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Korean American resummoned over alleged pro-NK remarks

December 15, 2014

Shin Eun-mi speaks to reporters before facing police questioning over her alleged pro-North Korean remarks on Dec. 14, 2014. (Yonhap)

SEOUL, Dec. 15 (Yonhap) — Police summoned again a Korean-American woman Monday for questioning over her alleged remarks sympathetic to the communist regime during a series of on-stage talk shows.

Shin Eun-mi arrived at the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency (SMPA) headquarters around 6 p.m. to face another round of questioning over allegations that she, along with her co-host, Hwang Sun, made remarks sympathetic toward Pyongyang and glorified the communist regime during the talks.

A day earlier, the 53-year-old Shin underwent a seven-hour questioning after conservative groups filed a complaint against the duo accusing them of violating the National Security Law that prohibits any “anti-state” activities attempting to praise, encourage or propagandize North Korean political ideals.

“We’ve yet to wrapped up the interrogation into the accounts the conservative groups sued with,” an SMPA officer said, requesting not to be named. “It is unclear if we would be able to finish questioning her today.”

While facing criticism for her book titled “Korean-American Ajumma Goes to North Korea,” which chronicles her three visits to the North, where she described positively the daily lives of the North Koreans, she has said she has “never glorified or encouraged North Korea.”

She has so far visited the communist country six times.

Police have also been mulling charing her with violating the country’s immigration control law, as Shin has been here on a tourist visa, which bans her from taking part in any profit-making activities, according to investigators.

Earlier in the day, President Park Geun-hye voiced concern over Shin’s remarks, saying such views are “greatly biased and distorted.”