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Tue, August 9, 2022 | 16:45
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Member of Labor Party found dead in her home
노동당 박은지 부대표 숨진 채 발견…자살 추정
Posted : 2014-03-09 17:32
Updated : 2014-03-09 17:32
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Park Eun-ji
Park Eun-ji
By Kim Da-ye

Park Eun-ji, a deputy head of the minor leftist Labor Party, was found dead in her home in southern Seoul in an apparent suicide, Saturday, the International Women's Day, police said Sunday.

Park, 35, was found hanging from the window of a terrace around 4:30 a.m. by her nine-year-old son who called police.

She is said to have suffered from depression since she divorced her husband, a former student activist; and has been raising her son alone for more than a year.

Park did not leave a suicide note.

A Korean language education graduate of Korea University and a former middle school teacher, Park started her political career with the New Progressive Party (NPP) headed by Roh Hoe-chan and Shim Sang-jung.

Most of its influential members, including Roh and Shim left the party, and the NPP failed to win any seats in the National Assembly in the April 2012 general election.

Park was chosen as the party's spokeswoman in March 2012. The party was dissolved in response to its very limited support and re-created as the Labor Party in 2013.

Roh expressed his condolence for Park via his Twitter account. He wrote, "I sent you a rose for International Women's Day, but you left early morning today. I am sorry. I am sorry again. Take an eternal rest at a place without cares and worries. Take a rest until we meet again."

Park was spokeswoman as well as the deputy head of the party, but gave up the former post on Jan. 17 this year. She had been active in social network platforms.

An outspoken critic of President Park Geun-hye and her administration, Park had mentioned the difficulties of being a politician in an interview with netizens at an online community called Ssultimes.com.

Asked when she wanted to quit politics, she said, "When I was having a drink and an honest talk with a friend, a person from the next table asked if I was spokeswoman Park Eun-ji. I realized the person was listening to everything!"

She said she didn't take political donations, and members of her party were living on minimum wage. "It's a fact that we are in financial difficulties," she said.


노동당 박은지 부대표 숨진 채 발견…자살 추정

싱글맘'으로 알려진 노동당 박은지(35) 부대표가 세계 여성의 날인 8일 자택에서 목을 매 숨진 채 발견됐다.

경찰에 따르면 이날 오전 4시 30분께 서울 동작구 사당동 박 부대표의 집에서 고인이 베란다 창문에 목을 매 숨져 있는 것을 아들(9)이 발견, 경찰에 신고했다.

경찰은 박 부대표의 시신 상태 등을 바탕으로 고인이 전날 오후 10시 30분에서 이날 오전 4시 20분 사이 자살한 것으로 보고 정확한 경위를 조사하고 있다.

중학교 교사 출신인 박 부대표는 진보신당 부대변인과 대변인, 노동당 대변인을 거쳐 노동당 부대표를 맡아왔다.

박 부대표는 평소 우울증을 앓았던 것으로 전해졌다.

노동당은 이날 홈페이지를 통해 박 부대표의 별세 소식을 알리고 조의를 표했다.

천호선 정의당 대표는 트위터에 '부대표의 갑작스러운 소식에 황망한 마음입니다. 명복을 빕니다'라는 글을 남겼다.

세계 여성의 날을 맞아 여성 권리 실현을 촉구하는 행사가 잇따르는 가운데 숨진 박 부대표가 싱글 맘으로 살아왔다는 사실이 알려지면서 고인의 페이스북과 트위터 등 SNS 상에는 깊은 애도와 안타까움를 표하는 누리꾼의 글들이 쏟아졌다.

정의당 노회찬 전 대표는 트위터에 '세계 여성의 날이라고 장미 한송이 보냈는데 오늘 새벽 그대 떠났네. 미안하고 또 미안하네. 이제 근심·걱정 없는 곳에서 영면하시게. 다시 만날 때까지 편히 쉬시게.'라고 썼다.

한 누리꾼은 '여성의 날에 홀연히 떠난 박 부대표…비록 짧은 생애였지만 여성으로서 그녀가 쏟은 소중한 노력을 잊지 않을 것입니다. 부디 영면하소서'라고 애도했다.

박 부대표는 지난해 11월 한 인터넷 언론과의 인터뷰에서 '한국에서 웬만한 고소득직이 아닌 이상에야 정치활동을 하면서 아이를 키우는 것은 어려운 일'이라며 혼자 아이를 키우는 진보 정치인으로서의 고충을 털어놓기도 했다.

빈소는 중앙대병원 장례식장 8호실에 마련됐고 발인은 10일이다. ☎02-860-3500
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