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Nam Hyun-hee’s Scammer Fiance Did not Have Gender Reassignment Surgery During Relationship

This story continues to get weirder. If the transgender scammer Jeon Cheong-jo has not had a sex change operation than how did Nam Hyun-hee think he had a testicle transplant and got her pregnant?:

Nam Hyun-hee, left, and Jeon Cheong-jo [NEWS1]

Nam Hyun-hee, left, and Jeon Cheong-jo [NEWS1]

The former fiancé of fencing Olympic medalist Nam Hyun-hee is accused of committing a romance scam while still in a relationship with Nam, according to reports by the police on Wednesday. 
  
According to the police on Monday, a man in his 30s reported the 27-year-old Jeon Cheong-jo for a romance scam.

The man told the police that the two made contact through a dating app several months ago.

He further said that Jeon had lured him with promises of marriage and subsequently requested financial assistance, with which he complied. 
  
The man said that the photo Jeon had used on her dating app was her old photo when she had long hair. 
  
However, during the time of the scam, Jeon, who was in a relationship with Nam, had short hair. 
  
In a previous interview, Jeon said while she had a breast resection surgery in July and is currently taking hormone shots, she was still biologically a woman as she has yet to get a gender confirmation surgery.

Joong Ang Ilbo

You can read more at the link, but this scammer must be one heck of a conversationalist to pull off all these scams.

ROK Intelligence Says North Korea Planning to Support Hamas

It looks like the Kim regime plans to prop up their thug allies Hamas with more weapons:

National Intelligence Agency [JOONGANG ILBO]

National Intelligence Agency [JOONGANG ILBO]

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has ordered “comprehensive support for Palestine,” South Korea’s spy agency told lawmakers at a closed-door audit on Wednesday. 
  
The National Intelligence Service (NIS) told members of the National Assembly’s Intelligence Committee that Pyongyang “is planning how to fully exploit” the conflict between Israel and Hamas, the Palestinian militant group that controls the Gaza Strip, according to conservative People Power Party lawmaker Yoo Sang-bum, who attended the meeting. 
  
Yoo also said that the NIS told lawmakers it “detected orders from Kim to provide comprehensive support for Palestine.” (….)

The National Intelligence Service (NIS) report follows the discovery of North Korean weaponry in the possession of Hamas, which conducted an armed raid into southern Israel on Oct. 7, killing around 1,400 people and abducting over 200 into the Gaza Strip, according to Israeli authorities.

Joong Ang Ilbo

You can read more at the link.

President Yoon Vows to Cut Debt in 2024 Budget

I guess we will see if President Yoon actually follows through on debt reduction because it easy to say, but as we see with U.S. politicians, it is actually harder to follow through on:

President Yoon Suk Yeol cited reducing the national debt and stabilizing prices as his top priorities in an address to the National Assembly on Tuesday.

“The approach our government is taking in managing our finances is to avoid passing on unaffordable debts to the country’s future generations,” the president said in a budget speech delivered before the members of the Assembly.

“A sound fiscal policy is crucial to stabilizing prices in the long run and protecting our economic security,” the president said, adding that the International Monetary Fund has appraised his administration’s take on balancing the budget as heading in the right direction.

Yoon stressed that a sound fiscal policy was “not just about cutting down on spending, but about using taxpayers’ money more efficiently and responsibly, with efforts to not let a single dime go wasted.” He said that the budget would primarily be spent on strengthening the country’s essential functions such as national defense, education, health care and social security for the vulnerable.

Korea Herald

You can read more at the link.

Tweet of the Day: North Korea Closing 25% of Its Embassies

https://twitter.com/chadocl/status/1719520202743005686

Picture of the Day: New ROK Army Chief of Staff Inaugurated

New Army chief inaugurated
New Army chief inaugurated
New Army Chief of Staff Gen. Park An-su speaks during the change-of-command ceremony at Gyeryongdae, South Korea’s main military compound, in the city of Gyeryong, central South Korea, on Oct. 31, 2023. (Yonhap)

Nam Hyun-hee Believed Transgender Romance Scammer Got Her Pregnant After Testicle Transplant

The Nam Hyun-hee romance scam just keeps getting weirder after Nam explained on a radio program that she believed she got pregnant by the transgender scammer, Jeon Cheong-jo by her having a testicle transplant from a family member:

Nam Hyun-hee speaks during her appearance on a CBS radio show Monday. [SCREEN CAPTURE]

Nam Hyun-hee speaks during her appearance on a CBS radio show Monday. [SCREEN CAPTURE]

Fencing Olympian and medalist Nam Hyun-hee not only called her ex-fiancé the “devil” but also pleaded innocence regarding her former paramour’s alleged scams. 
  
