Lee Sang-don (born December 4, 1951Introduction in Korean
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political activist. His liberal philosophy was influenced by American conservatism and neoconservatism, but he is critical of South Korean conservatism. 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-

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lawmakers for participating in the restructure of the

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(formally Grand National Party) in the past due to his distance with Lee Myung-bak. He was a member of the National Assembly member of the People's Party, a liberal political party led by

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Early life

Sang-don was born in Busan. He graduated in

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with a B.A. and M.A. in law and later received his Ph.D from Tulane University in law.

Remarks

On Lee Myung-bak

* He is critical against the real estate cover-ups made by the South Korean President,

, in

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, Seocho-gu, Seoul. * 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

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due to Lee's extensive history of political corruptions. * 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". 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

* He proposed an extensive restructure of the Supreme Prosecutors' Office of the Republic of Korea as the organization itself covers up the corruptions generated by officials in the Lee Myung-bak government.

Incidents

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

Works

* Lee, Sang-don, ''세계의 트렌드를 읽는 100권의 책'', 기파랑 (2006), * Lee, Sang-don, ''비판적 환경주의자'', 브레인북스 (2006), * Lee, Sang-don, ''위기에 처한 대한민국'', 경덕출판사 (2007), * Lee, Sang-don, ''조용한 혁명'', 뷰스 (2011),

References

External links

*
Official Website
*
Naver Profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Lee, Sang-don 1951 births Asian conservative liberals Living people People from Busan Academic staff of Chung-Ang University Liberalism in South Korea Tulane University alumni Seoul National University School of Law alumni