Min Byung-doo

In this Korean name, the family name is Min.
Min Byung-doo
민병두
Member of the National Assembly
In office
30 May 2012 – 29 May 2020
Preceded byHong Jun-pyo
Succeeded byChang Kyung-tae
ConstituencySeoul Dongdaemun B
In office
30 May 2004 – 29 May 2008
ConstituencyProportional representation
Personal details
Born (1958-06-10) 10 June 1958 (age 66)
Hoengseong, Gangwon Province, South Korea
Political partyMinjoo Party of Korea
Alma materSungkyunkwan University
Websitewww.bdmin.net
Korean name
Hangul
민병두
Hanja
閔丙梪
Revised RomanizationMin Byeongdu
McCune–ReischauerMin Pyŏngdu
Baptismal name
Hangul
라파엘
Revised RomanizationRapael
McCune–ReischauerRap'ael

Min Byung-doo (Korean: 민병두; Hanja: 閔丙梪; born 10 June 1958) is a South Korean politician in the liberal Minjoo Party of Korea who has been a member of the National Assembly for Dongdaemun, Seoul, from 2012 to 2020. He was formerly a party list member from 2004 to 2008.

Min is a proponent of economic democratization.[1] In early 2013 he announced plans to introduce legislation to protect fair contracts between convenience store franchisors and their franchisees.[2] Later that year, during an industrial dispute that led to K-pop group JYJ being blacklisted from major broadcasting stations, Min introduced a motion to call JYJ to testify before the National Assembly along with the founder of their former record label S.M. Entertainment, Lee Soo-man, and the president of the Korean Federation of Pop Culture and Art Industry, Yang Yi-sik. He criticized "large entertainment companies" for "using their influence to reign over broadcasting companies and singers".[1]

In 2014, Min criticized civic groups involved in leaflet propaganda campaigns in North Korea for receiving public funding from the Prime Minister's Office. The director of the Union for North Korea Freedom, Kim Min-su, stated in response that the information was misleading, and that Min was either "not a decent person, or incompetent".[3]

As a student in 1981, Min was handed a 20-year prison sentence for his participation in a militant pro-democracy student organization, the National Democratic Students' League.[4][5] Hwang Woo-yea, who would later become chairman of the Saenuri Party, participated in Min's trial as an associate judge.[5] The conviction was formally quashed in 2012.[4] Min was arrested in connection to another organization, the "Constituent Assembly", in 1986.[6] He eventually graduated from Sungkyunkwan University in 1990; the university later selected him for an alumni award in 2016.[7]

Min was born in Hoengseong County, Gangwon. A Roman Catholic, he received the baptismal name Raphael.[8]

  1. ^ a b "Congressman Asks JYJ Members To Join SM Entertainment Founder Lee Soo Man, KFPCAI Chairman Yang Yi Sik Onstage". KpopStarz. 2 October 2013. Retrieved 19 April 2016.
  2. ^ "Death of a Young Convenience Store Owner". The Kyunghyang Shinmun. 15 March 2013. Retrieved 19 April 2016.
  3. ^ "NGOs Lash out at SK Lawmaker on Leaflet Campaigns". Daily NK. 27 October 2014. Retrieved 19 April 2016.
  4. ^ a b '학림사건' 피해자들 31년만에 무죄 확정 ["Hangnim incident" victims' innocence established 31 years later]. Newsis (in Korean). 15 June 2015. Retrieved 19 April 2016.
  5. ^ a b 민병두ㆍ이태복 "황우여 대표! 학림사건 '쪽지재판' 사과하세요" [Min Byung-doo, Lee Tae-bok: 'Chairman Hwang Woo-yea! Please apologize for the Hangnim incident "message trial"']. Mediaus (in Korean). 18 July 2012. Retrieved 19 April 2016.
  6. ^ 제헌의회그룹사건 [The Constituent Assembly group incident]. Open Archives (in Korean). Korea Democracy Foundation. Retrieved 19 April 2016.
  7. ^ '성균관대 경영대동문상'에 민병두 의원, 김동필 대표 [Rep. Min Byung-doo, CEO Kim Dong-pil to receive 'Sungkyunkwan School of Business alumni award']. Korea Economic Daily (in Korean). 20 January 2016. Retrieved 19 April 2016.
  8. ^ "4.11 국회의원 선거, 천주교 신자 당선자 73명(24.3%)" [4/11 National Assembly elections, 73 Catholics elected (24.3%)]. Catholic News (in Korean). 23 April 2012. Retrieved 19 April 2016.