Early life and education
Jasmine met South Korean mariner Lee Dong-ho inCareer
Since 2006, she has been a panelist on the KBS program "Love in Asia" and has also appeared on a Korean language program on educational channel EBS. As an actress, she played the role of the mother of lead actor Yoo Ah-in in the highly acclaimed 2011 film '' Punch'' which drew 5.3 million viewers. She also appeared in the 2010 film '' Secret Reunion''. In January 2012, Lee became the first Filipino to receive the Korea Image Millstone Award from the Corea Image Communication Institute (CICI). She was cited for her volunteer and charity works for foreign immigrants in South Korea. An advocate of multiculturalism in South Korea, she regularly gives lectures about the subject to teachers and student leaders. She is the secretary general of Waterdrop, a charity formed by foreign spouses of South Koreans, and worked at the Foreign Residents Assistance Division of the Seoul Metropolitan Government. On April 11, 2012, she was elected as a proportional representative in South Korea's National Assembly election following her party's majority victory in the polls held. With her win, she made history in South Korea as the first Filipina and naturalized South Korean to become a lawmaker. Lee's win was a result of the victory of the ruling Saenuri Party, to which she belongs. Lee was excluded from the party's list for theCriticism
Since the 2012 election, Lee has been hit by charges of misrepresenting her education, after claiming on national television to have attended medical school in the Philippines when in fact she had simply taken biology classes during college. Some South Koreans engaged in racist criticism of Lee, stating that she was not a "true" South Korean due to being from the Philippines. One South Korean spoke out against the racist behavior of Lee's critics, stating that South Koreans were more concerned about engaging in racist vitriol against politicians, whereas in other countries, people were more concerned about a politician's professional qualifications.References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Lee, Jasmine B 1977 births Visayan people Liberty Korea Party politicians Filipino television presenters Filipino women television presenters Filipino activists Filipino women activists People from Davao City Living people Members of the National Assembly (South Korea) Filipino emigrants to South Korea Naturalized citizens of South Korea South Korean activists South Korean women activists South Korean people of Filipino descent South Korean women television presenters South Korean television presenters Ateneo de Davao University alumni