In Jae-keun (; born 11 November 1953) is a South Korean politician and democracy activist. In 1985, her husband

Kim Geun-tae Kim Geun-tae (; 14 February 1947 – 30 December 2011) was a South Korean democracy activist and politician. Life Kim was born in Bucheon, Gyeonggi Province, southern Korea. He studied in Kyunggi High School and entered Seoul National Un ...

was arrested and tortured by the government of

Chun Doo-hwan Chun Doo-hwan (; 18 January 1931 – 23 November 2021) was a South Korean politician, army general and military dictator who served as the fifth president of South Korea from 1980 to 1988. Prior to his accession to the presidency, he was the cou ...

for his pro-democracy activism. In 1987, In was awarded the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award along with her husband for her role in publicly exposing his detention and torture. After Kim's death, she was elected as member of

national assembly In politics, a national assembly is either a unicameral legislature, the lower house of a bicameral legislature, or both houses of a bicameral legislature together. In the English language it generally means "an assembly composed of the repr ...

for

Dobong A Dobong A () is a constituency of the National Assembly of South Korea. The constituency consists of parts of Dobong District, Seoul. As of 2024, 136,836 eligible voters were registered in the constituency. The constituency was created in 1988 from ...

, Seoul in 2012. Dobong A was Kim's constituency from 1996 to 2008.

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Living people South Korean democracy activists 1953 births Politicians from Gyeonggi Province Members of the National Assembly (South Korea) Democratic Party of Korea politicians Gyodong In clan Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award laureates {{SouthKorea-politician-stub