Lee Sang-don

Lee Sang-don (born December 4, 1951[1]) is a South Korean legal scholar and a conservative political activist. He currently works as a professor at Chung-Ang University. He is a conservative pundit well known for expressing criticisms towards the Lee Myung-bak government. He received criticisms from a group of pro-Lee Myung-bak lawmakers for participating in the restructure of the Saenuri Party (formally Grand National Party) in the past due to his distance with Lee Myung-bak.[2] He is currently the political reformer for the Saenuri Party under Park Geun-hye.

For the football player, see Lee Sang-don (footballer).
In this Korean name, the family name is Lee.
Lee Sang-don
이상돈
Member of the National Assembly
Assumed office
30 May 2016
ConstituencyProportional representation
Personal details
Born (1951-12-04) 4 December 1951
Busan, South Korea
NationalitySouth Korean
Political partyPeople's Party
Alma materSeoul National University
Tulane University
Professionlegal scholar, activist, politician
WebsiteOfficial Website
Lee Sang-don
Hangul
이상돈
Hanja
Revised RomanizationI Sangdon
McCune–ReischauerI Sangton

He is currently a member of the People's Party and has been elected in 2016 to serve as member of the National Assembly of Korea.[3]

Early life

Sang-don was born in Busan. He graduated in Seoul National University with a B.A. and M.A. in law and later received his Ph.D from Tulane University in law.[1]

Remarks

On Lee Myung-bak
  • He is critical against the real estate cover-ups made by the South Korean President, Lee Myung-bak, in Naegok-dong, Seocho-gu, Seoul.[4]
  • He had expressed concerns through his blog how Lee Myung-bak's political associates could potentially drag down the Lee Myung-bak government and his affiliated Saenuri Party (then Grand National Party) after the next presidential election due to Lee's extensive history of political corruptions.[5]
  • He once said in 2010 that Lee Myung-bak and Park Geun-hye should have separated on their own way because "Lee Myung-bak's leadership heads itself to a potential Watergate scandal-like incident".[6] This incident refers to the South Korean illegal surveillance incident. Lee Myung-bak has been politically isolated from the ruling Saenuri Party as Chairperson Hong Jun-pyo, resigned.

On the Supreme Prosecutors' Office

Incidents

On April 4, 2012, Lee abruptly left a live political debate program shown in tvN Asia that generated controversies.[8]

Works
  • Lee, Sang-don, 세계의 트렌드를 읽는 100권의 책, 기파랑 (March 20, 2006), ISBN 978-89-91965-94-2
  • Lee, Sang-don, 비판적 환경주의자, 브레인북스 (December 15, 2006), ISBN 978-89-92447-01-0
  • Lee, Sang-don, 위기에 처한 대한민국, 경덕출판사 (July 20, 2007), ISBN 978-89-91197-43-5
  • Lee, Sang-don, 조용한 혁명, 뷰스 (June 9, 2011), ISBN 978-89-92037-76-1

References
  1. Introduction in Korean
  2. Kim (김), Beom-hyeon (범현) (2011-12-29). 與친이계 "비대위가 5공화국 국보위냐". Yonhap News (in Korean). Retrieved 2011-12-31.
  3. Kim, su jung (2016-02-17). "Lee sang don joined the party of people".
  4. Sohn (손), Bong-seok (봉석) (2011-10-13). 이상돈 교수 "李대통령, 철옹성 짓는다고 영장 안가나". Kyunghyang Shinmun (in Korean). Retrieved 2011-12-26.
  5. Um (엄), Su-a (수아) (2011-05-05). "여소야대 되면 BBK-4대강 청문회 열릴 것". Views&News (in Korean). Retrieved 2011-12-26.
  6. Byeon (변), Yun-jae (윤재) (2010-07-14). "이상돈 "닉슨-레이건처럼 MB-박근혜 결별해야"". Views&News (in Korean). Retrieved 2011-12-26.
  7. Lee (이), Yeong-seop (영섭) (2011-12-01). 이상돈 "차기정권, 아예 검찰 해체해 재조립해야". Views&News (in Korean). Retrieved 2011-12-26.
  8. Han (한), Yun-hyeong (윤형) (2012-04-05). "TVN '이상돈 해프닝', 새누리당 토론 기피증이 원인?". Mediaus (in Korean). Retrieved 2012-04-05.
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