Sim Sang-young

Sim Sang-young (2007)
Korean spelling
Hangeul	심상정
Hanja	沈 相 奵
Revised Romanization	Sim Sang-jeong
McCune- Reischauer	Sim Sangchŏng
See also : Korean name

Sim Sang-jung (born February 20, 1959 in Paju ) is a South Korean politician . She was one of the top five presidential candidates in the South Korean presidential election in 2017 and ran for the Jeongui Party candidate . She is currently a member of the 20th National Assembly and chair of her party.

Early life

Sim graduated from Seoul National University with a bachelor's degree . She switched degrees because she wanted to be a history teacher.

At the age of 21 she worked in a cassette factory. There she began to campaign for workers' rights. Sim was then fired for mobilizing other employees to demand higher wages and better meals. She changed jobs very often. Since Sim had triggered labor strikes through her actions, she was on the country's wanted list in 1985. She was on that list for a total of nine years. During this time she met her husband, who was also an activist, and married him. She was officially charged with "incitement to mass harm" and arson and sentenced to 1.5 years in prison. However, since Sim became pregnant shortly after the verdict, her sentence was reduced to two years suspended sentence.

Political career

Sim is an important political figure from the left progressive faction in the National Assembly. She has been a member of the National Assembly for three terms and is a former leader of the Minju-nodong party . She is also a former co-founder of the Jinbo-sin Party and the Tonghap-jinbo Party .

For the first time, Sim was elected to represent her party in the 17th National Assembly. In 2012 she won the constituency of the city of Goyang in the province of Gyeonggi-do in the 19th National Assembly as a member of the Tonghap-jinbo party with 49.37% of the vote .

On December 19, 2014, the Tonghap-jinbo Party was dissolved by the South Korean Constitutional Court on charges of supporting the North Korean government . The request was made by the government under Saenuri Party President Park Geun-hye . The judges justified their decision with the fact that the Tonghap-jinbo party represented a concrete danger to the basic democratic order and therefore the legal benefit outweighs the restriction of democratic rights. The members of parliament were also deprived of their seats. Sim found a stop at the Jeongui party , where she is currently the chairman. In 2016, Sim won another seat in the 20th National Assembly in an area in Goyang.

Political positions

economy

Their economic positions essentially reflect the views of their party. These include the reforming of Jaebeols . These are large family businesses that form a conglomerate. Sim wants to outlaw succession and give $ 8,700 to every person over the age of 20 to help reduce growing economic inequality of wealth.

Social

Sim was the only major presidential candidate to openly support gay rights in South Korea .

National security

Sim is against the use of THAAD (Terminal High Altitude Area Defense), a missile defense system of the United States Army , and supports a nuclear-free Korean peninsula .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Sim Sang-jung. Retrieved November 13, 2019 (American English). 
2. ↑ Korea's electoral map is being totally rewritten. Retrieved November 13, 2019 . 
3. ↑ ^{a b} Pot Holder Episode 4 Engsub. Retrieved November 13, 2019 . 
4. ↑ Sim Sang-jung. Retrieved November 13, 2019 . 
5. ↑ Impact Player: Sim Sang-jung. Retrieved November 13, 2019 . 
6. ↑ ^{a b c} 심상정: 네이버 통합 검색. Retrieved November 13, 2019 (Korean). 
7. ↑ Topics of the Week / News / KBS World Radio. April 23, 2016, accessed November 13, 2019 . 
8. ↑ [JTBC 대선 토론] 문재인 "동성애 합법화 반대"… 심상정 "유감 스럽다". Retrieved November 13, 2019 (Korean). 
9. ↑ 유승민 "보수 대표 후보 가려 달라"… 심상정 "사드 배치 철회". Retrieved November 13, 2019 (Korean).