Ha Tae-keung

Ha Tae-keung (, born 26 April 1968) is a South Korean activist and politician who is currently a member of National Assembly representing the 1st constituency of Haeundae District, Busan. He has served as Vice President of the Bareun Party,

Biography Ha Tae-keung was born in Busan in 1968.

During the 2000s, Ha was interested in North Korean human rights, which he often did activism for.

In 2018, the Bareun Party merged with the People Party to become the Bareunmirae Party. Ha ran for president of the Bareunmirae Party during the September 2018 leadership election, coming in 2nd place and losing to Sohn Hak-kyu. Ha instead became one of several Vice Presidents of the Bareunmirae Party.

Political positions Ha is politically "centre-right" who opposes extremist politics of both the far-left and the far-right. After the 2017 presidential election, he spoke in favor of the dissolving the "far-right" Liberty Korea Party (LKP) a similar manner to the 2014 banning of the "far-left" Unified Progressive Party (UPP). Ha also condemned Bareun Party representatives who returned to the LKP.

Ha is an opponent of anti-Japanese sentiment in Korea, and criticized the anti-Japanese 2019 boycott of Japanese products in South Korea.

Ha has received criticism for actions and remarks appearing to be populist, such as remarks made in 2014 defending Ilbe Storehouse.

Election results General elections Year Elections Constituency Political party Votes (%) Result 2012 19th National Assembly General Election Haeundae & Gijang B (Busan) Saenuri 44.80% Won 2016 20th National Assembly General Election Haeundae A (Busan) Saenuri 51.75% Won 2020 21st National Assembly General Election Haeundae A (Busan) United Future 59.47% Won