Han Sun-kyo
{{Short description|South Korean politician (born 1959)}}
{{Family name hatnote|Han||lang=Korean}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| image = File:NMKCH Symposium logo 02 (8226740114).jpg
| caption = Han Sun-kyo in 2012
| name = Han Sun-kyo
| native_name = {{nobold|한선교}}
| native_name_lang = ko
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1959|6|23|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Seoul, South Korea
| office1 = President of the Future Korea Party
| term_start1 = 5 February 2020
| term_end1 = 19 March 2020
| predecessor1 = Position established
| successor1 = Won Yoo-chul
| office2 = Member of the National Assembly
| constituency2 = Yongin 3rd
| term_start2 = 30 May 2012
| term_end2 = 29 May 2020
| predecessor2 = Woo Je-chang (Cheoin)
Park Joon-sun (Giheung)
Himself (Suji)
| successor2 = Jung Choun-sook
| term_start3 = 30 May 2008
| term_end3 = 29 May 2012
| predecessor3 = Woo Je-chang (1st)
Himself (2nd)
| successor3 = Lee Woo-hyun (1st)
Kim Min-ki (2nd)
Himself (3rd)
| constituency4 = Yongin 2nd
| term_start4 = 30 May 2004
| term_end4 = 29 May 2008
| predecessor4 = Namgoong Seok (1st)
Kim Yoon-shik (2nd)
| successor4 = Woo Je-chang (Cheoin)
Park Joon-sun (Giheung)
Himself (Suji)
| office5 = Secretary-General of the Liberty Korea Party
| term_start5 = 4 March 2019
| term_end5 = 17 June 2019
| predecessor5 = Kim Yong-tae
| successor5 = Choo Kyung-ho (interim)
| office6 = Chairman of the Korean Basketball League
| term_start6 = 1 September 2011
| term_end6 = 30 June 2014
| predecessor6 = Chun Yook
| successor6 = Kim Young-ki
| party = United Future
| otherparty = Grand National Party (2004–2008;2008–2012)
Saenuri Party (2012–2017)
Liberty Korea Party (2017–2020)
FKP (2020)
| alma_mater = Sungkyunkwan University
| spouse = Ha Ji-hyun
| children = Han Hui-seung
Han Hui-min
| occupation = Broadcaster, politician
}}
Han Sun-kyo ({{korean|hangul=한선교}}; born 23 June 1959) is a South Korean former broadcaster and politician, who was the Member of National Assembly from 2004 to 2020. He was also the President of the Future Korea Party from February to March 2020. Prior to his political career, he worked as a newsreader of MBC from 1984 to 1995. He was also the Chairman of the Korean Basketball League from 2011 to 2014.
Early life and education
Han Sun-kyo was born in Seoul in 1959 as a son of Han Woong-kyo (died in 2014).{{cite news |date= 14 October 2014|script-title=ko:[부음] 곽점심 별세 외|url= https://news.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2014/10/14/2014101400345.html|access-date= 23 December 2019}} He graduated from Daeil High School in 1977; he is also a colleague to the former Mayor of Seoul Oh Se-hoon, and the former State Minister for Political Affairs of the Blue House Park Hyung-joon.{{cite news |date= 20 June 2006|script-title=ko:[커버스토리] 오세훈을 키운 학맥의 힘!|url= http://weekly.khan.co.kr/khnm.html?mode=view&artid=12188&code=113|access-date= 23 December 2019}} He received a Bachelor of Physics from Sungkyunkwan University, as well as a master's degree in political science. He wrote a thesis named "The Conditions on the Rise of A Female Head of the State : Comparison Between the United Kingdom and South Korea" in 2006.{{cite news |date= 2006|script-title=ko:여성 국가최고지도자의 등장조건 : 영국과 한국의 비교연구 = The Conditions on the Rise of A Female Head of the State|url= http://www.riss.kr/search/detail/DetailView.do?p_mat_type=be54d9b8bc7cdb09&control_no=3195f17452a9af3dffe0bdc3ef48d419|access-date= 23 December 2019}}
Career
