Choi Bae-geun

Choi Bae-geun (, born 12 April 1959) is a South Korean economist, educator and politician who served as the president of the Platform Party, along with Woo Hee-jong.

Career He studied economics at Konkuk University and University of Georgia. He has been lecturing at Konkuk University since 1990. along with Woo Hee-jong. He resigned on 16 April, whereas Woo remained till the party was merged into the Democratic Party on 13 May.

Ideology Choi is very critical towards the economic policies of the Moon Jae-in cabinet. In December 2018, he cited that Moon, who called himself as a "pro-labour" was forwarding a failed labour reforms.

Criticisms In 2019, Choi joined protests supporting Cho Kuk as the Minister of Justice, shortly after the minister had resigned following the controversies. Choi then shouted in front of people, "Dear Cho Kuk, you're our eternal Justice Minister!"