[PROFILE] Who is Lee Jun-seok?

From Harvard graduate to youngest presidential candidate Lee Jun-seok of the minor conservative Reform Party is only 40 years old, but he benefits from strong public recognition, given his political career spanning more than a decade. He stepped into the political arena in 2011 at the age of 26, when former President Park Geun-hye, then head of the conservative party’s interim committee, selected Lee as a member for his outspoken opinions on social media. The selection earned him the nickname “Park Geun-hye kid.” Lee is known for his elite education and upbringing. Born in Seoul in 1985, he attended Seoul Science High School and was accepted into the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), but withdrew and went to Harvard University with a presidential scholarship, obtaining a degree in computer science and economics. At the time he was tapped to join the conservative party, he was the founder and head of an education-tech startup developing personalized tutoring software. He ran for the general election in 2016 in the district where he grew up but lost. Lee then left

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