13 Facts About Sim Sang-jung

Sim Sang-jung is a South Korean labor rights activist and former politician.

Sim Sang-jung was one of the five major presidential candidates in the 2017 South Korean presidential election, running as the Justice Party's nominee.

Sim Sang-jung again ran as the Justice Party's nominee in the 2022 presidential election, finishing in 3rd place.

Sim Sang-jung has been a member of the National Assembly since 2012, having previously served from 2004 to 2008, and was the leader of the Justice Party from 2015 to 2017 and 2019 to 2020.

Sim Sang-jung announced her retirement from politics following the 2024 legislative election, effective at the end of the National Assembly's term on 29 May.

Sim Sang-jung switched degrees from history, with the aspiration to become a history teacher.

Sim Sang-jung was fired for mobilizing workers to demand higher wages and better meals.

Sim Sang-jung "hopped from job to job" to earn a wage but continued her labor activism.

Sim Sang-jung was on the list for 9 years, and married her husband, a fellow activist, during that time.

Sim Sang-jung was first elected in 2004 in the 17th National Assembly as a member of the Democratic Labor Party.

Sim Sang-jung announced her retirement from politics following the 2024 legislative election after the Justice Party failed to win seats for the first time since its foundation.

Sim Sang-jung opposes the deployment of THAAD, a US anti ballistics missile defense system, and supports a nuclear-free Korean Peninsula.

Sim Sang-jung has said that, "Sexism clearly exists in South Korean society".