Mihee Park, Kimchi Entrepreneur with Annual Sales of 50 Billion Won...Confesses to 8 Billion Won in Private Loan Interest and Credit Delinquency

Park Mi-hee revealed her past story of achieving the kimchi legend with an annual sales of about 50 billion won. On the August 23 broadcast of KBS2’s ″The Boss Has Donkey Ears,″ Park Mi-hee disclosed that she became credit-impaired during the factory facility reorganization process after the kimchi crisis, went through two auctions, and was subjected to seizure ten times. She added that after exhausting all her credit, she even resorted to private loans, and the interest she has paid so far amounts to about 8 billion won. The broadcast also revealed that Park Mi-hee earned a monthly salary of 800,000 won when she worked as a housekeeper at the chairman’s residence. This was about ten times the average female wage at the time. The cast members were impressed by Park Mi-hee’s cooking skills and housekeeping abilities. At the recording site, MCs Kim Sook and Jun Hyun-moo expressed surprise at Park Mi-hee’s confession. Kim Sook said, ″It wasn’t just smooth sailing; she’s truly an amazing person,″ and Jun Hyun-moo said, ″Now I understand everything.″ Additionally, Yang Jun-hyuk, who had experienced business failure in the past, empathized with Park Mi-hee, saying, ″You are very similar to me. I respect you.″ Jun Hyun-moo joked, ″You really only resemble each other in debt,″ which brought laughter to the scene. It is known that Park Mi-hee once worked as a housekeeper at the home of the late Kim Woo-joong, chairman of Daewoo Group.