Park Sang-hyuk (Korean: 박상혁, born 20 March 1973) is a South Korean activist, lawyer and politician. A member of the liberal Democratic Party, he is the incumbent Member of the National Assembly for Gimpo 2nd constituency since 2020. Politically, he is close to the former Mayor of Seoul Park Won-soon. Park had previously served as the President of the Student Council during schooldays and later became a secretary of 2 former MPs — Kim Geun-tae and Lim Chae-jung. After qualifying for the bar in 2012, he became a lawyer and handled several cases, including Lance Corporal Yoon case in 2014. Prior to be elected to the National Assembly, he served as the political adviser to Park Won-soon while he was the Mayor of Seoul in 2016, as well as the Executive Officer for Judicial Affairs of the Office of the President under the President Moon Jae-in from 2017 to 2019. Early life and education Park Sang-hyuk was born on 20 March 1973, the son of a trade worker who had ever been to Africa during 1970s and 1980s. His second elder brother, Park Chul, is a poet. He was educated at Gaehwa Primary School, Banghwa Secondary School and Konghang High School. He studied law at Hanyang University, graduating with a Bachelor of Laws (LLB), a Master of Laws (LLM) and a Doctor of Laws degree. After graduated from Hanyang University, he moved to Netherlands and persuaded his postgraduate studies in trade laws at Erasmus University Rotterdam. He also earned another master's degree in laws from Chonnam National University. While studying at Hanyang University, he had completed his national service at the Joint Security Area (JSA) from 1994 to 1997. Prior to the 1996 election, North Korea had sent the armed forces to Panmunjom. Regarding this incident, he said, "I have clearly seen the politicised fake national security." Student activist career During the schooldays, Park served as the President of the Student Council for 3 times; firstly at Konghang High School (1989), then at Hanyang University for 2 other times — within the Faculty of Law (1998) and the universitywide (1999). Shortly after elected the President of the Student Council at Hanyang University, he joined the South Korean Federation of University Students Councils, a left-wing student organisation that was declared illegal in 1998. He was wanted for this activities and could not return to home for more than a year. Following