Yong Hye-in

Yong Hye-in
용혜인
Member of the National Assembly
Assumed office
30 May 2020
ConstituencyProportional
Personal details
Born (1990-04-12) 12 April 1990 (age 34)
Bucheon, Gyeonggi, South Korea
CitizenshipSouth Korean
Political partyBasic Income Party
Other political
affiliations
Platform (2020)
Labor (2013–2019)
New Progressive (2010–2013)
Alma materKyung Hee University
ReligionRoman Catholic
(Christian name : Theodora)
Signature
Websiteyonghyein.kr
Korean name
Hangul
용혜인
Hanja
Revised RomanizationYong Hye-in
McCune–ReischauerYong Hye-in

Yong Hye-in (Korean용혜인, born 12 April 1990) is a South Korean civil society activist and leader of the Basic Income Party. She was one of the main proponents of the silent march campaign, Stay Where You Are, that originated in an announcement made during the Sinking of MV Sewol in 2014.[1][2]

In the National Assembly, she serves on the Public Administration and Security Committee, Strategy and Finance Committee and Gender Equality and Family Committee. She is also a senior fellow and member of the National Assembly Forum on Basic Income study.

  1. ^ "[Year end series part I] One young woman who refused to stay where she was". The Hankyoreh. 27 December 2014. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
  2. ^ "College Sewol Activist Charged With Staging Illegal Protests". TBS. 11 April 2014. Retrieved 29 March 2016.

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