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Sukhee Kang
Sukhee Kang (born September 15, 1952) is a U.S. Democratic Party politician from Orange County, California. From 2008 to 2012, Kang served as mayor of Irvine, California, the first Korean American to serve in that position. On July 6, 2011, he announced his candidacy for the United States Congress,〔http://www.theliberaloc.com/2011/07/06/irvine-mayor-sukhee-kang-to-run-for-congress〕 but lost the election to incumbent John Campbell.
==Early life==
Kang was born at Yeji-dong near Jongno 5-ga in Seoul, South Korea to merchant parents from the city of Kaesong in what is now North Korea. He served military draft duty in the Republic of Korea Army from 1973-75 〔http://article.joinsmsn.com/news/article/article.asp?ctg=16&Total_ID=3431219〕 and immigrated to the United States in June 1977 from South Korea after receiving his bachelor's degree in agricultural economics from Korea University in Seongbuk-gu, Seoul. When he was in a college, he joined the English debating club named Seoul PTC (Pine Tree Club) and served as the president from 1971-72.〔http://ptcian.com/new/ptc/history.html〕 He received an honorary doctoral degree in Business Administration from Dongseo University in Busan, South Korea in March 2011.〔http://www.dongseo.ac.kr/10_news/news_01.php?&bbs_id=madangBoardB&mode=view&b_id=4197〕
He began his professional career at Circuit City as a sales and customer service representative for 15 years (1977–92),〔http://www.smartvoter.org/2006/11/07/ca/or/vote/kang_s/bio.html〕 then since 1992, volunteered at KASF(Korean American Scholarship Foundation),〔http://www.kasf.org〕 KACF(Korean American Community Foundation)〔http://www.kacfny.org〕 and the Orange County Branch of Korean American Corporation, serving as the president in KADC(Korean American Democratic Committee).〔http://www.koreanamericandems.org/?page_id=9〕
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