22 Facts About Han Sun-kyo

Han Sun-kyo is a South Korean former broadcaster and politician, who was the Member of National Assembly from 2004 to 2020.

Han Sun-kyo was the President of the Future Korea Party from February to March 2020.

Han Sun-kyo was the Chairman of the Korean Basketball League from 2011 to 2014.

Han Sun-kyo was born in Seoul in 1959 as a son of Han Woong-kyo.

Han Sun-kyo graduated from Daeil High School in 1977; he is 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.

Han Sun-kyo received a Bachelor of Physics from Sungkyunkwan University, as well as a master's degree in political science.

Han Sun-kyo joined a 50-day strike in 1992 held by MBC trade union to against the company's pro-Democratic Liberal Party stance.

Han Sun-kyo was the 1st emcee of Good Morning from 1996 to 2004 but retired as a broadcaster in 2004 to join politics.

Han Sun-kyo was selected as the GNP candidate for Yongin 2nd constituency, and won with a majority of 25,319 votes.

Han Sun-kyo subsequently left the party and contested as an independent candidate, instead of joining the Pro-Park Alliance.

Han Sun-kyo 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.

Han Sun-kyo showed his opposition of it, adding that he would leave if the party accepts all of them.

Han Sun-kyo unsuccessfully contested as the party's parliamentary leader in December 2017.

On 4 March 2019, Han Sun-kyo was appointed as the Secretary-General of the LKP by the newly-elected President Hwang Kyo-ahn.

On 5 February 2020, Han Sun-kyo 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.

On 26 April 2012, it was reported that Han Sun-kyo was sharing a Renault Samsung SM7, in which the driver was under influence and hit a 20-year-old girl on a pedestrian crossing.

Han Sun-kyo explained that the driver was helping him to bring him to a taxi rank, so he felt sorry to reject it.

On 1 September 2016, Han Sun-kyo provoked a controversy when he grabbed the Speaker's guard by a collar who was preventing journalists from entering to the Speaker's office.

On 13 October 2016, Han Sun-kyo 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.

On 7 May 2019, it was reported that Han Sun-kyo was insulting during the meeting with the party's secretariat.

Oh Young-cheol, the Convener of the Secretariat Trade Union, explained that Han Sun-kyo used several vulgars to the workers and asked them to get out.

Han Sun-kyo married to Ha Ji-hyun, who was a broadcaster of MBC.