Lee Sang-don

Lee Sang-don (born December 4, 1951 ) is a South Korean legal scholar and a conservative liberal political activist. His liberal philosophy was influenced by American conservatism and neoconservatism, but he is critical of South Korean conservatism. He currently works as a professor at Chung-Ang University. He is a conservative pundit well known for expressing criticisms towards the Lee Myung-bak government. He received criticisms from a group of pro-Lee Myung-bak lawmakers for participating in the restructure of the Saenuri Party (formally Grand National Party) in the past due to his distance with Lee Myung-bak.

He was a member of the National Assembly member of the People's Party, a liberal political party led by Ahn Cheol-soo.

Early life
Sang-don was born in Busan. He graduated in Seoul National University with a B.A. and M.A. in law and later received his Ph.D from Tulane University in law.

On Lee Myung-bak

 * He is critical against the real estate cover-ups made by the South Korean President, Lee Myung-bak, in Naegok-dong, Seocho-gu, Seoul.
 * He had expressed concerns through his blog how Lee Myung-bak's political associates could potentially drag down the Lee Myung-bak government and his affiliated Saenuri Party (then Grand National Party) after the next presidential election due to Lee's extensive history of political corruptions.
 * He once said in 2010 that Lee Myung-bak and Park Geun-hye should have separated on their own way because "Lee Myung-bak's leadership heads itself to a potential Watergate scandal-like incident". This incident refers to the South Korean illegal surveillance incident. Lee Myung-bak has been politically isolated from the ruling Saenuri Party as Chairperson Hong Jun-pyo, resigned.

On the Supreme Prosecutors' Office

 * He proposed an extensive restructure of the Supreme Prosecutors' Office of the Republic of Korea as the organization itself covers up the corruptions generated by officials in the Lee Myung-bak government.

Incidents
On April 4, 2012, Lee abruptly left a live political debate program shown in tvN Asia that generated controversies.

Works

 * Lee, Sang-don, 세계의 트렌드를 읽는 100권의 책, 기파랑 (2006), ISBN 978-89-91965-94-2
 * Lee, Sang-don, 비판적 환경주의자, 브레인북스 (2006), ISBN 978-89-92447-01-0
 * Lee, Sang-don, 위기에 처한 대한민국, 경덕출판사 (2007), ISBN 978-89-91197-43-5
 * Lee, Sang-don, 조용한 혁명, 뷰스 (2011), ISBN 978-89-92037-76-1