon-cha scandal and causing the death of her husband, Roh Moo-hyun. Even the most friendly views from the progressive camp are only a little sympathy for the victim of a political revenge investigation, and it is difficult to find positive evaluations. For one reason or another, both the left and the right have their own reasons, so he has been labeled as a person of interest who is not viewed positively by either side. Perhaps that is why Park Chung-hee, along with former President Roh Moo-hyun, always ranks at the top of the rankings of all-time presidential influence. Unlike the image that former President Yook Young-soo , the spouse of former President Yook Young-soo, had in the conservative camp, and the fact that Park Geun- hye, who performed the duties of the president's spouse after Yook Young -soo's death, ascended to the presidency under the auspices of Park Chung-hee, and the fact that former President Kim Dae-jung's spouse Lee Hee-ho was treated as a progressive adult by the Moon Jae-in administration and the Democratic Party of Korea until the end of her life, Kwon Yang-sook has not been seen in the media and has been acting quietly since the death of former President Roh Moo-hyun. It is said that he is currently living in another village in Jinyeong-eup after leaving his residence in Bongha Village , and since his residence was opened, he has been strictly avoiding public activities other than showing his face at the memorial service of former President Roh Moo-hyun or when influential politicians pay a visit.
- Regardless of the controversy , he is a victim of being followed by the National Intelligence Service . Won Se-hoon (1951), former director of the National Intelligence Service, is being tried in connection with this case, and the Supreme Court found him guilty of having the National Intelligence Service employees follow former Mayor Park Won-soon and Kwon Yang-sook. #
- There was a time when I appeared on the 300th Golden Bell Challenge (Reading Golden Bell) and presented a problem myself.
- According to an appearance on Exclamation Point (MBC) in 2003, it appears that he likes reading , spending his summer vacation reading through a whole bunch of books . Hayan Geotap also revealed that he read it at that time.
- Among the spouses of past South Korean presidents, Park Chung-hee Together with the former president 's spouse Yuk Young-soo , he is a Buddhist . Coincidentally, the Buddhist name of the two people is the same, 'Daedeokhwa', and they are also similar in that the husbands, unlike their wives, did not deeply believe in a specific religion.[20]
- Roh Jung -yeon said that he sat down at the moment as soon as he came across the news of Lee Jae -myung . #
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[1] The portal's profile information shows that he was born in 1947 . This is because it is December 23rd in the lunar calendar in 1947.[2] Andong Kwon It is a residential village . #[3] 36th generation descendant of Bokyagong faction Eunggyeong lineage . ( Genealogy )[4] Currently Jinyeong Daechang Elementary School.[5] Park Chung-hee The same legal name as Yuk Young- soo, the spouse of the former president .[6] During the presidential primary, Roh Moo-hyun was politically attacked by his opponent, Lee In-je, over this issue . In response, Roh Moo-hyun responded strongly with his famous speech, “Should I abandon a wife like this?” This response actually elicited a positive response and helped him get through the primary, and eventually won the presidential election. For reference, Roh Moo-hyun is said to have been aware of his father-in-law's career as a partisan.[7] 25-year-old descendant of the Rule-breaking faction, 69-year-old descendant of Hyeokgeose Geoseogan . She is the daughter of Park Hee-jin.[8] Although she received all kinds of disparagement and slander from political opponents and right-wing forces due to her educational background during President Roh Moo-hyun's term, it is quite a good thing for a woman (because she dropped out) to attend a high school night club in the 1960s. In the early 1960s, when Ms. Kwon Yang-sook was a student, Hunseong Girls' Commercial High School (Gyeseong Girls' High School) was disparaged by political opponents as a trash school, bringing with it a tarnished image in the future . However, Gyeseong Girls' Commercial High School fell to its current level after the high school standardization in 1974 completely overturned the ranking of high schools in Busan. Before 1974, it was an ordinary, ordinary school. For reference, the top prestigious girls' schools in Busan at the time were Gyeongnam Girls' High School and Busan Girls' High School , and the semi-prestigious schools were St. Mary's Girls' High School , Teresa Girls' High School , and Dongnae Girls' High School .[9] According to the memoirs of former President Roh Moo-hyun, who appeared in Exclamation Mark , they became closer to Mrs. Kwon when he gave her a copy of Yoo Joo-hyun's novel Daewongun.[10] Mrs. Lee Hee -ho has been working on various social activities while participating in the women's movement even before he married former President Kim Dae -jung. It is said that Lee Hee -ho's influence is not enough to build a political fame with former President Kim Dae -jung. In fact, the Kim Dae -jung government's women's and welfare policies, such as the creation of the Ministry of Women's Ministry, reflected the intention of Mrs. Lee Hee -ho.[11] Former Daegu Metropolitan Mayor Hong Joon -pyo advised Kim Kun -hee , "If one of the reasons for the low national support is First Lady, you must be like Mrs. Kwon Yang -suk." #[12] At this time, Mrs. Kwon Yang -suk gave the Dongmansung Magnolia and Korean science. Later, Lee Myung -bak 's spouse, Kim Yun -ok, called Dong -ja -seung to the Blue House, and was re -examined after being criticized for lack of sincerity by giving whale rice and Hello fan dol.[13] At this time, his son, Noh Gun -ho, was also called a reference.[14] At this time, Mrs. Kwon Yang -suk was a reference.[15] Moon Jae -in revealed in his autobiography, Destiny, and Ms. Kwon Yang -sook came to the hospital, knowing that her husband was injured a little bit severely, and asked the medical staff to treat the wounds a little so that Mrs. Kwon was not shocked. The medical staff said that they had an emergency surgery until Mrs. Kwon Yang -sook arrived, and sutured both the wound and the torn skin, and considered the husband with a clean face without a wound.[16] It is said that while the ceremony was in progress, she left a message to her husband, “Don’t look back and go in peace.”[17] At the ceremony, his granddaughter Noe -eun and daughter -in -law supported Mrs. Kwon Yang -suk.[18] As the role of former President Roh Moo -hyun, the role of former President Roh Moo -hyun, was not the name Roh Moo -hyun, but as Song Woo -suk, Kwon Yang -suk was also replaced by Jang Soo -kyung.[19] Afterwards, orchids with the names of Moon Jae-in, Kim Jeong-sook orchid , and Yoon Seok-yeol and Kim Geon-hee orchid were created, but this orchid is the only orchid with the name of the first lady engraved on its own.[20] Park Chung-hee had attended church as a child, but stopped attending as he entered adolescence. Perhaps due to the influence of his deeply Buddhist wife, he showed a relatively pro-Buddhist tendency during his time in power. Examples include designating Buddha's Birthday as a public holiday and attempting to include a design of Seokguram Grotto on a 10,000 won bill . Roh Moo-hyun is said to have read Buddhist scriptures in his spare time while preparing for the bar exam at a temple (Buddhism) . He was baptized at Danggam Cathedral in Busan when he was a lawyer, but he was so busy that he rarely lived a religious life. The posthumous inauguration ceremony was held in Buddhist style.
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