Former Rebuilding Korea Party leader Cho Kuk resumed his social media (SNS) activities shortly after being released due to the special pardon on Aug. 15.
On the morning of the 16th, the day after his release, former leader Cho posted a photo of a book on Facebook with the words "closed-door reading material". "Closed-door reading" means reading with the doors closed, and it was interpreted as a sign that he would refrain from external activities for the time being. However, former leader Cho later amended the post to "8 months of closed-door reading material," clarifying that it referred to the books he read during his imprisonment.
The books he disclosed include ▲Kim Dae-jung's memoir ▲Jo So-ang's biography ▲Unequal Equality ▲Serious Accident Punishment Act ▲Democracy in America ▲The Time for Transformational Centrism Has Come ▲Beneficial Conservatism, Righteous Progressivism, which were mainly political and social-related books.
On the day of his release, the day before, former leader Cho also shared a short video of stew boiling on Facebook with the words "family meal," sharing personal daily life. In his newly published book "Study of Our Country," released last month while in prison, he mentioned his most desired activities after release as having meals with family, taking warm baths, and drinking with comrades.
Former leader Cho was sentenced to prison for charges related to entrance exam corruption for his children and covering up the Blue House inspection, but he was pardoned and restored to his rights through the Liberation Day special pardon. As his SNS activities have resumed, there is speculation that he will attempt to make a comeback in elective office through upcoming local elections or by-elections for the National Assembly.