1. Park Young-sun is a South Korean journalist-turned politician previously served as the second Minister of SMEs and Startups under President Moon Jae-in from April 2019 to 2021 and the first woman to lead SME-specialised government entity since its creation in 1996.
Park Young-sun first joined the organisation as an announcer but was shortly transferred to its newsroom.
From early 1980s to the early 2000s, Park Young-sun hosted various television news programmes apart from few years when she was stationed in Los Angeles as its correspondent.
From 2003 Park Young-sun led its Economy News Department before leaving the company in 2004.
Park Young-sun is most known to the public as a parliamentarian for her work on reforming the judiciary system in the country, promoting its "fair economy" and uncovering misdemeanors of Lee Myung-bak administration.
Park Young-sun first entered politics in 2004 for the general election.
Park Young-sun was recruited by Chung Dong-young who was the leader of Uri Party and a fellow ex-MBC reporter.
Park Young-sun was elected through proportional representation for which she was on number 9 on her party's list.
Park Young-sun served as a chair of the 19th National Assembly's Legislation and Judiciary Committee and of the party's Special Committee on chaebol reform.
Park Young-sun was one of the vocal critics of South Korea's biggest chaebol, Samsung Group, and was particularly noted for her position on a controversial SDS transaction and the profits accumulated from a 1999 deal ruled by the courts as illegal.
Park Young-sun played a leading role in passing bills related to economic democratization while serving as a chair of the Legislation and Judiciary Committee in 2013.
Park Young-sun is the first female politician who was elected a floor leader of a major opposition party in Korea.
In 2011 Park Young-sun earned the party nomination for Seoul Mayor emptied by Oh Se-hoon but later withdrew her candidacy after their agreed poll found Park Young-sun Won-soon, then independent candidate, more fit to win the election and defeat Na Kyung-won.
In 2018 Park Young-sun ran for the same post again but lost to Park Young-sun Won-soon in her party's primary.
Park Young-sun was the first South Korean minister to serve in the Stewardship Board at a Davos Forum Platform.
In January 2021, after a week after resigning from the SME minister, Park Young-sun announced her candidacy for Seoul Mayor in the upcoming 2021 by-elections.
Park Young-sun holds two degrees - a bachelor in geography from Kyung Hee University and a master's in journalism from Sogang University.
Park Young-sun taught journalism in practice classes as an adjunct professor at her first alma mater from 2000 to 2002.