In Jae-keun 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 democracy activist and politician of the Republic of Korea. Life Kim was born in Bucheon, Gyeonggi-do. He studied in Kyunggi High School and entered Seoul National University and ...

was arrested and tortured by the government of

Chun Doo-hwan Chun Doo-hwan (; or ; 18 January 1931 – 23 November 2021) was a South Korean army general and military dictator who ruled as an unelected strongman from 1979 to 1980 before replacing Choi Kyu-hah as president of South Korea from 1980 to 198 ...

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 rep ...

for Dobong A, 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 People from Gyeonggi Province Members of the National Assembly (South Korea) Minjoo Party of Korea politicians Gyodong In clan Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award laureates {{SouthKorea-politician-stub