Woongrae Noh

Journalist turned politician in Korea .

1957 August 3 , Seoul Mapo-gu He was born as the second son of Noh Seung-hwan , a five-term member of the National Assembly , vice-chairman of the National Assembly , and re- elected Mapo-gu mayor, in Shingongdeok-dong . He later attended Seoul Gongdeok Elementary School, Seoul Daeseong Middle School , Seoul Daeseong High School , and Chung-Ang University's College of Liberal Arts. Department of Philosophy , Korea National Open University After graduating from the Department of Chinese Language and Literature, I majored in Journalism and Broadcasting at Dongguk University's Graduate School of Journalism and Information in February 2005. I got my master's degree.

When I was a student at Daeseong High School in Seoul, my teacher was former Saenuri Party member of the National Assembly, Lee Jae-oh. He was a Korean teacher .[7][8] While attending Chung-Ang University, he enlisted in the Army as a defense soldier on July 10, 1978, and served as a rifleman in the 60th Training Group under the Capital Defense Command . He was discharged as a private on September 1, 1979, completing his military service.

Maeil Business Newspaper from 1983 to 1985 worked as a journalist . From 1985, he moved to MBC, where he served as a news reporter and deputy director of the Ministry of Social Affairs until 2003. In 1990, he reported on the Hye-young and Yong-chul case . Meanwhile, from 2001 to 2003, he served as the chairman of the MBC Labor Union and vice chairman of the National Press Labor Union.

In the 2004 17th National Assembly election, he ran as a candidate for the Uri Party in the district A of Mapo-gu, Seoul, and was elected. As an aside, the constituency in question is the constituency in which Roh Seung-hwan ran and was elected in the 13th National Assembly election, which was converted to the single-constituency system. From 2006 to 2007 he served as the spokesman for the Uri Party. In the 2008 18th National Assembly election, he ran as a candidate for the United Democratic Party in the same constituency, but was defeated by the Grand National Party. He was defeated by Kang Seung- gyu.[9]

In the 19th National Assembly election in 2012, he ran in the same constituency as a candidate for the Democratic United Party and was elected again four years later. From the same year to 2013, he served as Chairman of the Seoul Metropolitan Government Party of the Democratic United Party, and as Chief of Staff to the Supreme Council of the Democratic Party from 2013 to 2014 . New Politics Alliance for Democracy, March to June 2014 He served as Secretary General . The internal strife between Ahn Cheol-soo and Moon Jae-in within the New Politics Alliance for Democracy called for former leader Moon Jae-in's resignation.

In the 20th National Assembly election , he was nominated as a candidate for the same district and was elected. Afterwards, the Democratic Party of Korea He ran for floor leader , but was immediately eliminated in the first round of voting .

On June 26, 2016, an amendment to the Special Act on the Punishment of Sexual Crimes was proposed, which aims to eliminate discretionary sentence reductions due to alcohol, drugs, etc. in sexual crimes. #

In the 2016 parliamentary audit, it became a hot topic by revealing a transcript containing the voice of an executive of a large company, remarks related to the suspicion of the establishment process of the Mir Foundation and the K-Sports Foundation .

In 2017, Park Chung-hee It was also claimed that the former president 's overseas slush fund was $2.6 billion . According to his claim, the Park Chung-hee government intercepted 10-20% of investment funds as a commission when investment money came into Korea from overseas, and the slush funds raised were withdrawn through secret accounts in Switzerland, etc., and the manager of the account was Lee Hu- rak , director of the Central Intelligence Agency at the time (current director of the National Intelligence Service). It was also claimed that Choi Soon-sil was involved in the operation of Park Chung-hee's slush fund, including creating a paper company in Germany to launder Park Chung-hee's slush fund . # However, the evidence is that the accumulated foreign debt as of 1979 (USD 26.3 billion) was 10-15% of the investment project funds. All that is done is to multiply the minimum of 10% by $26.3 billion, assuming that at most 20% was received as a rebate .[10] #

Rep. Noh Woong-rae ran for the floor leader primary in 2018, but failed to win the election with a vote margin of about twice that of his rival, Hong Young-pyo .

He declared that he would run again in the Democratic Party of Korea's floor leader election, which was expected to take place in early May 2019. As there were sympathy votes for the three-year-old candidate, and non-literate members of the party were expected to vote for Rep. Noh Woong-rae to prevent the party from trending toward being pro-Moon, the election was expected to be a three-way race between Kim Tae -nyeon , Noh Woong-rae, and Lee In-young . #

In the Democratic Party of Korea floor leader election held on May 8, 2019, he received 34 votes in the first round of voting, losing to Rep. Lee In-young, who received 54 votes, and Rep. Kim Tae-nyeon, who received 37 votes, and failing to advance to the runoff, ultimately suffering a crushing defeat, coming in third place.

