Cha Myong-jin is a South Korean activist and politician.
24 Facts About Cha Myong-jin
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Cha Myong-jin served as a member of National Assembly from 2006 to 2012 at Sosa District of Bucheon, and used to be the deputy parliamentary leader and spokesperson of Grand National Party, the predecessor of Liberty Korea Party.
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Cha Myong-jin was born in Seoul in 1959 and attended for Yongmoon High School nearby Korea University.
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Cha Myong-jin earned a Bachelor's Degree in Political Science and Diplomacy and a Master's Degree in Political Science from Seoul National University.
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Cha Myong-jin was detained by the Agency for National Security Planning during the early 1980s and conscripted to Gangwon.
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Cha Myong-jin then became a member of Seoul Labour Movement Union following Kim, and subsequently led its Central Committee following the detention of Kim.
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Cha Myong-jin started his political career from the left-wing Popular Party in 1989 as the party's chief in Guro 1st constituency.
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Cha Myong-jin subsequently became an aide to Kim following the Kim's election in 1996.
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Cha Myong-jin assisted Lee Hoi-chang, the former presidential candidate and the Chairman of the now-defunct Grand National Party, as well as Sohn Hak-kyu, the ex-Governor of Gyeonggi and the predecessor of Kim.
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Cha Myong-jin ran as the MP candidate for Bucheon Sosa following the resignation of Kim running for Gyeonggi governorship.
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Cha Myong-jin defeated Kim Man-soo of the ruling Uri Party with a high margin.
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Cha Myong-jin then became the deputy parliamentary leader of his party.
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Cha Myong-jin served as the GNP spokesman after his victory in 2008 election.
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Cha Myong-jin became well known for 2 issues in 2010, one for known as "Emperor's meal" and the other was when he brought an elaphe schrenckii into the National Assembly building.
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Cha Myong-jin ran for the same constituency against him in 2016, but defeated.
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On 1 July 2019, Cha Myong-jin declared to withdraw his endorsement towards Hwang Kyo-ahn, the-then President of the LKP, for "praising" the Trump-Kim-Moon DMZ meeting.
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On 20 August 2020, it was announced that Cha Myong-jin tested positive for COVID-19 after having attended an anti-government rally on 15 August.
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On 11 October 2011, Cha Myong-jin provoked a controversy after calling Park Won-soon, the oppositions' sole candidate for the Mayor of Seoul, as "an extreme socialist supporting pro-North Korean forces".
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On 16 April 2019, Cha Myong-jin faced a huge protests following his defamatory remarks against the bereaved family of MV Sewol tragedy.
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Cha Myong-jin later deleted his post, deactivated his Facebook account, and apologised about it, but then was reported that he was not regretting about his mistake.
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Cha Myong-jin's remarks was widely condemned by the other parties, including the ruling Democratic, Bareunmirae, PDP, etc.
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On 6 June 2019,2 days after he reactivated his Facebook, Cha Myong-jin again provoked another controversies for his Facebook post.
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On 28 July 2019, Cha Myong-jin criticised anti-Japanese movement as the "shallow idea of Moon".
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Cha Myong-jin added that Moon is a "nerd" who doesn't deserve to be a leader.