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Sung Jae-gi

Sung Jae-gi, South Korean activist, founded Man of Korea (died 2013)

Born
September 11, 1967
Died
July 26, 2013
Zodiac sign
Virgo
Birth year
1967

About Sung Jae-gi

Sung Jae-gi (Korean: 성재기; [səːŋ dʑɛgi]; September 11, 1967 – July 26, 2013) was a South Korean men's rights activist. Sung was the leader of various masculinist and anti-feminist organizations, including the Association of Anti-Feminism and Male Liberation, Association for the Abolition of the Ministry of Women, and Man of Korea. Sung also ran a shelter for homeless men, male victims of violent crime, teenage runaways, and gay and transgender men. Near the end of his life Sung was reportedly up to ₩100 million in debt. On July 25, 2013, he posted on the Man of Korea website his intention to die by suicide. The next day, Sung jumped from the Mapo Bridge in Seoul. His body was found four days later. == Career == He spent his early twenties as an insurance salesman, briefly managing his own business. In 2006, he operated a night club in Daegu. During the early 2000s, Sung joined the South Korean men's rights movement and campaigned for a variety of causes.

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Career and life highlights

The world when Sung Jae-gi was born

Sung Jae-gi was born in 1967. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1967

  • #1 song"To Sir with Love" – Lulu
  • Top movieIn the Heat of the Night
  • Top TV showBonanza
  • Best-selling bookOne Hundred Years of Solitude – Gabriel García Márquez

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentFirst Super Bowl — Green Bay Packers defeat Kansas City Chiefs
  • Top headlineSummer of Love transforms counterculture
  • Technology milestoneFirst heart transplant performed by Dr. Christiaan Barnard
  • Defining fadHippie culture and psychedelia
  • Notable inventionFirst handheld calculator
  • World population3.49 billion

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderLyndon B. Johnson
  • Sports championSt. Louis Cardinals (World Series)
  • Also wonPhiladelphia 76ers (NBA)
  • U.S. population198.7M

1967 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Sung Jae-gi's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19672026
Gas$0.33$3.45/gal
Average home$14,800$435,000
Average income$9,800$67,500
Minimum wage$1.40$7.25/hr (federal)
Movie ticket$1.22$11.95
Postage stamp$0.05$0.73
Population198.7M341 million

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