Han entered to MBC in 1984 and was selected as a newsreader, in which he served till 1995 when he quitted the company and became a freelancer.{{cite news |date= 28 November 2017|script-title=ko:한선교, 그는 누구?…프리랜서 방송인 출신 정치가|url= http://www.topstarnews.net/news/articleView.html?idxno=331026|access-date= 23 December 2019}} He joined a 50-day strike in 1992 held by MBC trade union to against the company's pro-Democratic Liberal Party stance.{{cite news |date= 2 May 2013|script-title=ko:1992년 '김재철 라인'의 모습은|url= http://www.mediaus.co.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=33888|access-date= 23 December 2019}} While at MBC, he also worked as a basketball stadium announcer.{{cite news |date= 3 June 2011|script-title=ko:프로농구 KBL 총재에 한선교 의원(종합)|url= https://www.yna.co.kr/view/AKR20110603086800007|access-date= 23 December 2019}}
Han was also the 1st emcee of Good Morning from 1996{{cite news |date= 24 February 2001|script-title=ko:[방송.연예] SBS '한선교 정은아의 좋은아침'|url= http://www.busan.com/view/busan/view.php?code=20010224000505|access-date= 23 December 2019}} to 2004 (as a co-emcee with Chung Euna since 1999) but retired as a broadcaster in 2004 to join politics.{{cite news |date= 2 January 2004|script-title=ko:한선교, 총선 출마 위해 방송계 떠나|url= https://www.nocutnews.co.kr/news/4698|access-date= 23 December 2019}}
In 2011, he was elected as the Chairman of the Korean Basketball League, defeating the incumbent Chun Yook. In fact, he announced his bid in 2008{{cite news |date= 2 August 2008|script-title=ko:한선교 의원, KBL총재 출사표|url= http://www.donga.com/news/article/all/20080802/8610957/1|access-date= 23 December 2019}} but lost to Chun.{{cite news |date= 3 June 2011|script-title=ko:프로농구 KBL 총재에 한선교 한나라당 의원|url= https://www.hankyung.com/politics/article/2011060353228|access-date= 23 December 2019}}
Political career
Prior to the 2004 election, Han announced his bid for running as an MP on 31 December 2003,{{cite news |date= 31 December 2003|script-title=ko:아나운서 한선교 ＂내년 한나라당으로 출마＂|url= http://www.donga.com/news/article/all/20031231/8016265/1|access-date= 23 December 2019}} and joined the Grand National Party (GNP; then Saenuri Party and now Liberty Korea Party) in January 2004.{{cite news |date= 15 January 2004|script-title=ko:"방송인 잡아라" 정계 뜨거운 영입전|url= https://news.joins.com/article/284132|access-date= 23 December 2019}} He was selected as the GNP candidate for Yongin 2nd constituency, and won{{cite news |date= 16 April 2004|script-title=ko:한선교 경기 용인 을 당선자 "온몸 떨리던 유세 힘들었죠"|url= https://news.joins.com/article/1992604|access-date= 23 December 2019}} with a majority of 25,319 votes. Shortly after this, he was appointed as the party's co-spokesperson{{cite news |date= 22 April 2004|script-title=ko:한나라당 공동대변인에 한선교씨|url= https://www.hankyung.com/politics/article/2004042201571|access-date= 23 December 2019}} but resigned after 3 months.{{cite news |date= 22 July 2004|script-title=ko:한나라당 한선교 의원, 대변인직 사퇴|url= http://mn.kbs.co.kr/news/view.do?ncd=617757&viewType=pc|access-date= 23 December 2019}}
A pro-Park Geun-hye figure,{{cite news |date= 9 April 2008|script-title=ko:한선교 "박근혜 전 대표와 약속 지켜 기쁘다"|url= http://www.hani.co.kr/arti/politics/assembly/280958.html|access-date= 23 December 2019}} Han contested GNP preselection for Suji District in 2008 but lost to Yoon Gun-young.{{cite news |date= 6 March 2008|script-title=ko:한선교 "내가 윤건영보다 여론조사에서 3배 앞섰다"|url= https://www.viewsnnews.com/article?q=30811|access-date= 23 December 2019}} He subsequently left the party and contested as an independent candidate,{{cite news |date= 21 March 2008|script-title=ko:한선교, 한나라당 탈당 무소속 출마|url= https://www.ytn.co.kr/_ln/0101_200803211149460894|access-date= 23 December 2019}} instead of joining the Pro-Park Alliance.{{cite news |date= 19 March 2008|script-title=ko:친박 한선교 의원, '무소속연대' 출마 결심|url= https://www.viewsnnews.com/article?q=31562|access-date= 23 December 2019}} He returned to GNP after his re-election.