She even claimed she believed the ex-fiancé had gotten her pregnant using testicles donated by a disabled sibling. 

“While it seemed impossible, I trusted Jeon Cheong-jo’s words that she got a testicle transplant,” the 42-year-old Nam said while appearing on a CBS radio show on Monday.   

Nam told the radio show host that her ex-fiancé said the Paradise Group had another son who was hidden from the public due to disabilities.   

Nam said Jeon told her that she received the testicles from the other son when he became an adult. 

Nam said she was suspicious at first that she’d been impregnated by a person who underwent gender reassignment surgery.   

“Obviously, as I was suspicious, I searched the internet,” Nam said. “But because there were limits [to what you could learn on the internet], I cautiously asked Jeon if it were possible, and she told me that she got a testicle transplant.”   

Nam also said all of the pregnancy tests that she took at home came out positive.  Nam previously said the test kits were pre-opened when she received them from Jeon.  

Joong Ang Ilbo

You can read more at the link.

ROK Intelligence Believes North Korea Will Soon Attempt Third Satellite Launch

I guess we will soon see if whatever assistance the Russians provided the North Koreans in exchange for weapons is sucessful or not:

North Korea is believed to be in the final stage of preparations to carry out what would be its third satellite launch after two failed attempts earlier this year, South Korea’s spy agency was quoted as reporting to lawmakers.

After its second attempt failed in August, the North said it would try again in October. But no such launch has happened, and the North has given no word as to why the launch has been postponed and when it will take place.

“North Korea is believed to be in the middle of the final stages of preparations, such as carrying out checks on its engines and launch systems,” the National Intelligence Service (NIS) reported to the parliamentary intelligence committee during a closed-door audit session, according to Rep. Yoo Sang-bum of the ruling People Power Party.

Yonhap

You can read more at the link.

Commander of the U.S. Air Force’s 8th Fighter Wing in South Korea Steps Down After Only 5 Months

What ever happened with his family must have been pretty bad to give up command after only 5 months:

The head of the 8th Fighter Wing at Kunsan Air Base will relinquish command due to personal reasons after less than half a year on the job.

Col. Timothy Murphy will retire “earlier than planned” on Feb. 1 “solely due to family reasons,” said a news release from 7th Air Force at Osan Air Base, roughly 75 miles north of Kunsan.

Murphy took charge of the wing on May 25. He previously served as vice commander of the 35th Fighter Wing at Misawa Air Base, Japan. 

“I did not make this decision lightly, but know it is the best choice for the well-being of my family and the 8th Fighter Wing,” he said in the release. “I want to thank the Wolf Pack community for respecting our privacy and being so understanding as we transition to retirement.”

Stars & Stripes

You can read more at the link.

Ex-Fiance of South Korean Olympic Medalist Detained for Fraud and Hit with Travel Ban

Remember this story of a Korean Olympic medaling fencer that was conned by a transgender fiancé? Here fiance has now been detained by police for fraud:

Olympic fencing silver medalist Nam Hyun-hee (Yonhap)

Olympic fencing silver medalist Nam Hyun-hee (Yonhap)

Police detained the former fiance of Olympic fencing medalist Nam Hyun-hee for investigation on charges of fraud and attempted fraud, officials said Tuesday.

Nam, the silver medalist in women’s foil at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, broke up with her 15-year-younger fiance Jeon Cheong-jo last week, days after revelations that Jeon was actually a woman with a history of fraud convictions.

Yonhap

The website Oddity Central has a good write up about this case and Jeon Cheong-jo’s long criminal history and the lies she used to get Nam to marry her:

However this Korea Herald article speculates that Nam might be an accomplice of Jeon’s frauds that he committed against people while engaged to Nam. What is really bizarre is that Jeon was committing frauds before meeting Nam where he was switching his gender identity depending on who he was defrauding. What a weird story.

You can read more at the link.

Tweet of the Day: New KEI President

https://twitter.com/KoreaEconInst/status/1719389067949875562