Sung Jae-gi

During the early 21st century, Sung led the South Korean anti-feminist movement opposing female-preferential policies.

Sung Jae-gi (September 11, 1967 – July 26, 2013) was a South Korean men's rights activist.

Sung founded and was the first chairman of Man of Korea, a men's rights group advocating the abolition of the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family—whose Korean name (여성부; 女性部) translates as "Ministry of Women"—and demanded compensation for the South Korean military-service requirement.

Sung was born in Daegu on September 11, 1967.

His father was wealthy, and his one uncle was a police officer in Daegu.

During his youth, he developed masculinity and machismo.

Sung became hostile, and was repulsed by traditional masculine behavior.

In adolescence he became convinced of the need for men's liberation: "I was so grown, but nowadays teenage and 20, 30s young men are not like that. They tell another if it hurts, 'I am sick', tell another if they're tired, 'I am tired'.

At that time Sung became conscious of authority, developed a loathing for the patriarchal system and complained that South Korean society treated males cruelly.

After graduating from Daegu High School, he began studying economics at Yeungnam University in 1985 and graduated in February 1993.

In 1987, Sung joined the South Korean Army and served with the 3rd Infantry Division (육군 제3보병사단 陸軍第三步兵師團) in Cheolwon (Gangwon Province) until 1990.

He spent his early twenties as an insurance salesman, briefly managing his own business.

In August 1994 Sung married Park Eun-kyong, an internist and professor at the College of Medicine of Chung-ang University.

They had two daughters.

In early adulthood he was a businessman, and in October 1999 he participated in the movement opposing the abolition of preferential treatment for discharged soldiers.

Sung opposed the abolition of the Hoju system, and later participated in men's-rights activities.

From 1999 until his death Sung argued for the restoration of the Korean Army bonus points system (군가산점 제도).

From 1999 to 2013, Sung was part of the gender liberation and liberal movements and the movement to abolish the women's special-benefits policy.

Near the end of his life Sung was reportedly up to ₩100 million in debt.

During the early 2000s, Sung joined the South Korean men's rights movement and campaigned for a variety of causes.

After the 2000s Sung emphasized personal values, individual rights and the right to privacy in his speeches, saying that personal values are God-given rights.

He later led a campaign to abolish the Ministry of Gender Equality.

Sung campaigned for the abolition of the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family in the 2002 and 2007 presidential elections, questioning its justification.

In 2006 he founded the Association of Anti-Feminism and Male Liberation.

In 2006, he operated a night club in Daegu.

From August 26 to November 30 of that year, Sung worked for the Thomas McFly Consulting and Headhunting Company (토마스 맥플라이 컨설팅 & 헤드헌팅사) in the Eastern District of Daegu before resigning to continue his human-rights campaigns.

On November 26, 2006 he founded the Association of Anti-Feminism for the Liberation of Men (반페미니즘남성해방연대), and on January 4, 2007 he founded the Association for the Abolition of the Ministry of Women (여성부폐지운동본부, 女性部廢止運動本部).

In 2007 he founded the Association for the Abolition of the Ministry of Women.

The following year, Sung founded Man of Korea and was its chairman from 2008 until his death in 2013.

His business activities included a nightclub and a consulting and executive search company.

During the early 2010s he was an activist for the abolition of women-only facilities.

In 2011, he began offering assistance and counseling to battered husbands, househusbands, teenage runaways and male and child victims of violent crime.

Sung opened a shelter for homeless persons, male victims of violent crime, teenage runaways and gay and transgender people.

On July 25, 2013 he posted on the Man of Korea website his intention to commit suicide.

The next day, Sung jumped from the Mapo Bridge in Seoul.

His body was found four days later.

Sung wrote under the pen names Blue Wolf (푸른늑대), Tongbalbass (똥발바쓰) and Tongbal (똥발), and his nickname was Shimheon (심헌 審軒 or 심헌 心軒), Chongjuk(청죽 靑竹).

chinese name was Im-sung(임성 臨聖 ).

His family is part of the Changnyeong Sung clan (창녕성씨 昌寧成氏).

In 2013, both groups had several thousand members.