Jo Hyun Jae

The fact that there is still scant news of Jo Hyun-Jae even after his discharge forces us all to become investigative reporters.  We are delighted to discover that our Contributing Editor and Designer prissymom is also an “archaeologist”!  She has somehow dug up the following ”old” news of JHJ which we are publishing here since it has never been posted before on this blog (for the simple reason that we’re not yet in existence then.)  prissymom’s archaeological prowess has challenged us to do some digging of our own, which resulted in the original news item (in Korean) following the English. 

Do you know that in January 2008, after he finished filming “G.P. 506″ (in the early part of December 2007) and before starting work on “Three Dads One Mom” (March 2008), our dear JHJ attended a book launching?

The book launching was held at the Conference Room of the Congress Hall.  The literal translation of the book’s title in English is “Light the fire with a true heart”, and the author is Jo Bae-Suk, South Korea’s first female prosecutor and a member of Congress.  The book covers her life story, and her parliamentary and political career.

More than 700 people from different sectors of society attended the event, so it can be assumed that our JHJ was invited to represent the entertainment industry.   But according to a source (a JHJ fan, of course!), the lady author/prosecutor/ congresswoman has a fondness for JHJ as an actor (as wuliJHJ is fond of saying: “Great minds think alike”!!!).

The author says in her book’s Introduction that her intention in writing the book stems from “the desire for a warm fire in an ideal society”.  She hopes to have the opportunity to help poor people build a new future or a better tomorrow based on social justice, together with her political colleagues.

작성시간 : 2008-01-09 소문관 기자

국회 조배숙 의원은 지난 8일 국회의원회관 대회의실에서 자신의 저서 ‘진심에 불을 지펴라’ 출판기념회를 가졌다.

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대한민국 최초의 여성검사에서 국회의원에 이르기까지의 진솔한 인생 이야기와 정치역정을 담은 ‘진심에 불을 지펴라’ 출판기념회에는 700여명의 인사들이 참석해 성황을 이뤘다.

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대통합민주신당 김한길 의원을 비롯해 신국환 염동연 윤원호 이미경 정청래 의원, 김종민 문화관광부 장관, 이갈 카스피 이스라엘 대사, 압둘라 알 알타니 사우디아라비아 대사, 탤런트 조현재씨 등이 참석했다.

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이 자리에서 조 의원은 “우리 주위의 어려운 이웃을 돕고 사회정의를 바로세우는 정치를 하겠다는 초심을 되돌아보고 새로운 미래를 준비하기 위해 책을 쓰게 되었다”며 “따뜻하고 이상적인 사회에 대한 열망에 불을 지필 수 있는 계기가 되길 바란다”고 소감을 밝혔다.

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Based on the original Korean news report , we would like to supplement the English version above:

Guests at the book launch ceremony include many congressmen (Please forgive us for not translating their names and titles), the Director of Culture and Tourism, the Israeli Ambassador, the Saudi Arabian Ambassador, and actor Jo Hyun-Jae.

Our JHJ seems a little out of place among all these politicians, but please note that he is seated next-but-one to the star, the Congresswoman, whether it is true that she likes him or not.  (We have not been able to verify this.)

(Credits: Information from http://hjtalk.multiply.com; original Korean news report and photos from: 소문관기자?mk7962@</SCRIPT></IFRAME>; www. johyunjae.hk.  Thanks!