Park Ji-hyun (politician)

Park Ji-hyun (Korean: 박지현, Korean pronunciation: [pɑktɕiçʌn]; born 29 March 1996) is a South Korean political activist and former co-chair of the Democratic Party of Korea (DPK), the main opposition party. In 2019, she helped to expose one of the largest online sex-crime rings in South Korea, called the Nth Room. In March 2022, she was appointed interim co-chair of the Democratic Party at the age of 25, and resigned in June. Park was named to the Time100 Next, Time magazine's list of emerging leaders, as well as the 2022 BBC 100 Women and Bloomberg 50 lists, in recognition of her work in combating digital sex crimes and fighting for gender equality in politics.