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So-yeon Schröder-Kim (née Kim, born 3 June 1970) is a South Korean interpreter and translator. She is the fifth wife of former Chancellor of Germany Gerhard Schröder.

Biography

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Kim was born in 1970 in Seoul, South Korea and is from a Christian family.[1] She emigrated from Seoul to Marburg, Germany, in 1995.[2] She attended a Japanology course at a German university.

After graduating, Kim began her career as a self-employed translator and founded an interpretive company "Mirae Translation & Communications" in Seoul. She translated a collection of essays by German politician Hartmut Koschyk on his encounter with South Korean politician and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Kim Dae-jung, which had been published in 2002 under the title Begegnungen mit Kim Dae-jung (Encounters with Kim Dae-jung).[3] When Edmund Stoiber visited South Korea as Minister-President of Bavaria in 2003, she worked as his interpreter.[4]

In July 2011, Kim began working at the Seoul branch of the economic development company NRW.Invest Inc. She supervised over 80 South Korean entrepreneurs and later formed the North Rhine-Westfalia branch.[5] Kim also became a member of the German Korean Forum and worked to improve Germany-South Korea relations, such as by participating in the 2016 projects Industrie 4.0 and Smart Factory [de].[6]

In 2015, Kim met Gerhard Schröder in South Korea. Between 2016 and 2017, she translated his 540-paged autobiography Entscheidungen (Decisions) into Korean. On 12 September 2017, she held a launch party for the book which was attended by the President of South Korea, Moon Jae-in.[7]

Kim first married a plastic surgeon in Seoul and they had a daughter together. Their marriage ended in divorce in November 2017.[8] In January 2018, Kim and Schröder announced their engagement,[9] and her ex-husband sued Schröder in the Seoul Family Court and won 100 million won ($81,708) in compensation.[10]

Kim and Schröder married on 2 May 2018 in Seoul and officially notarized their marriage in Germany on 22 August at the Hannover Registry Office. They threw a wedding party at Hotel Adlon-Kempinski in Berlin on 5 October 2018.[11] The couple chose "Schröder" as their family name and reside between Hannover and Seoul.[12]

In 2022, Kim travelled to Russia with her husband, where he negotiated energy policies on the invitation of ambassador Sergei Netschajew.[13] In May 2023, Kim was dismissed without notice from NRW.Global Business, where she had worked as its South Korean representative, after she had participated in the May 9 Victory Day anniversary ceremony held at the Russian Embassy in Berlin along with her husband, Egon Krenz, Tino Chrupalla, and Alexander Gauland.[14][15]

On 23 May 2024, Kim and Schröder attended the state ceremony in front of the German Chancellery to celebrate the 75th anniversary of Germany's Basic Law.[16]

Publications

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Translations from German into Korean

  • Hartmut Koschyk (Hrsg.): Begegnungen mit Kim Dae-jung. Korea auf dem Weg zu Frieden, Versöhnung und Einheit. (Encounter with Kim Dae-jung. Korea on the way to Peace, reconciliation, and unity.) Collection of essays. Olzog, München 2002, ISBN 978-3-7892-8094-8.
  • Gerhard Schröder: Entscheidungen. Mein Leben in der Politik. (Decisions. My life in politics.) Hoffmann und Campe, Hamburg 2006, ISBN 978-3-455-50014-1.

References

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  1. ^ "Außer Dienst? Die Gerhard Schröder Story". ARD. 4 September 2024. Retrieved 15 November 2024.
  2. ^ "Der Altkanzler, die Liebe und Marburg". Oberhessische Presse. 27 May 2018. Retrieved 15 November 2024.
  3. ^ Koschyk, Hartmut (2002). Begegnungen mit Kim Dae-jung. Olzog. ISBN 978-3-7892-8094-8. Retrieved 15 November 2024.
  4. ^ "Reinhold Beckmann trifft..." Presseportal. 7 July 2019. Retrieved 15 November 2024.
  5. ^ "NRW mahnte Altkanzler Gerhard Schröders neue Freundin ab". Hamburger Abendblatt. 22 September 2017. Retrieved 15 November 2024.
  6. ^ Konhäuser, Thomas (13 October 2016). "XV. Deutsch-Koreanisches Forum in Gyeongju – "Digitalisierung der Wirtschaft: Industrie 4.0 und Smart Factory"". Hartmut Koschyk Schloss Goldkronach. Retrieved 15 November 2024.
  7. ^ "Wer ist die Neue von Gerhard Schröder?". Retrieved 15 November 2024.
  8. ^ "Gerhard Schröder muss Schmerzensgeld zahlen". Nikolaus Harbusch. Bild. 1 June 2021. Retrieved 15 November 2024.
  9. ^ "Gerhard Schroeder 'sued for affair' in South Korea". BBC News. 2018-04-30. Retrieved 2025-01-29.
  10. ^ "Ex-German leader ordered to compensate wife's ex-husband for derailing marriage". The Korea Times. 2021-05-20. Retrieved 2025-01-29.
  11. ^ "Promis und Politiker stoßen auf Gerhard Schröders fünfte Ehe an". Kai-Uwe Wärner. Stern. 6 October 2018. Retrieved 15 November 2024.
  12. ^ "Schröders neue Frau heißt jetzt Schröder-Kim". Conrad von Meding. Hannoversche Allegemeine Zeitung. 30 August 2018. Retrieved 15 November 2024.
  13. ^ Hofbauer, Hannes (2024-09-16). Im Wirtschaftskrieg: Die Sanktionspolitik des Westens und ihre Folgen. Das Beispiel Russland (in German). Promedia Verlag. ISBN 978-3-85371-919-0.
  14. ^ "Nordrhein-westfälische Landesgesellschaft stellt So-yeon Schröder-Kim frei". Der Spiegel. Retrieved 15 November 2024.
  15. ^ "Former German Chancellor's Wife Loses Job After Attending Victory Day Event At Russian Embassy". RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty. Retrieved 2025-01-29.
  16. ^ "Former German Chancellor Schroeder Loses Case to Get Bundestag Office Back". Reuters. 6 June 2024.
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