Han Donghoon Registers as Attorney at New Law Firm... First Since Stepping Down as Justice Minister

Running for Buk-gap in Busan... Pursuing Both Political and Legal Careers

Yonhap News Agency

Han Donghoon, former leader of the People Power Party, who has announced his candidacy as an independent in the Busan Buk-gap National Assembly by-election, has recently joined a law firm and begun working as an attorney.

According to the legal community on April 20, Han has been listed as an attorney at Daham Law Firm, which is located in Gangnam-gu, Seoul. He completed his attorney registration with the Korean Bar Association in July last year.

Daham Law Firm is a newly established law firm that launched last month, and is known to include attorneys such as Kang Taewook, a former legal advisory committee member for the People Power Party. This is the first time Han has joined a law firm since stepping down as Minister of Justice in December 2023.

After resigning as minister, Han served as acting leader of the People Power Party and was elected party leader in July 2024, but stepped down from the post in December the same year, immediately following the 12·3 emergency martial law incident.

Subsequently, on April 14, he officially declared his candidacy for the Busan Buk-gap by-election—which is highly likely to be held alongside the June 3 local elections—by filing a change of residence to Mandeok-dong, Buk-gu, Busan.

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