Lee Sang-don
Lee Sang-don is a South Korean legal scholar and a conservative liberal 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-Lee Myung-bak lawmakers for participating in the restructure of the Saenuri 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 Ahn Cheol-soo.
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 PhD 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, Lee Myung-bak, in Naegok-dong, 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 after the next presidential election due to Lee's extensive history of political corruptions.
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,
- Lee, Sang-don, 비판적 환경주의자, 브레인북스,
- Lee, Sang-don, 위기에 처한 대한민국, 경덕출판사,
- Lee, Sang-don, 조용한 혁명, 뷰스,