In the 21st general election, he advanced to the finals by receiving nomination from Kim Bin, former Blue House administrator, and the United Future Party. He defeated candidate Kang Seung-gyu once again and succeeded in his fourth term. After being elected, there was interest in whether he would run for floor leader again, but he gave up his intention this time when Rep. Seong-ho Jeong, who, like himself, has a strong tendency to be non-partisan , decided to run. #

Instead, he declared his candidacy for Supreme Council member at the National Convention of the Democratic Party of Korea, and in a public opinion poll , he came in second place, likely with the support of the Bi-Moon faction and Lee Jae-Myeong faction, and was almost certain to win the election. As a result of the vote count on August 29, 2020, he was elected Supreme Council Member, ranking third with a total of 13.17% of the votes, behind Rep. Kim Jong-min and Mayor Yeom Tae-young. #

On November 30, 2020, as the burden of property taxes on citizens increased due to the Moon Jae-in administration 's realization of publicly announced prices , he said, "We must lower the property tax burden by considering slowing down the speed of realizing publicly announced prices or even temporarily stopping it until COVID-19 is over." He added, "Realizing publicly announced prices is necessary, but since property taxes are levied on unrealized profits, a sharp tax burden (increase) will reduce disposable income and reduce consumption. “It could weaken the economy and cause an economic downturn,” he pointed out. For reference, house prices in Gap, Mapo-gu, Rep. Noh Woong-rae's constituency, have skyrocketed the most in Gangbuk, Seoul, and the major apartment complex in this area, Mapo Raemian Prugio , recently exceeded KRW 1.7 billion and the lease price exceeded KRW 1 billion. #

2021 On April 7 , after the crushing defeat in the by-election , Kim Tae-nyeon He resigned along with the entire party leadership, including the floor leader and acting party leader, and also gave up his position as a member of the Supreme Council. Afterwards, when a temporary emergency committee was formed led by Rep. Do Jong- hwan, he criticized the composition of the emergency committee centered on pro- Moon members and sharpened his criticism, saying, "People may look like, 'Aren't these people still looking at the people as fools?'" #[11]

2021 June 9th The fact that he was nominated as the head of the Democratic Research Institute was made known , and on June 23 , he was confirmed by the Supreme Council and appointed as the 9th head of the Democratic Research Institute. After that, on November 11, 2022, he announced his resignation from the position of head of the Democratic Research Institute. #

On September 1, 2021, the 'Urban River Basin Flood Damage Prevention Measures Act' was proposed, and this bill was later revised and passed on August 23, 2023.

On February 22, 2024, ahead of the 22nd National Assembly election , he was immediately cut off from the party nomination, giving up his dream of a 5th term . It is presumed that the aftereffects of the Roh Woong-rae bribery case, which will be described later , were significant. In response, he strongly opposed the cutoff, saying that he was not the only one being tried for accepting bribes, and even took a sleeping bag and went on a hunger strike inside the party representative conference room. # As a result, starting from February 23, 2024, the leadership will temporarily hold the party's Supreme Council meetings at the Democratic Party of Korea headquarters in Yeouido. Meanwhile, former floor leader Hong Ik-pyo also visited him in person on the same day and had a meeting while sitting on the floor with him.

However, as the retrial of the nomination did not take place despite this hunger strike, he declared the end of his hunger strike on March 2nd with the final statement that "there are many problems with the Democratic Party's nomination system." Afterwards, while he was recovering in the hospital, he sent a text message to Lee Ji- eun, who had been strategically nominated in Mapo-gu Gap through talent recruitment, saying, "You are the Democratic Party's candidate, so run hard," effectively conceding his nomination.

As a result of the election, the constituency was transferred to the conservative party again for the first time in 16 years, and even the election office at Daeheung Station was withdrawn, perhaps because he was planning to quit political activities .[12] After being acquitted in the first trial, other than his gray hair, he was observed to be no different from his current position, such as going out for exercise near his home.

Noh Woong-rae's son broke into a pension in Seojong-myeon, Yangpyeong-gun, Gyeonggi-do at around 2:50 a.m. on November 2, 2014, and stole the owner A's wallet containing 160,000 won. # On April 14, 2015, the prosecution suspended the indictment of Noh Woong-rae's son. # , #

The Industrial Accident Hearing...與 Attacks businessmen with 'fake news'

On February 22, 2021, Representative Noh Woong-rae claimed at the National Assembly Environment and Labor Committee that POSCO Chairman Choi Jeong -woo visited a shrine in Tokyo, Japan. Rep. Noh Woong-rae even released a photo of Chairman Choi Jeong-woo's back and criticized him, saying, "Did you go to a shrine? Is this okay?" However, upon confirmation, it turned out that Chairman Choi Jeong-woo visited Zojo-ji, a temple near Tokyo Tower, not a shrine. The photo released by Rep. Noh Woong-rae was even manipulated to look like a 'gentleman'.

The POSCO side pointed out that it is incomprehensible that Rep. Roh, who is in charge of the National Assembly's 'Media and Press Win-Win TF' to block fake news, brought fake photos from the hearing and asked questions unrelated to the subject.

On March 8, 2022, a day before the 20th presidential election , the People Power Party Candidate Yoon Seok-yeol and his wife Kim Gun-hee shared a post on their SNS that seemed to mock the couple's infertility, sparking controversy . #

Immediately after the report on TV Chosun, accusations of inappropriate behavior continued, and Rep. Noh Woong-rae deleted the post and explained that it seemed like someone had hacked his SNS.

And he revealed the CCTV video of the site campaign photo, saying that he was on the site campaign in Mapo at 8:07 when the post was posted, and that his aides were also campaigning at the same time, so there was no time to upload it.

Accordingly, on March 8, Noh Woong-rae posted on his SNS, “I filed a complaint to the Mapo Police Station.”

I was accused of hacking... 'Kim Kun-hee's childless mockery' post, accusation was not accepted.

On the 22nd, two weeks later, an article saying that the complaint had not been filed was posted, and the related controversy continues.

According to the article, Rep. Noh Woong-rae said, “At first, I just went to the police station to request an investigation, but the police told me to file a formal complaint/complaint.” He added, “I think the police felt burdened to take action on their own because it was a political issue,” and “I will file a formal complaint/complaint within this month.”

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