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The singer is well-known to be a cousin once removed of Park Geun Hye; Park would call him her nephew, and Eun Ji Won would call her his aunt. Eun Ji Won is the grandson of the sister of Park Geun Hye's father, the late President Park Chung Hee.

The singer attended a rally when Park was running for president and was seen in a family function to commemorate late President Park Chung Hee. Even though he has always stated that he is not interested in politics and that Park Geun Hye is just a family member to him, it seems like he has turned his social media account to private, just in case anti-Park netizens will bombard him with hate comments.