Han contested for newly-formed Yongin 3rd constituency in 2012 and defeated the Democratic Unionist Party candidate Kim Jong-hui with a majority of 11,486 votes.{{cite news |date= 30 April 2012|script-title=ko:한선교의원, 만취 뺑소니 車 동승 확인…논란·파문 확산|url= http://www.kmaeil.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=63086|access-date= 23 December 2019}} Shortly after the re-election in 2016, he contested as the Saenuri president{{cite news |date= 10 July 2016|script-title=ko:한선교 의원, 새누리당 당 대표 출마선언..."친박 기득권 내려놓겠다"|url= http://www.hkmd.kr/news/article.html?no=2971|access-date= 23 December 2019}} but received 9.9% and came to the last.{{cite news |date= 9 August 2016|script-title=ko:새누리 대표 이정현… 총선 참패 넉달만에 '도로 친박당'|url= http://www.hani.co.kr/arti/politics/assembly/755904.html|access-date= 23 December 2019}}
Prior to the 2017 presidential election, 13 Bareun Party MPs announced their return to the Liberty Korea Party (LKP).{{cite news |date= 2 May 2017|script-title=ko:'친박계의 반발' 한선교 "탈당파 복당 허용하면 탈당"|url= http://news1.kr/articles/?2983911|access-date= 23 December 2019}} Han showed his opposition of it, adding that he would leave if the party accepts all of them. Nevertheless, he did not quit his party. He unsuccessfully contested as the party's parliamentary leader in December 2017.{{cite news |date= 12 December 2017|script-title=ko:[종합] 한국당 새 원내대표에 '친홍' 김성태 당선|url= https://news.joins.com/article/22198827|access-date= 23 December 2019}}
On 4 March 2019, Han was appointed as the Secretary-General of the LKP by the newly-elected President Hwang Kyo-ahn.{{cite news |date= 4 March 2019|script-title=ko:한국당, 한선교 의원 사무총장 임명|url= http://www.ulsanpress.net/news/articleView.html?idxno=325379|access-date= 23 December 2019}} However, he stepped down on 17 June due to the "health reasons",{{cite news |date= 17 June 2019|script-title=ko:한선교, 사무총장직 "건강이유" 사퇴…불화說도|url= http://news.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2019/06/17/2019061701090.html|access-date= 23 December 2019}} but later Nocut News reported that he experienced discords with Hwang.{{cite news |date= 28 June 2019|script-title=ko:[단독]한선교 "黃과 사이 안 좋아질까봐 그만둬"|url= https://www.nocutnews.co.kr/news/5174063|access-date= 23 December 2019}}
On 5 February 2020, Han was elected as the President of the newly-formed Future Korea Party, a party that was often regarded to be formed as the satellite party to the Liberty Korea Party (then United Future Party).{{cite news |date= 5 February 2020|script-title=ko:닻 올린 미래한국당… 고육책? 꼼수? 하루살이?|url= http://news.kmib.co.kr/article/view.asp?arcid=0014204983&code=61111711&cp=nv|access-date= 5 February 2020}} However, he stepped down from the party presidency due to conflicts with the UFP with issues regarding candidate preselection for upcoming general election.{{cite news |date= 19 March 2020|script-title=ko:한선교 미래한국당 대표 전격사퇴…"가소로운 자들이 개혁 막아"(종합)|url= https://www.yna.co.kr/view/AKR20200319169852001?input=1195m|access-date= 19 March 2020}}
Controversies
= Hit and run =
On 26 April 2012, it was reported that Han was sharing a Renault Samsung SM7, in which the driver was under influence and hit a 20-year-old girl on a pedestrian crossing.{{cite news |date= 8 May 2012|script-title=ko:만취 女운전자와 동승한 한선교, 공선법 피소|url= https://www.nocutnews.co.kr/news/4256791|access-date= 23 December 2019}} The driver, however, immediately ran away from the place and when caught by police, she had a Blood Alcohol Concentration (BAC) of 0.128%, which can lead to driving licence revocation. The Gyeonggi Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) filed a lawsuit against him under the breach of electoral law, adding that Han and the driver was having a party celebrating his re-election as an MP. Han explained that the driver was helping him to bring him to a taxi rank, so he felt sorry to reject it.
