Via a reader tip comes this news that Constitutional Court judge involved who approved the impeachment of former President Park Geun-hye has been given a prestigious position at Korea University:
Lee Jung-mi
Lee Jung-mi, the former acting chief justice of the Constitutional Court who impressed many with her grace under pressure as the court ruled on Park Geun-hye’s impeachment, will take up a chair at Korea University, her alma mater.
Lee will teach at the university’s law school for a year from April 1, Korea University said on Thursday. [Chosun Ilbo]
I think it is a very fair question to ask whether Lee would have been given this position if she had decided the other way on the impeachment? Considering she took this job so quickly after stepping down she must have known that this was something being offered when she was making her decision on impeachment. Would she have been able to take this job if she decided the other way with protesters and the media hounding her every move?
I guess the Koreans will have to arrest her daughter to find out.