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Fri, January 27, 2023 | 18:04
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'Pro-NK' Korean-American faces deportation
검찰 '종북 콘서트' 신은미씨 소환…강제출국 방침
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Shin quizzed for ‘pro-NK' remarks

By Jung Min-ho

Shin Eun-mi
Shin Eun-mi
A Korean-American woman being investigated here for making "pro-North Korea" remarks during talk shows she co-hosted is likely to be deported to the United Sates this week.

Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office said Wednesday it planned to deport Shin Eun-mi, 54, as early as Friday. She allegedly promoted pro-North Korean ideals and defended its regime alongside her South Korean co-host Hwang Sun during forums from November to December last year.

Shin allegedly violated the National Security Law, which could ban her from entering South Korea for the next five years, according to the prosecution.

Shin underwent questioning Wednesday and denied the accusations and claimed she was a victim of "political bullying."

"Many media outlets painted me as a North Korea sympathizer by distorting facts," she told reporters. "They ruined my life and relationships. I was even attacked by a person."

Shin said all she did was encourage South Koreans to live peacefully with North Koreans after having felt brotherly affection toward North Korea when she visited there in 2011 and 2012.

"I don't believe I undermined the national security of South Korea," she said. "If I did, why did the government select my book as a recommended one in the first place? I just gave lectures and filmed a documentary based on the book."

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism selected her book, "Korean-American Ajumma Goes to North Korea," which was published in 2012, as a "recommended one" in 2013.

For now, she is temporarily banned from leaving South Korea during the investigation.

The probe came after local conservative civic groups filed a complaint against Shin and Hwang in November.

The prosecution is considering requesting an arrest warrant for Hwang on the same charges.

During their talk shows, where guests and the audience exchange views on a specific subject, the two women allegedly made remarks sympathetic toward North Korea and painted the regime in a positive light.

They also face defamation charges filed by associations of North Korean defectors. The associations said Hwang and Shin spread false information at the forums by claiming that the vast majority of defectors wished to move back to the North.


검찰 '종북 콘서트' 신은미씨 소환…강제출국 방침

서울중앙지검 공안2부(김병현 부장검사)는 7일 '종북콘서트' 논란을 일으킨 재미동포 신은미(54)씨를 피고발인 신분으로 소환했다.

신씨는 지난해 11월 서울 조계사 경내에서 열린 '신은미&황선 전국 순회 토크 문화 콘서트'에서 북한 체제를 긍정적으로 평가하는 등의 발언을 해 보수단체로부터 국가보안법 위반 혐의로 고발됐다.

이날 오전 9시55분께 출석한 신씨는 조사 전 취재진에 '마녀사냥식 종북몰이를 당한 피해자'라며 '남북이 서로 신뢰를 회복하고 살아야 한다는 얘기를 했는데 그것이 국가 공공안전에 해를 끼치는 내용이라고 생각하지는 않는다'고 말했다.

신씨는 애초 지난달 12일 미국으로 출국할 계획이었으나 경찰의 출석요구에 불응해 하루 전날인 11일 출국정지됐다. 경찰은 신씨를 세 차례 소환조사하고 지난 5일 기소 의견으로 검찰에 송치했다.

검찰은 신씨를 상대로 발언 내용과 경위 등을 조사하고 출국정지 기한인 9일 이전에 신씨를 강제 출국시킬 방침이다.

출입국관리법에 따르면 국가보안법이나 마약류관리법을 위반한 외국인은 강제퇴거시킬 수 있다. 강제 출국당하면 5년간 입국이 금지된다.

경찰은 신씨와 함께 고발된 황선(41) 희망정치연구포럼 대표에 대해서는 사전구속영장을 신청하는 방안을 검토 중이다.

황씨는 '종북 콘서트' 외에 인터넷 방송인 '주권방송'에서 북한체제를 찬양·고무한 혐의, 이적단체인 '남북공동선언실천연대'에서 활동한 혐의도 받고 있다. (연합뉴스)
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