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Former Minister of Justice Cho Kuk is attending the continuation trial on his children's admission corruption case at the Seoul Central District Court in Seocho-dong, Seoul, on the morning of January 14. [Image source=Yonhap News]

[Asia Economy Reporter Park Hyun-joo] Hwang Hee-du, director of the Roh Moo-hyun Foundation, commented on the cancellation of the admission of Cho Mo, daughter of former Minister of Justice Cho Kuk, to the medical graduate school (의전원), saying, "I will watch how the controversy surrounding Kim Geon-hee will be handled."

On the 5th, Hwang posted on his Facebook, sharing the article about Cho Mo's admission cancellation, and questioned, "Is it biased to ask that the same standards applied to the Cho Kuk family be applied equally to other politicians?"

He continued, "The prosecution, which conducted raids on 100 places including those around former Minister Cho, and waged a public opinion campaign, remains silent in front of Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-yeol. Is that fairness, justice, or common sense?" and asked rhetorically, "If this continues, who will take the lead in reform?"

On the same day, Hwang posted another message on Facebook directly criticizing Kim Geon-hee, spouse of President-elect Yoon Seok-yeol. He said, "I will watch how the controversy over 'the icon of unfairness' Kim Geon-hee will be handled," adding, "Everyone would agree that now is not the time to report on things like 'slippers selling out completely' regardless of political camp." This was interpreted as criticism of reports on the 5th by some media outlets about the complete sell-out of clothes and slippers worn by Kim Geon-hee in photos released by the media on the 4th.

On the same day, Pusan National University held a university headquarters faculty meeting in the afternoon to review the agenda regarding Cho Mo and decided to cancel her admission. The university stated in a press release, "We have made the final decision to cancel the admission according to the new student recruitment guidelines," and added, "Since the admission guidelines announced by the university are a public promise, we judged that it is most important for the university itself to comply with them."

In response, former Minister Cho announced that he had filed a suspension of execution application to suspend the effect until the final judgment is confirmed. On Facebook that day, he said, "According to the internal investigation report of Pusan National University's Admission Fairness Management Committee, the problematic career and commendation certificate in this case did not affect the admission process."

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