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'Nut rage' lady Heather Cho speculated to have made a university president resign in the past

Netizens are abuzz as more rumors regardingHeather Cho's rude behavior have surfaced. After theMinisty of Land, Infrastructure, and Transportrecently confirmedthat formerKorean AirVice President Cho had indeed used abusive language againstFlight 86staff and ordered the plane to turn around to kick out the head of the service crew, more reports are coming out saying that Cho was also responsible for the resignation ofInha University's formerpresident,Hong.



Hong resigned six years ago back in December 2008. Having already served eight years as president, Hong had one year and two months left in his second term when he suddenly decided to resign instead. Although at the time, Inha University stated that Hong was leaving for personal reasons, on December 16, Inha University representatives claimed that Hong had left after having a public argument with Cho, who was a director at the school.


At the time of the incident, the university was looking to recruit a new professor. The board of directors drew up a list of candidates, but Cho had a problem with their selection method.


According to one Inha University representative, "Back then, Director Cho threw documents at former President Hong and used vulgar language, which made former President Hong very angry." They continued, "I believe that [Hong] felt very insulted and resigned because [Cho] cursed at him when she was [only] a director and he was old enough to be Cho's father."


The same representative continued to say that Cho's fatherCho Yang Hopersonally apologized to the former president and asked him to excuse his daughter's behavior. They said, "Although Director Cho's father Chairman Cho Yang Ho sought former President Hong and apologized, saying, 'She's a child, please understand,' it doesn't seem like the situation was handled well back then."


It was also revealed that Cho Yang Ho, who is the chairman ofHanjin Group, a conglomerate that includes a shipping company and Korean Air, previously worked with Hong when the former president worked as a vice minister of theMinistry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries. Some people speculate that Hong may have chose not to retaliate against Cho and instead resigned because he was friends with Cho Yang Ho.


Another source confirmed that Hong and Heather Cho had a bad working relationship as an Inha University professor stated, "Back then, there were a lot of rumors among the board of directors about how the former President Hong and the relationship between the former President Hong and Director Cho, who could be his daughter at her age, was troubled."


The university itself has denied these claims as another representative has commented, "It makes no common sense that she would behave this way to him because not only was he her father's friend at the time but also he was the president."


In other news, Hong is currently a president atDuksung's Women's University. As for Inha University, it was recently combined withJeongsuk Universitythis past August. Cho Yang Ho; his son and Korean Air vice president,Cho Won Tae; and his daughter, Heather Cho, are all registered as directors of the school.


Netizens have commented negatively regarding Heather Cho's character and have advised each other to pay close attention to thechaeboldaughter's behavior, with comments saying, "She's a colossal bitch," "She's behaving in a way that's unbelievable from the common standpoint," and, "From the common standpoint, does this make sense? She's the person who turned a plane around because of nuts. Don't ignore this."