Former South Korean President Moon Jae-in is going to open a bookstore!
In a recent interview with the media, he said that he plans to open a bookstore in his village, which is currently being renovated and opened as soon as February. After opening, he will personally serve as an administrator, take care of the storefront, recommend good books, and share the daily life of the bookstore on social platforms. Moon Jae-in is the first former South Korean president to open a shop after leaving office. This kind of retirement of a head of state as the administrator of a small bookstore is also unique in the world.
You know, South Korea's successive presidents have been plagued by the so-called "Blue House curse" and are known as the "most dangerous profession", and almost none of them before Moon Jae-in can end well.
Lee Seung-hyun (1st-3rd President of South Korea) was exiled during protests and died of illness in Hawaii.
Lee Seung-chan
Yoon Yong-sun (4th president) suffered a military coup and was forced to step down.
Yoon Jun-sun
Park Chung-hee (5th-9th president) was shot and killed.
Park Chung-hee
Choi Gyu-ha (10th president) suffered a coup d'état and was forced to resign.
Choi Kyu-ha
Chun Doo-hwan (11th-12th president) was sentenced to death for corruption and other crimes, and was later pardoned.
Jeon Doo-hwan
Roh Tae-woo (13th president) was jailed on suspicion of corruption and later pardoned.
Lu Taiyu
Kim Young-sam (the 14th president's) eldest son was imprisoned for corruption, and his reputation was landed.
Kim Young-san
Two sons of Kim Dae-jung (15th president) were jailed.
Kim Dae-jung
Roh Moo-hyun (16th president) was impeached and committed suicide by jumping off a cliff.
Roh Moo-hyun
Lee Myung-bak (17th president) was sentenced on suspicion of corruption.
Lee
Park Geun-hye (18th president) was jailed and later pardoned.
Park
Moon Jae-in is the 19th president in South Korea's history, and after Moon Jae-in came to power, his rule can not be described as tough. Two South Korean presidents (Lee Myung-bak and Park Geun-hye) were convicted successively. Hard-ganged the South Korean chaebol and sent Lee Jae-yong, the only son of the head of Samsung Lee Kun-hee, to prison. Generally speaking, South Korean politics is the successor liquidation ex, Moon Jae-in's later president, Yoon Seok-yue, although he pulled it up, but the two completely fell out because of "procuratorial reform" and the "Cao Guo case"! No matter how you look at Moon's presidency, he has offended many people.
On the day he left office, Moon said goodbye to people
On May 10, 2022, the first day Moon Jae-in stepped down as South Korea's president, more than 2,600 citizens signed a petition to the Daejeon District Prosecutor's Office to investigate him for suspected "abuse of power" in the implementation of the denuclearization policy.
The situation seems very bad, but Moon Jae-in still has a smooth transition so far!
I have to admire Moon Jae-in's great wisdom, in fact, before he left office, he began to lay out his own retirement path.
First, Roh Moo-hyun's past lessons made Moon Jae-in memorable
Born in 1953, Moon Jae-in is known as the "son of a North Korean defector" whose parents fled from North Korea to South Korea, and because of this status, Moon Jae-in lived in poverty as a child. He has always harbored political ambitions to change South Korea. He is extremely close to former South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun, even known as the "shadow of Roh Moo-hyun", and the two have very similar political ideas.
Roh Moo-hyun and Moon Jae-in
After Mr. Roh left the presidency, he was accused of corruption for his wife having accepted $1 million in stolen money. In the end, Roh Moo-hyun was overwhelmed and committed suicide by jumping off a cliff.
After Moon Jae-in took office, he learned from it and was so self-disciplined that after leaving office, political opponents could not start liquidating Moon Jae-in from corruption, and could only make allegations of so-called "abuse of power".
Second: Complete the "reduction of the power of the prosecution"
At Moon's last State Council, South Korea's State Council approved the enactment of two major bills aimed at separating prosecutorial powers from prosecutors' powers to investigate and prosecute—amendments to the Public Prosecutor's Office Act and amendments to the Criminal Procedure Law. The two bills weaken the power of South Korea's prosecutorial system, known as the "center of the strongest power," and make it more difficult to investigate and investigate former presidents.
Third: release goodwill and eliminate grievances
Moon pardoned Park Geun-hye, although not Lee Myung-bak, but also expressed a gesture of goodwill; On the other hand, Moon Jae-in actively cooperated with Yoon Seok-yue's peaceful transfer of power and attended Yoon Seok-yue's presidential inauguration, and when Moon Jae-in and his wife left the ceremony, Yoon Seok-yue and his wife sent each other hearts.
Fourth: unpolished, secluded in mountain villages, low-key
Comparison chart before and after Moon Jae-in's retirement
Can you tell it's the same person in the picture above? The changes since Moon Jae-in left office surprised everyone. Unlike other presidents, after retirement, he published books, gave speeches, and engaged in investigations, he plunged headlong into Pyeongsan Village, Yangsan City, Gyeongsangnam-do, to be a quiet old man, planting fields, taking photos, raising cats, the key is quite slovenly, sloppy, Moon Jae-in often shares these very "dirty" life fragments and very "dirty" costumes on various social media.
Now he wants to open a bookstore as an administrator, is Moon Jae-in very poor? The answer is definitely not! Moon Jae-in is the only former president in South Korean history to successfully receive a pension.
How much is the pension? A lot! After retirement, Moon Jae-in can receive a pension of 14 million won (about 77,000 yuan) on time on the 20th of each month. In fact, this money can already live in South Korea!
Moon Jae-in certainly did this for a purpose, and he was "showing weakness" in this way
1. Already completely in retirement, do not plan to return to intervene in politics.
2. The physical condition cannot be compared with before retirement
3. Settle for the status quo and don't cause trouble.
It should be said that in order to realize the wish of a good end, Moon Jae-in is indeed very hardworking, very wise, and has achieved good results.
Let's take a look at a few photos of Moon Jae-in's pastoral life, it is really harmonious!