Park Kwang-on

Park Kwang-on (, born 25 April 1957) is a South Korean broadcaster and politician. He is the incumbent Member of the National Assembly for Suwon D constituency since 2014, as well as the former secretary-general of the ruling liberal Democratic Party from 2020 to 2021. He was one of the vice presidents of the party from 2018 to 2020. Before entering to politics, he worked at Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) from 1984 to 2011.

Biography Park Kwang-on was born in Haenam, South Jeolla Province on 26 March 1957. Park holds a bachelor's degree in sociology from Korea University Instead, he became a spokesperson for Moon Jae-in, DUP's presidential candidate in 2012. He defeated Lim Tae-hui of the then ruling Saenuri Party and subsequently became the NPAD's sole winner in Seoul Capital Area. He was re-elected in 2016.

On 15 October 2018, Park and his Anti-Fake News Committee requested Google Korea to remove YouTube contents that include fake news related to Gwangju Uprising, President Moon Jae-in and so on. However, Google rejected their request, and added that "it's not easy to catch out which one is real and fake". The opposition Liberty Korea Party criticised their request as "media control".

Park Kwang-on was elected as the floor leader of the Democratic Party with the support of a majority of lawmakers in the first round of voting. Rep. Park Kwang-on is classified as a non-Lee Jae-myung faction that takes a neutral or critical stance against Lee Jae-myung. In September 2023, the Democratic Party-majority National Assembly passed a motion to remove the parliamentary immunity of Democratic Party leader, Lee Jae-myung, who is facing criminal charges of bribery and breach of duty. Park resigned for his failure to stop the motion.

Election results Year Elections Constituency Political party Votes (%) Remarks 2014 2014 By-election Suwon D (Gyeonggi) NPAD 39,461 (52.67%) Won 2016 20th General Election Suwon D (Gyeonggi) Democratic 52,209 (46.34%) Won 2020 21st General Election Suwon D (Gyeonggi) Democratic 79,557 (57.42%) Won