Hong Young-pyo is a South Korean politician representing Incheon Bupyeong District at the National Assembly from 2009.
12 Facts About Hong Young-pyo
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Hong Young-pyo led the first labour strike of South Korean Chaebol in 1985.
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Hong Young-pyo was imprisoned for this strike but was later pardoned.
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Hong Young-pyo joined Uri Party after his party was unofficially absorbed into Uri Party.
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Hong Young-pyo then worked for Lee Hae-chan, then-Prime Minister under President Roh, as his secretary for civil societies and resolved complicated regional conflict issues such as finalising the location for nuclear waste disposal facility and planning Camp Humphreys.
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Hong Young-pyo later joined Moon Jae-in's first presidential campaign as its head of situation room.
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Hong Young-pyo has served as the chair of Environment and Labor Committee of National Assembly from 2016 to 2018.
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Hong Young-pyo negotiated the terms for furloughed employees of closed factory of General Motors in Gunsan as the chair of his party's special task force on this factory closure.
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Hong Young-pyo is a grandson of a member of the advisory council to the governor-general of Korea which facilitated Japanese colonial rule over Korea.
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However, Hong Young-pyo led the enactment of Special Law on Asset Confiscation for Pro-Japanese and Anti-national Collaborators to the State and publicly apologised for his grand father's contribution to Japanese colonial rule.
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Hong Young-pyo holds two degrees from Dongguk University - a bachelor in philosophy and a master's in administration.
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Hong Young-pyo completed a doctorate programme on administration from his alma mater.