= Collar grab =
On 1 September 2016, Han provoked a controversy when he grabbed the Speaker's guard by a collar who was preventing journalists from entering to the Speaker's office.{{cite news |date= 2 September 2016|script-title=ko:한선교, 의장실 경호원 멱살잡아…조응천 "다시 동물국회 됐네"|url= http://www.gobalnews.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=19465|access-date= 23 December 2019}} 4 days later, he visited the guard and apologised to him.{{cite news |date= 5 September 2016|script-title=ko:한선교, 멱살 잡은 국회의장 경호원에게 사과했다|url= https://www.huffingtonpost.kr/2016/09/05/story_n_11863182.html|access-date= 23 December 2019}} After he was prosecuted by police on the same day,{{cite news |date= 5 September 2016|script-title=ko:'경호원 멱살잡이' 한선교 의원 벌금 500만원 약식기소|url= https://news.jtbc.joins.com/article/article.aspx?news_id=NB11373976|access-date= 23 December 2019}} he was supposed to visit police office but absented due to the parliamentary inspection.{{cite news |date= 3 October 2016|script-title=ko:'경호원 멱살' 한선교, 경찰 출석 미룬 이유…여당 국감 거부 중인데 "국감이라 바빠서"|url= http://news.khan.co.kr/kh_news/khan_art_view.html?artid=201610030600005&code=940100|access-date= 23 December 2019}}
= Incident with [[Yoo Eun-hae]] =
On 13 October 2016, Han again provoked a controversy during the inspection of the Committee of Education, Culture, Sports and Tourism, when he forwarded a question to an opposition Democratic MP Yoo Eun-hae.{{cite news |date= 13 October 2016|script-title=ko:<국감현장> 한선교, 유은혜에 "내가 그렇게 좋아" 발언 논란(종합)|url= https://www.yna.co.kr/view/AKR20161013142451001|access-date= 23 December 2019}}{{cite news |date= 14 October 2016|script-title=ko:한선교, 유은혜에 "내가 그리 좋아" 말했다 진땀|url= https://news.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2016/10/14/2016101400279.html|access-date= 23 December 2019}}{{cite news |date= 13 October 2016|script-title=ko:한선교 '내가 그렇게 좋아?'는 학교후배라서?…유은혜 "성희롱 발언 대단히 불쾌"|url= http://www.seoul.co.kr/news/newsView.php?id=20161013500143|access-date= 23 December 2019}} He was asking Yoo a question, "Why are you laughing? Do you like me?", in which Yoo subsequently urged Han to sincerely apologise. Han replied that he was asking the question as her senior, but Yoo condemned that Han's remark was "such a disgusting sexual harassment". Han also added, "I'm her senior, and that's why I didn't realise for a while.", where Yoo criticised, "It was an inspection, and it's such an insult to ask like that." Yu Sung-yup, the Committee chairman, commented that any kind of controversial remarks should be avoided. Another Democratic MP, Nam In-soon, posted on her Twitter that calling Han's remark as "slut-shaming".{{cite news |date= 13 October 2016|title= Nam In-soon on Twitter|url= https://twitter.com/nisoon/status/786475497706299392|access-date= 23 December 2019}} The Democratic Party filed a report against him to the Ethics Committee,{{cite news |date= 14 October 2016|script-title=ko:더민주, 한선교 윤리위 제소…성희롱 발언 징계 요구|url= https://www.mk.co.kr/news/politics/view/2016/10/719749/|access-date= 23 December 2019}} while also urging the Saenuri Party to take a suitable action against him.
= Insulting remarks to the Secretariat =
On 7 May 2019, it was reported that Han was insulting during the meeting with the party's secretariat.{{cite news |date= 7 May 2019|title= "X발, 꺼져" 한선교 당직자에 폭언 논란…한국당 노조 사실상 사퇴 촉구|url= http://news.kmib.co.kr/article/view.asp?arcid=0013292365&code=61111111&cp=nv|access-date= 23 December 2019}}{{cite news |date= 7 May 2019|script-title=ko:한선교, 당직자에 "X같은 XX야" 폭언…노조, 윤리위 회부 요구|url= https://www.asiae.co.kr/article/2019050717380554970|access-date= 23 December 2019}} Oh Young-cheol, the Convener of the Secretariat Trade Union, explained that Han used several vulgars to the workers and asked them to get out. The trade union condemned his remarks and urged him to apologise.
Personal life
Election results
= General elections =
References
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External links
- [https://www.facebook.com/hansunkyo Han Sun-kyo] on Facebook
- [https://twitter.com/hansunkyo Han Sun-kyo] on Twitter
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