Jang Ho-gwon

Jang Ho-gwon (張豪權, Jang, Ho-gwon, born May 14, 1949) is a South Korean social activist, media and publishing entrepreneur, Politician, and civic organization figure. He is the eldest of three sons and two daughters of Jang Jun-ha. For more than 25 years he was a member of the Korean expatriate community in Singapore, and he is currently a standing adviser of the New Future Democratic Party.

In 1968 he graduated from the Seoul Private Ewha Women's University Affiliated High School. In the same year (1968) he enlisted in the military and was later discharged after completing his full term. During his military service he also took part in the Vietnam War. In 1973 he briefly served as a member of the party affairs committee of the New Democratic Party, and he left the party in the same year (1973). Two years later, on August 17, 1975, his father Jang Jun-ha died in an accident. During the time when Shin Jik-su was Fourth Republic Central Intelligence Agency director, he worked tirelessly to uncover the secret of his father's death. On April 19, 1976, he visited the Baekbeom Thought Research Institute run by Paik Ki-whan and even drafted a statement calling for the truth about his father's death to be revealed.¹ On the other hand, after Jang Jun-ha's death on August 17, 1975, he had to live in exile in Singapore and other foreign countries for about 27 years, starting in November 1976, and he returned to Korea around April 7, 2003.¹ After serving as vice president of the Korean Residents' Association in , he permanently returned to Korea around April 7, 2003, and on March 1, 2005, he revived the monthly online magazine and took office as CEO.