Comments on: Jo Sung-min tells his side of the story

By: Amy

Amy — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 16:57:43 +0000

Dear author(who wrote this article),

Regarding about Choi’s case had indeed let me see the real world and the ugly side.In fact,Me myself have been through this when I was young.Reading this actually takes me back to when I was like Choi’s kids.
Again,I cried when I thought about it.No matter what happens,even now I promise myself that I will never marry and niether will I have BF relationships.Till now I remain single and stood firm.When you grow out,you realised how much you will be hating the father and how much pain you been through.The kids should be glad that they had their grandma,I was being dumped into an orphanage near a rural area which everyday will wake us at 4 and let us sleep at 2 when most of the time spending doing house chores.
I bet that life will be tough but we have to move on is that simple.Same with the kids.
And I agree with you,the father is not all interested with the kids.

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By: dirty cat

dirty cat — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 11:50:10 +0000

shameless jerk.
@ belleza thanks

By: CrimsonWave

CrimsonWave — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 02:49:22 +0000

I have not followed what when on the past (abuse, cheating etc) but now that I heard all the details…I find it horrifying that this man if you can call him that would do something like that to his own wife, children and family.

1. He abused her when she was pregnant and cheated on her with his current wife then mistress.

2. He gave his up children in exchange for MONEY for his debts.

3. IF he wanted to be a good father, why hasn’t he visited his children during the past years when their mother was still alive?

Korean society really needs to get it together. WTF is this ish about the rights of the children going to the father if the sole caretaker passed away? Why hasn’t Korea addressed the issue of domestic violence and deadbeats fathers?

If he really and truly loved his children, he should have work something out with the family in order to see his children (Monitored visitation) and not made this all about money which was the first thing out of his month. Her body wasn’t cold yet and he comes out with statement stating he’s going to fight for property rights and custody of his children. Give me a freaking break.

By: chamber

chamber — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 16:45:40 +0000

I hope they put the estate in some sort of trust that releases the bulk of it when the kids are adults so no adult can touch it, maybe just for monthly child support. I would hate to see kids with nothing when they reach adulthood.

I do think the most the father should get is monitored visitation rights. They guy seems to have a past of physical abuse and he sold his rights to the kids. Those are 2 unforgivable factors in my book. I mean the eldest kid looks to be around 7 or so if he has not seen the kids from five years then they probably hardly know him.

By: donna

donna — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 22:51:05 +0000

choi’s children should be in the custody of her brother and mother. he beat hi swife, isn’t there a more likely chance that he’ll beat up the children as well? also he doesn’t need custody of his children just to be be a better father. If he truly cares, he would give up his parental rights of his children to someone who can devote their time and effort into raising the two kids.

By: Izit

Izit — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 19:02:51 +0000

Maybe he’s using his children as a bargaining chip ! Come on !! A guy who had debts can now take care of the expenses of 2 children ??

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Korea Beat › Battle for Choi Jin-shil’s Children Continues — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 17:37:13 +0000

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By: Marzy

Marzy — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:16:30 +0000

well.. even if he does want custody even not legal.. thats a huge deal. id ssay give him like visitation rights. but like the monitored kind. its sad if something happens to those kids. i mean there is a lot that could. and im still doubtful about him, cause like he beat CJS when she was pregnant with the youngest. so like wth. and so much other stuff we dont know. i just wish the justice system would think about it well.

it hurts to read those CJS comments till now. i know she was really good mom to her kids and a good friend. after all she has been through, struggled to keep on going. its hard and to get through a bad dirvorce is a lot. losing someone dear to you and be accused of that. man. that sucks.

By: saharial

saharial — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 08:55:33 +0000

thank you for posting this and providing new perspective and updates on the situation.
its definitely a complex affair, but as long as the children are treasured, and the best thing done for THEM, then all is well.

I think that netizens have platyed a positive role in bringing details of the case to light, but continued interferece will have a detrimental effect. its interesting how they campaign against him than campaign for the children’s rights. They could do so much more good if they could highlight the case as being on behalf of children in similar situations all over korea. I am sure this is not the only one.