Yun-Tae Kim
Kim Yun-Tae (born 3 July 1965) is a South Korean academic and politician. He is a member of the Minjoo Party of Korea, and is currently a professor, Department of Sociology, and Department of Social Welfare, Korea University. A sociologist, Kim is an active social welfare advocate. He has written academic and popular works regarding social issues, welfare, and politics in Korea. In 1986, Kim, as a president of student association in Korea University, contributed to university students' democratic movement and served a prison sentence of two years and six months. He studied at University of  Cambridge and later received PhD from London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). Following the creation of the Millennium Democratic Party, Kim served as a vice-chair of policy committee. He later served as the 13th Speaker of the National Assembly Library of the Republic of Korea under President Kim Dae-jung. In March 2016, Kim announced his candidacy for the National Assembly in Gunsan, but was ultimately unsuccessful in the April parliamentary election.